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Backpacking & Blisters: A Hiking, Backpacking, and Adventure ShowThe 7 BEST/WORST Trail Gadgets on the Market...with Cris Hazzard (HikingGuy)Hiking Guy Cris Hazzard joins the show as our tech guru. What are the top 3 tech devices or gadgets he recommends? And what are the top 3 pieces of tech Carl suggests that you ditch immediately. Also, when can we stop bringing locator beacons in lieu of our phones?
Some of the Tech Gear Covered:
-Garmin InReach Mini 2
-Garmin Enduro GPS Watch
-LcFun USB Electric Lighter
Check out the latest trail tech on the Hiking Guy YouTube Channel!
For more resources from Cris check out his website!
2025-04-1443 min
Safe Travels PodJuly News, Notes & Creators: New 4th of July Plans, Death Valley is HOT, Biscuit Basin Exploded & MoreWelcome to the first News, Notes & Creators edition of the Safe Travels Pod! We'll be discussing park news from the month of July, upcoming podcast plans and my favorite creators from the previous month. Here are the press releases referenced throughout this episode:Death Valley Heat:https://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/hottest-month-in-death-valley-history.htmhttps://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/july-2024-heatwave.htmhttps://www.nps.gov/deva/learn/news/7-20-2024-sand-dunes.htmFourth Of July Celebration At Mount Rushmore:https://www.nps.gov/moru/learn/news/mount-rushmore-celebrates-independence-day-with-variety-of-events-and-activities.htmGlacier Bay Whale Waters:https://www.nps.gov/g...2024-08-1115 min
Safe Travels PodThe Hiking Guy: Hiking, Healing, & Enjoying Nature with Cris HazzardWe had the opportunity to sit down with Cris Hazzard from HikingGuy.com to chat about his outdoor journey, how we can encourage and support others that are getting into hiking, outdoor + tech gear, hiking etiquette and much more!Cris was an awesome interview and an even better person. I had a blast picking his brain and getting to spend some time with him!You can also view the full conversation on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@safetravelspodCris Hazzard/Hiking Guy links to support him:Website: HikingGuy.com...2024-05-3050 min
Safe Travels PodDeath Valley National Park: Wildlife with Park Ranger Elyscia LettermanDeath Valley Park Ranger, Elyscia Letterman, joined to chat about the wildlife at Death Valley National Park! She shared awesome insight on the various desert adaptations that the animals have taken on, reptiles, predators and prey, plus much more! Elyscia was an awesome guest - I had such a blast getting to chat and learn from her. Upcoming episodes:- The Hiking Guy: Cris Hazzard's story + hiking advice- Death Valley National Park: Geology and Climate If you like this video, please consider leaving a rating on our channel!...2024-05-2345 min
The Person You Want to Be, with Eric TeplitzEp. 40: "Hiking Guy", Cris HazzardCris Hazzard - aka “Hiking Guy” - has built an ever-growing following of both newbies to and devotees of the outdoors with his highly detailed, easy to follow, and down-to-earth online hiking guides.Cris is on a mission to get people outside and appreciating the benefits of nature, knowing full well that this will help them feel renewed, restored, rejuvenated, and alive.He also knows that doing so will garner that much more support for protecting, preserving, and caring for our natural environment for the benefit and health of future generations as well as the Eart...2024-05-211h 59
Just Trek Podcast#69 | SoCal Hometown Heroes - Exclusive Recording from the 4 Year Anniversary Live Podcast Show feat. Karla Amador (52 Hike Challenge), Cris Hazzard (HikingGuy.com), & Anjelica Avella (Film "Forward)On this episode, I release the full recording from our second ever live podcast show. It was filmed at the Just Trek Podcast 4 Year Anniversary celebration on Sat, April 6th at the Happier Camper Outdoor Showroom + Happier Cafe here in Los Angeles. The guest panel featured SoCal Hometown Heroes such as Karla Amador (founder of @52hikechallenge), Cris Hazzard (creator of HikingGuy.com), Anjelica Avella (Lead Protagonist / Story Producer in the film “Forward”), and myself as the moderator. We chatted about each of their impactful work in the community, their most meaningful outdoor adventures / nature experiences, what the community each has...2024-04-231h 26
Backpacking & Blisters: A Hiking, Backpacking, and Adventure ShowCRIS 'HIKING GUY' HAZZARD: Listen to This Before You Buy or Use an SOS Device!Backpacking Tech Gear Expert Cris ‘Hiking Guy’ Hazzard joins the show to discuss the latest and greatest GPS locator beacon devices. Are phones rivaling the capabilities of these devices to the point where we don’t even need them? Which one is the best GPS device to buy for functionality and overall bang for your buck? Cris has answers for everything! And what type of ‘hazardous’ trivia did Derek cook up this time?
Some of the tech gear & topics discussed:
-Garmin inReach Mini 2
-Motorola Defy Satellite Link
-Zoleo Satellite Communicator
-Overwat...2024-01-2954 min
Greater LALA bakers sprint to meet Thanksgiving pie demandsThanksgiving week is one of the busiest times of year for professional pie bakers. The hours are long and the payoff is big. We’ve all got family holiday traditions. Three KCRW listeners share their favorite unusual Thanksgiving celebrations. This holiday weekend is a perfect time to hike around LA due to cooler temperatures and red-orange autumn foliage. Cris Hazzard, aka The Hiking Guy, shows you where to go.2023-11-2226 minGreater LA$250/night to ‘glamp’: More private property owners find extra incomeUpscale camping, or “glamping,” took off during the pandemic. Now anyone with a property and beautiful tent can add to their profits during the camping season. Cris Hazzard, aka “The Hiking Guy,” recommends some great camping spots around LA for the adventurous among us. Who ventures to the great outdoors? It’s not always as diverse as the natural flora, which is exactly what Outdoor Asian is trying to change in Southern California.2023-07-1226 min
Just Trek Podcast#59 | Best of Just Trek Vol 2: Adventure Compilation // Podcast Reaches 3 Year Anniversary MilestoneOn this episode I release the "Best of Just Trek: Mixtrek Volume 2" in celebration of the podcast reaching the 3 year anniversary milestone. This second compilation features the best stories and moments that I have ever heard on the show from our cast of special guests. Featured in this compilation are Robert Martinez (@Parliament0f0wls), Casey Schreiner (@ModernHiker), Veronica Castro (@SweatSoGuud), Jeff Hester (@TheSoCalHiker / @SixPackOfPeaks), Jen Yonda (@LA.Skate.Hunnnies), Victor Martinez (@Vic_Of_Earth / @LATrailKillers), Cris Hazzard (@Hikingguy_com), Dora Santana (@Hiking_Lotusflower), Mitchel Dumlao (@MitchelDumlao), Stefan Fagerholm (@LifeHacksLA), Noah Klein (@FeelsLikeFloating), Cisko (@HikerFighter @BehindTheSufferAndPain), and Karla Amador (@52...2023-03-312h 21
Globetrotters Podcast#33 Making The Outdoors Accessible — With Cris Hazzard "The Hiking Guy"Cris Hazzard, aka "Hiking Guy" is a professional hiking guide and author. His goal? To make hiking simple, easy, and safe. In this interview, we discuss what prompts people to avoid the outdoors, how to make nature accessible, and his approach on writing guides and what he hopes people can learn from them.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/globetrotters-podcast--5023679/support.2022-11-2445 min
RoboFudgeEpisode 18: The Macho CockRomance of Many Dimensions employs cockfighting as a metaphor to explore the politics of theatre, performance, and games in contemporary society. By displacing these questions onto the arena of cockfighting, ideas about gameness (being trained to fight beyond pain), masculinity, control, accumulation and violence can be addressed indirectly. The series questions how situations in everyday life—such as how we act, speak and relate to one another—can be staged and performed. By resorting to the violence of cockfighting and its associated gambling (and profits for the animals’ owners) the work interrogates the rules that govern such a staging, prompting a cons...2022-10-1248 min
Interviews with Technical PeopleEp 41: Cris Hazzard: HikingGuyToday we are joined by Cris Hazzard, the Hiking Guy himself, founder of HikingGuy.com. This website provides turn-by-turn guides to various hikes in the southwestern United States and beyond, and Cris shares how he started the website, how it has grown, and the importance of getting outside. And of course, we discuss the technology that goes into keeping us informed and safe in the outdoors.For more info on Cris, you can check out his website hikingguy.com/, and can also check out his youtube page.2022-05-1352 min
Just Trek Podcast#44 | Creating Hiking Guides Read by Millions, From Elite Bike Racer & Corporate Executive to Professional Hiking Guide, Top SoCal Trails, and Gear Recommendations with HikingGuy (Cris Hazzard)On this episode I have SoCal based trekker, outdoor explorer, professional hiking guide, and creator of HikingGuy.com, Cris Hazzard, join me on the show. We chat about how taking an international corporate job sparked his outdoor journey, the backstory behind creating HikingGuy.com, his top SoCal trails, tips & advice for long day hikes & newbie hikers, tips for outdoor bloggers & writers, current gear recommendations, All Trails vs Gaia GPS, how hiking and nature has impacted his overall life, and the one outdoor experience he would relive all over again. Cris's hiking guides and virtual trail guides have been read...2022-02-162h 08
Evolved idiotsEvolved idiots #62: Cris HazzardEvolved idiots welcomes Cris Hazzard, aka the "Hiking Guy", a professional hiking guide & author.
Discover more from Cris Hazzard at HikingGuy.com!
0:00 - Opening
3:00 - Becoming the Hiking Guy
15:50 - Navigating the Online World
19:22 - Finding Balance in Life
31:59 - Broadening Perspective
36:00 - Safe Hiking
40:47 - Taking Care of Nature
55:18 - Having a Vision for the Future
1:03:57 - Facing Adversity
1:10:00 - Playing Our Role
1:12:24 - Navigating Nature
1:22:15 - Overnight Backpacking
1:24:15 - Wildlife Threats
1:30:39 - Mt. Whitney
1:40:12 - Grand Canyon
1:43:00 - Nutrition...2021-10-042h 02
RoboFudgeEpisode 17: A Chicken's TearsAmy Cole has her entire life mapped out by her mother, Catherine. Finish high school, attend Juilliard School in New York and become a famous concert violinist. Amy reluctantly agrees to her mother’s plans. Everything changes during summer break after her junior year of high school. That’s when she meets Mason at Carolina Beach. Mason is most unique guy she has ever known. Their innocent summer romance evolves into falling deeply in love.
Amy and Mason are subjected to a series of schemes orchestrated by her mother to end their relationship. They are eventually torn apar...2021-09-2139 min
RoboFudgeEpisode 16: The Everliving TrollJack, a social outcast, is thrust out of his comfort zone when the outside world bangs on his door and he can't contain his violent past.. Jack's in a rut. Depression and severe anti-social behavior has whittled down his existence to sleeping and watching television. He spends his days in a diner, playing church bingo and sleeping. When some hired thugs show up Jack's life is stirred up and the question of his existence comes to light.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 15: Meatloaf & LSDMarvin Lee Aday was a singer and occasional actor who, for reasons never definitively answered, recorded under the name Meat Loaf. In all likelihood a childhood nickname, the tag stuck, and many puns followed as the performer -- who tipped the scales at well over 300 pounds -- became one of the biggest chart acts of the 1970s before enjoying a commercial renaissance two decades later.
Meat Loaf was born in Dallas, TX. The product of a family of gospel singers, he moved to Los Angeles in 1967 and formed a group known as both Meat Loaf Soul and...2021-02-2636 min
RoboFudgeEpisode 14: Aprons Only With JonJean-Georges arrives in the Golden State with a collection of his finest dishes from New York City and beyond.
Breakfast is a modern twist on the traditional, featuring buttermilk pancakes, fluffy omelets, coconut and chia seed pudding, and acai bowls. Enjoy lunch and dinner in a sunlit space surrounded by a sprawling passionfruit vine-coveredterrace. The seasonal menu includes caviar creations, raw dishes, soups, salads, pizzas, and pasta.
You can dine with us indoors or out, or book a private room that accommodates up to 25 people.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 13: The Alaskan PipelineAs a Baltimore cop, Nate Burke watched his partner die on the street—and the guilt still haunts him. With nowhere else to go, he accepted the job as Chief of Police in a tiny, remote Alaskan town with the hopes of starting over. Despite the name, Lunacy provides a balm for Nate's shattered soul—and an unexpected affair with pilot Meg Galloway warms his nights...
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RoboFudgeEpisode 13: Cop Music & Stealing Abbie Hoffman's Weed & Jon Owns a Strip BarHer sister has been dead for fifteen years when she sees her on the TV news…
Josie Bianci was killed years ago on a train during a terrorist attack. Gone forever. It’s what her sister, Kit, an ER doctor in Santa Cruz, has always believed. Yet all it takes is a few heart-wrenching seconds to upend Kit’s world. Live coverage of a club fire in Auckland has captured the image of a woman stumbling through the smoke and debris. Her resemblance to Josie is unbelievable. And unmistakable. With it comes a flood of emotions—grief, loss, an...2020-11-1939 min
RoboFudgeEpisode 12: Short Ribs & Long TurdsWe don't talk about anything for about 30 minutes.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 11: The COVID Taco TruckBack together with Señor Golden discussing a failed kidnapping attempt, the dating scene at the Olive Garden, smoking through a mask, Peddler's Village People, and restaurant ideas.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 10: Wedgie NurplePhallic racing, sacrificed waistbands, and senior pranks that keep on giving.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 9: The Mystery of EckArts, science, tripe, and cheese of parma
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RoboFudgeEpisode 8: School Dayz of Backrubs & SwastikasBackrubs, swastikas, and teachers who shoot webs out of their ass.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 7: New Hope Solebury High SchoolA nostalgic romp through being oppressed and bullied from the ages of 12 to 18, part 1.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 6: Creatures of New HopeWe dive into the underbelly of New Hope street characters from the 1980s.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 5: Towpath Blowpath New Hope, PAToes are the last body part that you'll see on the New Hope, PA towpath.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 4: Parking Lots of New Hope, PAParking lots, drugs, stolen money, wheelies, a guy named Beezer, spotting pedos, and a place to put your car.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 3: Gerensers, Video Games, and Drug Deals (New Hope, PA)A nostalgic look at outlaw children searching for dopamine highs and quarters on the mean streets of Bucks County and New Hope. More info & shirts: RoboFudge.com
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RoboFudgeEpisode 2: Jamesway King James Edition (New Hope, PA)Get the shirt: https://www.etsy.com/listing/745625293/jamesway-t-shirt
A delightful romp through Jamesway in New Hope, PA.
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RoboFudgeEpisode 1: The Mystery of the New Prelude (New Hope, PA)We explore the mysterious world of the New Prelude in New Hope PA.
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