{"podcast":{"title":"Hiker Trash Radio","slug":"hiker-trash-radio-2158694","podcast_index_feed_id":2158694,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/TGxnwCmZ","website_url":"https://bleav.com/shows/hiker-trash-radio/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/6215cda8-011d-4ccd-9fe8-c389912a62af/8462348d-3bc5-4438-a3de-05a96ab6009b/3000x3000/updated-circular-logo.png?aid=rss_feed","author":"Bleav + Doc","episode_count":600,"summary":"Join Doc and his guests on Hiker Trash Radio, the outdoor adventure podcast that takes you on a myriad of trails. With interviews from thru hikers, skydivers, adventure athletes, big wall climbers, and more, each episode is packed with trail talk, gear tips, and hilarious misadventures. And if you thought the great outdoors was all sunshine and rainbows, think again! Tune in for tales of blistered feet, helicopter evacuations, and Type II Fun that will make you appreciate the comforts of home. Settle in and get ready to trade the city for the wilderness. It's time to embrace the suck!","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T12:22:28.586390+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694"},"episode":{"title":"Denali, Poopsicles, and the Diving Board - Chris \"Rad\" Carter (Part II)","slug":"denali-poopsicles-and-the-diving-board-chris-rad-carter-part-ii","published_at":"2026-09-02T08:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/denali-poopsicles-and-the-diving-board-chris-rad-carter-part-ii","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/hiker-trash-radio/episodes/denali-poopsicles-and-the-diving-board-chris-rad-carter-part-ii/","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/6d2da267-75e0-4996-8f52-dc96c283fcb3/episodes/7b353fda-0702-45dd-9e20-d391f892c8e9/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=6d2da267-75e0-4996-8f52-dc96c283fcb3&awEpisodeId=7b353fda-0702-45dd-9e20-d391f892c8e9&feed=TGxnwCmZ","summary":"In Part 2, Rad gets into the post-Triple Crown reckoning: the post-trail depression that hit harder than expected, five friends' weddings he missed while thru-hiking (including ones where he was supposed to be a groomsman), and his current view that the trails were designed by Muir and Roosevelt not to sustain serial thru-hiking as a lifestyle but to give people a love of wild spaces strong enough to protect them. He is trying to build a backpacking trail in Kenya's Aberdares National Park, partly to work out that philosophy in practice. This half also covers the best and worst trip he's had working for Switchback Travel: the Haute Route in Switzerland with his wife was jaw-dropping; the bikepacking trip through Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan with Darwin was a 6 AM to 11 PM shooting day every day — and involved losing a seat bag down a ravine that contained his tent, sleeping bag, down jacket, and booties, forcing him to finish the trip in a Russian military synthetic sleeping bag from a bazaar and a ladies' down vest from a corner shop, covered by a shower curtain. He did not write a review of the original brand. He is currently training for The Shield on El Capitan. The hypoxico altitude tent — a tented altitude simulator you sleep in at home — is his hiking hack. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, start there — it dropped 10 minutes ago.","meta_description":"In Part 2, Rad gets into the post-Triple Crown reckoning: the post-trail depression that hit harder than expected, five friends' weddings he missed while…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2310,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/episodes/denali-poopsicles-and-the-diving-board-chris-rad-carter-part-ii/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/denali-poopsicles-and-the-diving-board-chris-rad-carter-part-ii.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}