{"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":"The Full Range - Carolyn Highland (Part II)","slug":"the-full-range-carolyn-highland-part-ii","published_at":"2026-08-19T08:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/the-full-range-carolyn-highland-part-ii","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694","url":"https://bleav.com/shows/hiker-trash-radio/?post_type=gp_podcast_episode&p=992","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/mgln.ai/e/1385/injector.simplecastaudio.com/6d2da267-75e0-4996-8f52-dc96c283fcb3/episodes/295e455f-10da-4c70-b44e-6e66d8604545/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=6d2da267-75e0-4996-8f52-dc96c283fcb3&awEpisodeId=295e455f-10da-4c70-b44e-6e66d8604545&feed=TGxnwCmZ","summary":"In Part 2, Carolyn Highland gets into the adventures, the essays, and the through-line that ties them together. She runs 40-mile loops solo in the Eastern Sierra when her crew cancels. She has sat in a backcountry creek at golden hour with seized legs, chips, and sparkling water, knowing she would have to stand up alone because there was no one else to do it, and found in that moment a kind of freedom she would not trade. She has spent years noticing that the thing a 50K teaches you — keep going when you're cold and exhausted and it would be easier to stop — is exactly the same skill that a heartbreak requires. Her book tracks both, side by side. This half of the conversation also covers the opening essay in The Full Range (a 48-hour goodbye ski weekend with a former partner, knowing the whole time this was the end), the most striking line in the book ('Sam wasn't my person, but he was my people'), the mental game and what negative self-talk does to your body, two hiking hacks, a Jeff Pelletier YouTube recommendation, and a recently honeymooned-in-the-Dolomites aside. If you haven't listened to Part 1 yet, start there — it dropped 10 minutes ago.","meta_description":"In Part 2, Carolyn Highland gets into the adventures, the essays, and the through-line that ties them together. She runs 40-mile loops solo in the Eastern…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2078,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hiker-trash-radio-2158694/episodes/the-full-range-carolyn-highland-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/the-full-range-carolyn-highland-part-ii.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}