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On Trails Worth Hiking, we bring you the most interesting backpacking and trekking routes in the world. Every trail has a story. In the first part of each episode, we tell you the stories behind the trail. In the second part, we tell you how to hike the trail. In each episode, guests who have hiked the trail join Jeremy, our host, to talk about the experience of hiking it. Join us on each episode as we hear the story, then hike the trail.
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Listener Wade Tonkin and comedian Sean Keane join Jeremy to talk about their treks to Everest Base Camp. This amazing trek in Nepal takes hikers high in the Himalayas to the base camp where climbers get ready to ascend the tallest mountain on earth. Wade tells about his inspiring story of getting fit for this difficult trek and Sean tells us about …
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Listener Veronica McGee joins Jeremy to talk about her several adventures on the Via Transilvanica, a new 1,400 kilometer trail that crosses a huge swath of Romania, in Eastern Europe. The trail brings hikers through small mountain villages where they'll stay in local homes and eat home-cooked meals. The trail traverses Transylvania, and includes m…
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Listener and photographer Christian Paul joins Jeremy to talk about his epic adventure on the Uinta Highline Trail. This amazing long-distance trail traverses the highest mountain range in Utah. The trail crosses several high mountain passes and gives the hiker views of glaciated landscapes dotted with alpine lakes brimming with trout. And Christia…
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Listener Dane Schuckman joins Jeremy to talk about Dane's hike of the Art Loeb trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina. Dane takes us through this multi-day hike along ridges and over peaks in the wild high country of this part of North Carolina. And Jeremy tells the story of Art Loeb, the man behind the name of this rugged and …
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Author Suzanne Roberts joins Jeremy to talk about her hike in Spain on the Camino de Santiago. In fact, Suzanne hiked more than one of the Caminos to Santiago de Compostela. And Jeremy recounts the interesting history and legend of the Camino de Santiago. Also, Suzanne talks about the new edition of her book, Almost Somewhere, about her first thru …
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Listener Mimi Cortes joins Jeremy to talk about her thru hike of the little-known Yorkshire Wolds Way in England. Mimi tells Jeremy about the wonderful medieval towns and beautiful countryside that hikers experience on this week-long adventure. And we learn about one of England's most famous outlaws who, in the 1730s, frequented one of the inns alo…
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Listeners Rachel and Beth Irvine join Jeremy to talk about their hike on the Trans-Catalina Trail across the length of Santa Catalina Island off the coast of Southern California. And learn about the island's unlikely history, which includes baseball spring training, the first movie theater for talking motion pictures, and bison! Listener David Poir…
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Author Nadine Slavinski joins Jeremy to talk about her hike of the Laugavegur Trail in Iceland. This four-day adventure crosses a wide variety of beautiful terrain, including volcanic landscapes, glaciers, and verdant valleys. And learn about one of Iceland's most interesting sagas, a wild tale of revenge and murder. Nadine's website where you can …
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Writer Elisha Rubacha of the blog Elisha Hikes joins Jeremy to talk about her thru hike of the Bruce Trail, Canada's oldest and longest marked footpath, which traverses the Niagara Escarpment in Ontario. With the help of some very generous trail angels, Elisha and her mother hiked the entire route of over 900 kilometers spending each night in their…
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Listener Steph Lancaster joins Jeremy to talk about her hut-to-hut hike on the Appalachian Trail in Shenandoah National Park. This unique segment of the AT allows hikers to stay in lodges each night as they hike through a portion of Shenandoah National Park on America's most famous long-distance trail. An article about this hike: https://appalachia…
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Listener Angela Kaplar joins Jeremy to talk about her thru hike of the Waitukubuli Trail on the Caribbean island nation of Dominica. This trail of more than 100 miles traverses mountainous, dense, tropical jungle and crosses the entire island. Angela and Jeremy also discuss some of the interesting flora and fauna of Dominica, as well as its welcomi…
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Friend of the show Tony Wong joins Jeremy to talk about their hike together on the Tahoe Rim Trail, a 165-mile loop around Lake Tahoe, the largest alpine lake in North America. This adventure has everything: deep forested wilderness, amazing views of the lake, granite backcountry, and passing through resort areas where you can resupply at markets a…
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Listener Alex Schoemann joins Jeremy to talk about the Kaiserkrone trek around the Wilder Kaiser mountains in the Tyrol Alps of Austria. This multi-day hut-to-hut and village-to-village trek allows trekkers to enjoy surprising solitude for a hike in the Alps that is so accessible to international travelers. The hike provides trekkers a variety of t…
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Brian Sarvis, author of the Condor Trail Guide, and Aaron Owens Mayhew of Backcountry Foodie, join Jeremy to talk about the Condor Trail, the challenging backcountry route through the Los Padres National Forest in California. The Condor Trail covers over 400 miles of tough hiking, including significant sections of cross-country travel. Jeremy's int…
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In this special episode, Asheville, North Carolina-based photographer Mike Poggioli joins Jeremy to talk about his experience photographing the Blue Ridge Mountains from hikes and overlooks along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Mike also talks about his new book, Blue Ridge Dreaming, which showcases his work. And Mike gives some great tips about how we can…
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Neil Lapping, founder and CEO of Macs Adventure, joins Jeremy to talk about the West Highland Way, Scotland's premier long distance trail. Before the interview, Jeremy recounts the stories of some of Scotland's most memorable historical figures. After the interview, Jeremy walks us through his hike this past summer on the West Highland Way with his…
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Listener Gary Black joins Jeremy to talk about Gary's hike in the Ausangate Nevado high in the Andes of Peru. Gary tells us how he was able to successfully acclimatize to hike this high elevation circuit of one of the most beautiful ranges of the Andes. Gary also gives good advice on how to have popular Rainbow Mountain to yourself, even if just fo…
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In this episode Jeremy tells us about his and Andee's hike of the classic Grand Canyon backpacking route on the South Kaibab and Bright Angel trails. Jeremy also recounts the amazing geologic history of the Grand Canyon. And don't miss Jeremy's crucial advice about how you too can do this hike without having a permit in advance. Don't forget to sup…
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Listener Clay Ryan joins Jeremy to chat about the Wonderland Trail in Washington State. This 93-mile loop trail circumnavigates Mount Rainier, the tallest mountain in the Cascade Range. And Jeremy tells us about the mountain, including about the hidden ice caves on its summit. Listen to the end to hear Clay's advice to new parents who love the outd…
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Jeremy brings us his solo adventure along the Ohlone Trail in the wild and steep hills of the Coast Range in the San Francisco Bay Area. In one weekend, this trip challenged Jeremy with wind, rain and even snow. To set the scene, Jeremy tells the history of the Spanish missions in California. And listen to the end to hear Jeremy answer one of his o…
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Timothy Latim, member of the hiking club Mountain Slayers Uganda, joins Jeremy to talk about the challenging trek to the summit of Margherita Peak in the Rwenzori Mountains of Uganda. Jeremy gives us background on Uganda, the Rwenzoris, and the Bakonzo people who live in the region. And listen to the end to hear Tim tell us about another enticing A…
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Listener Allison Richter joins Jeremy to talk about her hike across Zion National Park in southern Utah. The Zion Traverse takes hikers across one of America's finest national parks through a magnificent desert landscape of towers and plateaus, as well as valleys filled with pine and juniper. Before the conversation with Allison, Jeremy tells us so…
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Listener Sam Peck joins Jeremy to talk about his hike with his wife of the Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail on the Kii Peninsula of Japan. Sam tells us about the trail, shrines, and beauty on this multi-day trek through temperate rain forest on a trail that was hiked by multiple emperors. Did I mention that you should bring bug spray? And listen to the…
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On today’s episode of Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O talks Grizzlies-Spurs and Ja Morant’s first 50 point game of his career (2:12), then dives into the rest of Monday nights games featuring, Heat-Bulls (9:37), Timberwolves-Cavs (17:20), Raptors-Nets (21:01), Bucks-Hornets (23:38), Kings-Thunder (27:15), and Magic-Pacers (29:57). Alex wraps up the sh…
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Morgan and Sage Fielder, the mother and daughter team behind Crave the Planet, a travel and adventure blog focused on Europe, join Jeremy to talk about their two adventures on the Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites of Italy. This trek makes an epic family adventure through one of the most beautiful mountain ranges on earth and is punctuated by good food, …
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On today’s episode of Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O reacts to Joel Embiid’s recent comments that the Sixers new duo is “unstoppable”. In response, Alex gives his current Top 10 Duos in the NBA (10:12), as well as his Top 10 Duos in the NBA, when healthy (28:40). The Cloud 35 Sports host raps up the show by discussing the Weekend Winners (47:47) and …
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On today’s episode of Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O dives into Thursday night’s NBA action as he recaps the Suns-Thunder (2:17), Bulls-Hawks (6:15), and other teams that keep their winning streaks alive. Then he dives into the T-Wolves-Grizzlies (21:41), Celtics-Nets (31:05), and Warriors-Blazers (37:20) to discuss teams getting solid bounce back wi…
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On today's episode of Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O recaps the NBA All-Star Weekend (1:20) that took place in Cleveland, Ohio this past weekend. Alex goes through the Rising Star Mini Tournament (3:25), the Skills Challenge (8:10), the Dunk Contest (8:55), and the 3-PT Contest (11:30) before getting into the All-Star Game (13:25), Chris Paul's lates…
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On today's episode of Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O starts the show recapping the games from the last night before the All-Star break that included, Mavericks-Pelicans (8:00), Clippers-Rockets (14:25), Heat-Hornets (17:50), Wizards-Nets (23:15), and 76ers-Bucks (25:33). To close, Alex O gives his predictions on the NBA All-Star Weekend (30:15) and w…
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On today's episode of Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O recaps an 11-game slate from Wednesday night in the NBA. The show starts with Bulls-Kings (2:15), Suns-Rockets (9:37), Trailblazers-Grizzlies (14:14), Nets-Knicks (20:00), and Hawks-Magic (25:22) as Alex O discusses some of the hottest teams in the NBA. Then we look at some great bounce back games …
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On today's episode of Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O recaps Tuesday nights games that featured matchups between the Celtics-Sixers (2:10), Suns-Clippers (7:09), Grizzlies-Pelicans (10:58), Timberwolves-Hornets (18:20), Bucks-Pacers (24:40), Hawks-Cavs (27:12), and Dallas-Heat (30:25). Don't forget to stick around for Wednesday nights predictions (33:…
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Today on Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O recaps Bulls-Spurs (3:25), Rockets-Jazz (10:40), Trailblazers-Bucks (13:49), Clippers-Warriors (20:10), and Nuggets-Magic (29:15) as he focuses on the teams continuing to stack wins. Then, he checks in on the Nets-Kings (32:35), Thunder-Knicks (36:10), Pelicans-Raptors (41:50), and Wizards-Pistons (44:02) as te…
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Today on Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O recaps another exciting weekend on the NBA. During the weekend we saw DeMar DeRozan and the Bulls (3:16) continue their hot play, we saw the Joel Embiid show and why he might be the best player in the NBA (15:40), and we saw the Memphis Grizzlies (26:50) demonstrate why they're championship window is now.…
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What's up y'all! It time for Super Bowl LVI! Alex O and Davey Dave discuss the upcoming Super Bowl featuring the Los Angeles Rams and the Cincinnati Bengals. Before they get into SB56, the guys discuss the recently filled Head Coaching jobs in the NFL (2:20) and if Brian Flores will coach in the NFL again (5:00). Then they recap the NFL Honors (9:3…
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Welcome to a new series on the Cloud 35 Sports Network, Who Moved The Hoop?!, Alex O will discuss many different basketball topics throughout this series and will be joined by different guest, friends, and family. During this introductory episode, Alex O discussed the recently passed NBA Trade Deadline (6:00) and dove into many different trades fro…
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Alex O and Davey Dave recap the conference championship matchups in the NFL featuring Bengals-Chiefs (11:20) and Rams-49ers (19:00). They then dive into some Fake GM (31:00) before getting into some discussions about the upcoming Pro Bowl (44:30). Finally, they wrap up discussing Tom Brady's retirement (55:20), the top 4 QBs in the AFC (1:00:30), a…
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Max DesMarais of Hiking and Fishing.com joins Jeremy to talk about the Pemigewasset Loop in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Max, a New Hampshire native, has a lot of experience on the Pemi Loop. In this episode, he takes listeners through the many ups and downs of this amazing experience in the wilderness of New England. And before the conver…
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Alex O & Davey Dave discuss the Bengals-Titans (8:38), 49ers-Packers (21:00), Rams-Bucs (29:00), and Bills-Chiefs (38:35) as they recap one of the best Divisional Rounds of All-Time. Then they look ahead to the Conference Championships (50:38), and discuss the key moves the Titans (1:05:00), Bills (1:09:20), Packers (1:10:50), and Bucs (1:12:45) ne…
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Dawn Kinsel joins Jeremy to talk about their 2017 trek together with their families on the Tour du Mont Blanc in France, Italy, and Switzerland. Traveling more than 100 miles, this impressive trail circumnavigates Mont Blanc, the tallest peak in the Alps. In addition to impressive peaks, glaciers, and wildflowers, the trek takes hikers through quai…
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Jeremy's French teacher Mia joins him to talk about her adventure in the Himalayas on the Kashmir Great Lakes Trek. Although Kashmir has a history of conflict that continues to this day, it is also a region with a rich multicultural history and unparalleled beauty. Although the hike is in what is today India, Kashmir remains a land disputed and div…
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Back in episode 7, Jeremy interviewed Road Trip Ryan (Ryan Cornia) about his hike of the Ruby Crest Trail in the Ruby Mountains of Nevada. Jeremy had previously tried to hike the trail in 2018, but had been thwarted first by snow and then forest fires. But in 2021, Jeremy finally hiked the trail, along with his son Justin and hiking buddy Tony Wong…
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Taryn Eyton of Happiest Outdoors joins Jeremy to talk about the West Coast Trail on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. This coastal trail off the west coast of Canada takes hikers through temperate rainforest and along beaches, and features ladders, hand-operated cable cars, and ferries as part of the adventure. Taryn also talks about Happiest Out…
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