# Naked at the Hot Springs? Gear Abby's Guide to Good Trail Manners Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-abby-an-outdoor-advice-column-for-your-ears-7463155/naked-at-the-hot-springs-gear-abby-s-guide-to-good-trail-manners Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-abby-an-outdoor-advice-column-for-your-ears-7463155/naked-at-the-hot-springs-gear-abby-s-guide-to-good-trail-manners.md Podcast: [Gear Abby: An Outdoor Advice Column For Your Ears](https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-abby-an-outdoor-advice-column-for-your-ears-7463155) Published: 2026-07-17T09:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.rockfightllc.com Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/298257d7-543a-4e8f-a2e4-1cd0b98a629f.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gear-abby-an-outdoor-advice-column-for-your-ears-7463155/episodes/naked-at-the-hot-springs-gear-abby-s-guide-to-good-trail-manners Duration seconds: 2857 ## Resource Gear Abby is back! This week, Shawnté and Colin dive into the unwritten rules of the outdoors. First up: what's the proper etiquette for skinny dipping at alpine lakes and hot springs and how do you avoid becoming that naked person? Then they explore whether Indigenous peoples climbed North America's highest peaks, how to respectfully visit culturally significant places, and why some sacred landscapes deserve a little more consideration from modern recreationists. Finally, they settle a classic trail debate: who actually has the right of way hikers, mountain bikers, horses, runners...or snakes? Along the way: a mysterious one-star review, marmots, vasculitis, trail stories from the Sierra, and enough butt cheek jokes to last at least until the next episode. Got a question? Naked or not, we'll take your email. Send it to DearGearAbby@gmail.com. Gear Abby is a production of Rock Fight, LLC. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/gear-abby-an-outdoor-advice-column-for-your-ears-7463155/episodes/naked-at-the-hot-springs-gear-abby-s-guide-to-good-trail-manners/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/gear-abby-an-outdoor-advice-column-for-your-ears-7463155/naked-at-the-hot-springs-gear-abby-s-guide-to-good-trail-manners.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.