Episode Summary: And enter...the High Sierras of California. I'm not ashamed to say that this is a captivating episode with thrilling and hilarious moments from our first week enraptured by tall peaks and snow. We discuss surrounding yourself with positive people and energy on the trail, some of the funnier moments we have with Optimist Prime, meeting some of our favorite new hikers in the story, Mt. Whitney, lava poops, Forester Pass, Basecamp chipping a tooth, and, well, what actually happened to Optimist on Forester?

Topics: PCT, Pacific Crest Trail, Mt. Whitney, Forester Pass, positivity

Discount Codes:

~~~~~

Hillsound Equipment Link

Code for 15% Off: THEGINGER_AND_THEJOY

Timestamps and Questions:

0:00:00 – Intro by The Fire Once Lost

0:02:42 – Drink of the choice

0:04:10 – Intro stuff

0:04:29 – Our new editors

0:06:22 – Cotton world updates

0:12:45 – Hillsound Equipment Promo

0:14:52 – PCT Week 9

0:19:27 – Basecamp’s sugar crash

0:21:16 – Gear overload

0:22:07 – Injured hikers

0:22:25 – Crush and Yukon

0:24:30 – Magical campsite

0:25:24 – Crush eats dinner w/ a stick

0:27:00 – Swallows

0:28:00 – Week 9 Day 2

0:30:35 – Week 9 Day 3

0:32:24 – Cookie Monster

0:35:32 – Hike with people that bring you joy

0:38:54 – Chicken Spring Lake

0:40:48 – Week 9 Day 4

0:44:35 – Optimist gets stuck

0:45:28 – Crabtree Meadows

0:48:50 – Frozen Greenbelly

0:49:15 – Fiery lava poop

0:54:14 – Mt. Whitney summit & hut

0:56:15 – Sketchy descent

0:59:20 – Wallace Creek plan

1:04:07 – Forester Pass approach

1:05:24 – Boondoggle

1:09:29 – Glissade down

1:13:15 – Bloody butt

1:20:18 – Getting into Bishop, CA

1:22:01 – Chipped a tooth

1:23:11 – Mental bender

1:24:40 – Van guys and closed PO

1:27:29 – Where is Optimist?

1:28:15 – End of Week 9 & outro

Created, hosted and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)

Edited by Aj Jones

Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.

Check out the album,and their IG page.

Yeti Legs’ and Basecamp’s Socials:

Instagram: @theginger_and_thejoy

TikTok: @theginger_and_thejoy

Facebook: @wesley.a.black.3

Trek Blog: WesleyBlack

Linktree: @thegingerandthejoy