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Episode 153 - Welcome Carey Kish - Continental Divide Trail, Beer Hiking New England, AMC Maine Mountain Guide
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This week we are joined by Carey Kish from his thru hike on Continental Divide Trail. Carey is a long-time multi-sport adventurer, journalist and photographer. A Registered Maine Guide and former president and founding member of MOAC, the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club, Kish has led countless hiking, backpacking and whitewater rafting trips throughout Maine, and is also an avid mountain biker, kayaker, and downhill and x-c skier. He thru-hiked the 2,150-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 1977, and has since completed two-dozen long distance trails in the United States, Canada and Europe, including a recent coast-to-coast trek across Ireland. Carey is the writer of three books on hiking - Maine Mountain Guide for the AMC, The AMCs Best Day hikes Along the Maine Coast, and the most recent book Beer Hiking New England:The Tastiest Way. Plus Magic trick gone wrong, Mount Carrigain alternatives, Memorial Day Weekend, Miracle Springs update, Hoka trail runners, Recent hikes on Garfield and Acteon Ridge.
About Carey Kish
AMC Best Day Hikes Along the Maine Coast
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
Topics
Heat Wave has arrived
Magician Gets stuck in a box and battling Balloon artists
Mount Carrigain - Alternative Routes
Ethan Pond to Shoal Pond to Carrigain Notch to Desolation (20 miles)
Nancy Pond to Carrigain Notch to Desolation (18 miles)
Traditional Route - 14 miles
Dry River - Thanks Izzy for details
Memorial Day - Things to do
Story correction about Miracle Springs
Mass man attacked by two grizzlies
Gear review - Hoka One - Kaha GTX
Recent Hikes - Mount Garfield and Acteon Ridge
Notable Hikers
Guest of the Week - Welcome Carey Kish
Recent Search and Rescue News
Connecticut River Valley Killer - Cold Case update
Show Notes
Guy jumps across a gap, injures his ankle, gets stuck on a hoodoo and needs a rescue
Police search area in Newport NH related to Connecticut River Valley Killer cold case
Sponsors, Friends and Partners
172 episodes
Manage episode 419920148 series 2910732
This week we are joined by Carey Kish from his thru hike on Continental Divide Trail. Carey is a long-time multi-sport adventurer, journalist and photographer. A Registered Maine Guide and former president and founding member of MOAC, the Maine Outdoor Adventure Club, Kish has led countless hiking, backpacking and whitewater rafting trips throughout Maine, and is also an avid mountain biker, kayaker, and downhill and x-c skier. He thru-hiked the 2,150-mile Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in 1977, and has since completed two-dozen long distance trails in the United States, Canada and Europe, including a recent coast-to-coast trek across Ireland. Carey is the writer of three books on hiking - Maine Mountain Guide for the AMC, The AMCs Best Day hikes Along the Maine Coast, and the most recent book Beer Hiking New England:The Tastiest Way. Plus Magic trick gone wrong, Mount Carrigain alternatives, Memorial Day Weekend, Miracle Springs update, Hoka trail runners, Recent hikes on Garfield and Acteon Ridge.
About Carey Kish
AMC Best Day Hikes Along the Maine Coast
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
Topics
Heat Wave has arrived
Magician Gets stuck in a box and battling Balloon artists
Mount Carrigain - Alternative Routes
Ethan Pond to Shoal Pond to Carrigain Notch to Desolation (20 miles)
Nancy Pond to Carrigain Notch to Desolation (18 miles)
Traditional Route - 14 miles
Dry River - Thanks Izzy for details
Memorial Day - Things to do
Story correction about Miracle Springs
Mass man attacked by two grizzlies
Gear review - Hoka One - Kaha GTX
Recent Hikes - Mount Garfield and Acteon Ridge
Notable Hikers
Guest of the Week - Welcome Carey Kish
Recent Search and Rescue News
Connecticut River Valley Killer - Cold Case update
Show Notes
Guy jumps across a gap, injures his ankle, gets stuck on a hoodoo and needs a rescue
Police search area in Newport NH related to Connecticut River Valley Killer cold case
Sponsors, Friends and Partners
172 episodes
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