Podcasts about Pisgah

Get up into the top of Pisgah, and lift up your eyes westward, and northward, and southward, and eastward, and behold it with your eyes: for you shall not go over this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you shall see.Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.Deuteronomy 4:1–2

Just Joshin with ya gnomies. We are back after a brief hiatus. We do talk gravel biking but also about latest mtb rides, weird sightings on the trail, breaking bikes and upgrading, the new Bonnell bike (controversial), testing out different parts and much more. Hope you enjoy this one with MTB Lawyer and the Gnar Gnome! Email fredballar@gmail.com and use Gnargnomies for 10 percent off his shredstead in Pisgah. Use Gnargnomies5 for 5 dollars off your Jarrod's Place day pass online.

Pisgah Sunday Service - Sixth Sunday of Easter - 05/25/2025 - 10:45 AM Todays Readings: First Reading : Acts 16: 9-15 Second Reading : Revelation 21: 10, 22-22:5 Gospel : John 14: 23-29 Prayer List: Otis Amick Wanda Amick Steve Barfield Patsy Caldwell Donald & Janette Clamp Betty Harmon Cheryl Jumper Ricky Kyzer Eleanor Rawl Richard Roof Rose Stancil Ricky Whisenant Barbara Watson The chancel flowers are given to the glory of God and in honor of Tony Roof, Jon Fields, and Pisgah's Chancel choir by Donald & Sylvia Cato. ---------- Pastor Stephen Mims Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072 www.pisgahlutheran.org @pisgahlutheran https://linktr.ee/pisgahlutheran 803-359-2223 We Share Our Gifts to Show God's Love ---------- THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. #shareourgifts #lutheran #pisgahlutheran #faith #goinpeace

Deuteronomy 34 is the final chapter of the book and brings closure to the life of Moses, the servant of God. It is a deeply emotional and reverent moment in the biblical narrative. ⸻ Key Highlights: 1. Moses Views the Promised Land (Verses 1–4): God leads Moses to the top of Mount Nebo, to a peak called Pisgah, across from Jericho. From there, the Lord shows him the entire land—Gilead, Naphtali, Ephraim, Manasseh, Judah, and all the way to the Mediterranean Sea. Though Moses is allowed to see the land, God tells him he will not enter it. 2. Moses Dies on Mount Nebo (Verse 5): Moses, the servant of the Lord, dies in Moab, just as the Lord said. His death is peaceful and divinely timed—not from illness or battle, but under God's hand. 3. God Buries Moses (Verse 6): God Himself buries Moses in a valley in Moab. To this day, the location of his grave remains unknown. This mysterious burial reflects Moses' unique relationship with God. 4. Moses Was Still Strong (Verse 7): At 120 years old, Moses' eyes were not weak, and his strength was not gone. He died with full vitality—showing that it was purely God's decision to bring his life to a close. 5. Israel Mourns (Verse 8): The Israelites wept for Moses in the plains of Moab for thirty days, marking a full mourning period, and honoring their leader who had guided them for decades. 6. Joshua Succeeds Moses (Verses 9–12): Joshua is filled with the spirit of wisdom because Moses had laid hands on him. The people listen to him, and the transition of leadership is affirmed. The chapter closes by honoring Moses: “Since then, no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face.” Moses had performed great signs, wonders, and miracles, and led Israel with unmatched courage, humility, and divine authority.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sendme-radio--732966/support.

Teaching Text - Deuteronomy 4Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God that I am delivering to you. 3 You have witnessed what the Lord did at Baal Peor, how he eradicated from your midst everyone who followed Baal Peor. 4 But you who remained faithful to the Lord your God are still alive to this very day, every one of you. 5 Look! I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the Lord my God told me to do, so that you might carry them out in the land you are about to enter and possess. 6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise people.” 7 In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him? 8 And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?9 Again, however, pay very careful attention, lest you forget the things you have seen and disregard them for the rest of your life; instead teach them to your children and grandchildren. 10 You stood before the Lord your God at Horeb and he said to me, “Assemble the people before me so that I can tell them my commands. Then they will learn to revere me all the days they live in the land, and they will instruct their children.” 11 You approached and stood at the foot of the mountain, a mountain ablaze to the sky above it and yet dark with a thick cloud. 12 Then the Lord spoke to you from the middle of the fire; you heard speech but you could not see anything—only a voice was heard. 13 And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the Ten Commandments, writing them on two stone tablets. 14 Moreover, at that same time the Lord commanded me to teach you statutes and ordinances for you to keep in the land that you are about to enter and possess.15 Be very careful, then, because you saw no form at the time the Lord spoke to you at Horeb from the middle of the fire. 16 I say this so you will not corrupt yourselves by making an image in the form of any kind of figure. This includes the likeness of a human male or female, 17 any kind of land animal, any bird that flies in the sky, 18 anything that crawls on the ground, or any fish in the deep waters under the earth. 19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, moon, and stars—the whole heavenly creation—you must not be seduced to worship and serve them, for the Lord your God has assigned them to all the people of the world. 20 You, however, the Lord has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today. 21 But the Lord became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you. 22 So I must die here in this land; I will not cross the Jordan. But you are going over and will possess that good land. 23 Be on guard so that you do not forget the covenant of the Lord your God that he has made with you, and that you do not make an image of any kind, just as he has forbidden you. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire; he is a jealous God.25 After you have produced children and grandchildren and have been in the land a long time, if you become corrupt and make an image of any kind and do other evil things before the Lord your God that enrage him, 26 I invoke heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely and swiftly be removed from the very land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not last long there because you will surely be annihilated. 27 Then the Lord will scatter you among the peoples and there will be very few of you among the nations where the Lord will drive you. 28 There you will worship gods made by human hands—wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell. 29 But if you seek the Lord your God from there, you will find him, if, indeed, you seek him with all your heart and soul. 30 In your distress when all these things happen to you in future days, if you return to the Lord your God and obey him 31 (for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.32 Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it. 33 Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it? 34 Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? 35 You have been taught that the Lord alone is God—there is no other besides him. 36 From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words. 37 Moreover, because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants who followed them and personally brought you out of Egypt with his great power 38 to dispossess nations greater and stronger than you and brought you here this day to give you their land as your property. 39 Today realize and carefully consider that the Lord is God in heaven above and on earth below—there is no other! 40 Keep his statutes and commandments that I am setting forth today so that it may go well with you and your descendants and that you may enjoy longevity in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you as a permanent possession.”41 Then Moses selected three cities in the Transjordan, toward the east. 42 Anyone who accidentally killed someone without hating him at the time of the accident could flee to one of those cities and be safe. 43 These cities are Bezer, in the wilderness plateau, for the Reubenites; Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassehites.44 This is the law that Moses set before the Israelites. 45 These are the stipulations, statutes, and ordinances that Moses spoke to the Israelites after he had brought them out of Egypt, 46 in the Transjordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of King Sihon of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. (It is he whom Moses and the Israelites attacked after they came out of Egypt. 47 They possessed his land and that of King Og of Bashan—both of whom were Amorite kings in the Transjordan, to the east. 48 Their territory extended from Aroer at the edge of the Arnon valley as far as Mount Siyon—that is, Hermon— 49 including all the rift valley of the Transjordan in the east to the sea of the rift valley, beneath the slopes of Pisgah.)

Wow episode 100 is here! What better way to celebrate than have some of the core gnar gnomies join like the Outlaw of Josey Wales, MTB Lawyer, The Mechanic, and Shreddy along with the fellas of Jarrod's Place! We recap all the things and take it in many different directions and had so much fun! It was originally with the whole SORBA board but that fell through... but fear not it will come soon. So crack one open and celebrate gnar gnation as we hit the big 100! Hit up fredballar@gmail.com for 10 percent off your shredstead stay in Pisgah. Use gnargnomies5 for 5 dollars off your day pass online booking.

Chase, The Mechanic, The Pilot, and the Gnomie chat on this pod as we lead up to the 100th episode! Can't believe we are almost there. We chit chat about night rides, Blue Ridge Adventure race, blanketing all of Blankets Creek, the hidden coffee spot, tow ropes, cockpit setups, crits, Starks, and many more things I can't remember.... Hope you enjoy Gnar Gnation! Brady Cockpit Video: https://youtu.be/TQN-i9Vk4XAEmail fredballar@gmail.com and use Gnar Gnomies for 10 percent off your stay at his Shredstead in Pisgah. Use Gnargnomies5 for 5 dollars off your day pass at Jarrod's place if you book online.

I guess it is technically not a roundtable when it is just two people... So sit at the square table with MTB Lawyer and the Gnar Gnomie who chat about what is going on in our world. Rides: Buzzard's roost, Rocky Knob, Jarrod's Place, Tow strap rips, etc. Latest events: PTC Criterium, Roswell pedal day, DHSE, Shorties, Trail RangersLatest news: Bye bye Revel, Singletrack deals, MTB Lawyer new bike (keep it quiet), hidden easter egg, and people need to stop pooping on the floor at Sope... Use Gnargnomies when you email fredballar@gmail.com for a place to stay in Pisgah for 10% off. Use Gnargnomies5 for $5 off your day pass at Jarrod's when you book online.

Pisgah Sunday Service - Palm Sunday - 04/13/2025 - 10:45 AM Todays Readings: Processional Gospel: Luke 19:28-40 First Reading : Isaiah 50: 4-9a Second Reading : Philippians 2: 5-11 Gospel : Luke 19: 41-48 Prayer List: Otis Amick Wanda Amick Steve Barfield Donald & Janette Clamp Betty Harmon Ken Hutto Cheryl Jumper Barry Kirby Michael Kuhrau Ricky Kyzer Eleanor Rawl Richard Roof Ricky Whisenant Barbara Watson The palm fronds are given to the glory of God in honor of Pisgah's Staff and Choirs by Tony Roof. The chancel flowers are given to the glory of God and in honor of our 41st wedding anniversary (March 31st) by Bryan and Polly Rawl. ---------- Pastor Stephen Mims Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072 www.pisgahlutheran.org @pisgahlutheran https://linktr.ee/pisgahlutheran 803-359-2223 We Share Our Gifts to Show God's Love ---------- THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. #shareourgifts #lutheran #pisgahlutheran #faith #goinpeace

Slap that spandex on and gitchu an espresso cause we are going racing with Zach Berube. He hails from Marietta, GA and is an American cyclist competing at the national and international level for Contour Endurance and Fresh Bikes. Specializing in cross country mountain bike racing, he also competes in other disciplines including gravel and road. Zach has raced in major events and continues to grow as an athlete striving to perform at the highest level. We met him at the Dirty 30 and he did two full tours of Blankets in 2 hours! Hope you enjoy gnomies! https://www.instagram.com/zsberube/https://www.instagram.com/contour.racing/https://www.instagram.com/contour.endurance/https://www.instagram.com/freshbikeservice/Use Gnargnomies5 for 5 dollars off day pass at Jarrod's Place onlineUse Gnar Gnomies for 10% off stay at the Shredstead in Pisgah

We pack a lot into this episode as we cover Josey's first real MTB race ever, The Dirty 30 Blankets Creek race put on by Mountain Goat. We talk about his experience and podium finish! Then we go to the ride review of the Santa Cruz Vala E-Bike, and lastly MTB Lawyer's take on the SRAM Transmission drivetrain. Take it all in and enjoy my gnomies! Use Gnargnomies5 for $5 off your day pass at Jarrod's PlaceUse Gnar Gnomies when you email fredballar@gmail.com for 10% off his Shredstead place in Pisgah

Pisgah church member and U of SC professor, Dr Britt Terry preached on Luke 13:1-9

Pisgah Sunday Service - Second Sunday In Lent - 03/16/2025 - 10:45 AM Todays Readings: First Reading: Genesis 15:1-12, 17-18 Second Reading: Philippians 3:17-4:1 Gospel: Luke 4:1-13 Prayer List: Otis Amick Wanda Amick Steve Barfield Donald Cato Donald & Janette Clamp Ken Hutto Cheryl Jumper Ricky Kyzer Eleanor Rawl Richard Roof Ricky Whisenant Barbara Watson The flowers are given to the glory of God and in loving memory from the family of Christine Butts by Marilyn Ward. ---------- Pastor Stephen Mims Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072 www.pisgahlutheran.org @pisgahlutheran https://linktr.ee/pisgahlutheran 803-359-2223 We Share Our Gifts to Show God's Love ---------- THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. #shareourgifts #lutheran #pisgahlutheran #faith #goinpeace

Numbers 23: Balaam's Prophecies Over Israel Numbers 23 is a critical chapter in the biblical narrative, highlighting God's sovereignty over His chosen people, Israel. It takes place in the broader story of Balak, the king of Moab, who hires Balaam, a pagan diviner, to curse Israel because he fears their strength and growing presence. However, instead of cursing Israel, Balaam is compelled by God to bless them. Summary of Numbers 23 1.Balak's First Attempt to Have Israel Cursed (23:1-12) Balak takes Balaam to a high place called Bamoth Baal, from where he can see part of Israel's camp. Balaam instructs Balak to build seven altars and offer sacrifices on them. Balaam goes aside to seek the Lord, and God puts a message in his mouth. Instead of cursing Israel, Balaam proclaims a blessing, declaring that Israel is a special nation, set apart by God. Balak is frustrated, but Balaam reminds him that he can only speak what God commands. 2.Balak's Second Attempt to Have Israel Cursed (23:13-26) Hoping for a different outcome, Balak takes Balaam to another location, the field of Zophim, on the top of Pisgah, where he can see more of Israel. Again, seven altars are built, and sacrifices are made. Balaam seeks the Lord, and once more, God gives him a message of blessing for Israel. He proclaims that God does not change His mind like humans and that He has blessed Israel, and no curse can overturn that. Balaam also declares that Israel will be victorious over its enemies. Balak is increasingly angry, but Balaam insists he can only declare what God reveals to him. Key Themes in Numbers 23 1.God's Sovereignty Despite Balak's attempts to manipulate events, God remains in control. Balaam, though a pagan diviner, is used by God to deliver truth, showing that God can work through anyone to fulfill His purposes. 2.The Unchangeable Blessing of God Balaam's second prophecy (23:19-20) is particularly powerful: “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and then not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?” This emphasizes that when God blesses, no human power can reverse it. 3.God's Protection Over Israel Israel is described as a nation separated for God, a people who will be victorious. This foreshadows God's faithfulness to Israel throughout history, despite challenges and opposition. Lessons from Numbers 23 God's Word is Final: No external force can override what God has spoken. If God declares blessing over someone, it will stand. Faithfulness Over Fear: Balak operates from fear, but fear leads to futile attempts to resist God's will. Trusting in God's plan is always better. God Uses Unexpected People: Balaam, a non-Israelite and a diviner, becomes a mouthpiece for God. This shows that God can use anyone to accomplish His purpose. Conclusion Numbers 23 is a powerful reminder that God's will prevails over human schemes. Despite Balak's determination to harm Israel, God turns the intended curse into a blessing. The chapter reinforces that God is faithful, His word is unchangeable, and His protection over His people is secure. This remains an encouraging message for believers today: when God blesses, no one can reverse it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/sendme-radio--732966/support.

Great getting our cohost The Lawyer and usual guest The Mechanic on, but we also got mystery man Chase from the MTB Brethren to hop on to a good ole fashion roundtable discussion. We discuss The Lawyer's latest injury and bike happenings, our first PAYING sponsor (SEE BELOW FOR THIS LIMITED TIME OFFER YALL!), some guys in our group committing to only Ebikes!?, Josey hitting the wood hard, latest trail rides, and avoiding crackheads in the woods at night! Tune in to get all the latest happenings!Sponsor:The Shred Stead aka Ballard Brevard Bikes Brews Bears Bungalow for rent!Contact Fred at fredballar@gmail.com to rent the dream house for MTB adventures now until June and mention Gnar Gnomies to get 10% off!- $165 a night, 2 night minimum- 4 guests $100 cleaning fee, 5+ guests $150 cleaning fee- No platform fees or taxes. Just Venmo and go!It is prime time this spring for riding so get the best house biking to downtown for Apre and biking right to the most famous Pisgah trails.

Pisgah Sunday Service - First Sunday of Advent - 12/01/2024 - 10:45 AM Todays Readings: First Reading: Jeremiah 33:14-16 Second Reading: 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Gospel: Luke 21:25-36 Prayer List: Otis Amick Wanda Amick Patsy Caldwell Donald & Janette Clamp Ken Hutto Cheryl Jumper Ricky Kyzer Eleanor Rawl Ricky Whisenant DeWitt & Barbara Watson The flowers are given to the glory of God and in thanksgiving to everyone who volunteers at Pisgah - acolytes, crucifers, readers, ushers, greeters, communion assistant/ushers, youth/kids leaders, team members, yard work, and anything else that needs to be done-- than you all. ---------- Pastor Stephen Mims Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072 www.pisgahlutheran.org @pisgahlutheran https://linktr.ee/pisgahlutheran 803-359-2223 We Share Our Gifts to Show God's Love ---------- THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. #shareourgifts #lutheran #pisgahlutheran #faith #goinpeace

For Episode 182 we have Daniel Sapp back on, this time Daniel is here to provide some insight around the impacts that Hurricane Helene had on Western North Carolina and the Communities around the Pisgah National Forest. Western North Carolina relies heavily on tourism, please consider supporting these communities and organizations in any way that you see fit as they clean up, reopen and rebuild. Topics Include: The broad impact that Hurricane Helene had on Western North Carolina Being allowed back into the forest for damage assessment and clean up Chainsaws and being certified to work within the National Forest Closed Areas of Pisgah National Forest and why it's important to respect the closures Volunteer Hours Logged to get trails open in the Ranger District of Pisgah National Forest Unity in the Community of Western North Carolina The Ranger District / Brevard and some other communities are back open and the community needs tourism in the areas that are open! Including Ride Rock Creek and Ride Kanuga – Open for Business! Fundraising for the communities in Western North Carolina Giving Tuesday coming up! Having paid staff at Pisgah Area SORBA and how that has helped the recovery efforts How modern trail building standards and how the newer trails held up during this storm event Closing Comments Trail EAffect Show Links: Two Weeks Later: How Pisgah's Communities are Coping in the Aftermath of Hurricane Helene: https://www.pinkbike.com/news/two-weeks-later-how-pisgahs-communities-are-coping-in-the-aftermath-of-hurricane-helene.html Pisgah Area SORBA: https://www.pisgahareasorba.org/ G5 Collective: https://www.g5trailcollective.org/ McDowell Technical College Trail Training: https://mcdowelltech.edu/academic-degree-programs/cewd/trail-construction-and-sustainability/   Episode Sponsor - Coulee Creative: www.dudejustsendit.com https://www.couleecreative.com/ Loam Pass Affiliate Link: https://www.loampass.com?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=track&utm_campaign=traileaffect Loam Pass – Free Pass Protection Code: TAPOD Trail One Components 20% off Coupon Code: trailpod Trail EAffect Podcast Website: www.traileaffectpodcast.com KETL Mtn Apparel Affiliate Link: https://ketlmtn.com/josh Trail One Components: https://trailone.bike/?ref=XavfBrRJfk4VOh Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

Natalie Narburgh does not shy away from adventure or challenges...actually she gravitates towards it. Natalie not only wears many hats as the Executive Director of Pisgah Area SORBA, but also many hats in life. She is a trail runner, cyclist, rock climber, a white water kayaker, a wife, a mom and more. I was thrilled to sit down with her to talk about her adventures and the trail races she has been a part of, but I also wanted to learn as much as I could about Pisgah Area SORBA. The timing of our podcast could not have been more perfect, as it was a little over a month after Hurricane Helene hit Western North Carolina. After tending to the needs of others, Pisgah Area SORBA (and the wonderful pool of volunteers) jumped into action to safely clear the trails we dearly love. In our conversation, Natalie gives us details on the inner workings of Pisgah Area SORBA, the multiple types of volunteers, the assessment and clearing of trails, and all that is involved. I personally can't thank them enough for all they have done for our running and cycling community. I know you all feel the same. Enjoy our conversation, and if you can volunteer-don't hesitate. There is still SO much work to be done. Thank you, Natalie, for sitting down with me. You were so easy to talk to, and you are one amazing human. Pisgah Area SORBA: https://www.pisgahareasorba.org Pisgah Area SORBA's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pisgahareasorba/ Natalie's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/natalie_narburgh/ Facing Vert's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/facingvert/ I would love to hear from you! Please message me through Facing Vert's Instagram. Thank you for you listening!!

November 16th, 2024 One of my charges here on the Carolina Outdoors is introducing you, the listener, to gems along the way.  Especially those gems that are right here under our noses. Timothy DeLisle, Director of Software Engineering of the Pisgah Astronomy Research Institute (PARI) joined host Bill Bartee to talk about this "one-of-a-kind" place located in Rosman, NC, whose mission is to make science education & exploration easily accessible. Segment Highlights: A 200-acre campus that first began in the early 1960s with NASA.  It then went under the Department of Defense before being obtained by Don Cline as a research, science, & education place for all. Archive over time of astronomer's studies are included for researcher's to understand physicists and scientist's questions. There are all types of telescopes on the property & utilized by people from all over the world The history of the property includes communication site for space missions, satellites, and keeping up with Cold War adversaries in the 60s and 70s.  PARI now includes special events during astronomical  special occurrences & events. PARI is unique in that not only young school age groups but also serious research happens with educators, scientists, & researchers Check the Website to make sure that a program is available before you visit.  Self-guided Tours are available too. Things You'll Learn by Listening: The Leonid meteor shower & high solar activity is happening right now.  It may be worth finding a dark place and looking up in the night sky. You can learn more about it and things happening in our night sky with PARI.  Don Cline founded & operates PARI to boost access to science education in North Carolina. The Carolina Outdoors is powered by the Charlotte hiking store, Jesse Brown's.  Lace up your comfortable shoes, grab a water bottle, and get outdoors.

Segment 2, November 16th, 2024 When we last spoke with our next guest, we had a sneak preview of a proposed restoration project involving NC's most prolific cold water fish hatchery, the  Bobby N. Setzer Hatchery in Pisgah forest. Of course Helene's devastation brought unimaginable devastation to property, lives, & communities across parts of WNC.  It also has caused a possible change of plans to recreational fishing in the mountains. Jake Rash is the Coldwater Research Coordinator for the NC Wildlife Resources Commission, where he helps with the coordination of research and management of NC's trout resources.  He recently spoke with Carolina Outdoor host, Bill Bartee, about the trout waters on North Carolina in 2024. Show Highlights: The Armstrong Fish Hatchery near Marion had the most damage during the Helene storm There is a revised trout stocking occurring for the rest of 2024.  The NC Wildlife Resource Commission is developing plans on how to properly move forward. The western region of North Carolina & its economy count on trout fishing and it was important to safely stock the streams for people. The Trout Page is the best resource to learn plans as they are announced and developed. Eastern Brook Trout Joint Venture approved Jacob "Jake" Rash as its new Chairman in 2022.  He says that he's anxious to find how the Brookies handle the storm in certain parts of the state.  They can handle lots of water but the landslides are another story. Things You'll Learn by Listening: Jake Rash will be on-hand in Charlotte on Thursday, November 21st, 2024, at 6:30 p.m. as a part of the open Rocky River Trout Unlimited meeting at Jesse Brown's.  Everyone is invited to come out and meet Jake and learn more about the cold water trout resources. Trout Page: www.ncwildlife.org/trout The Carolina Outdoors is powered by the Charlotte fly shop, Jesse Brown's.  Get a 7 weight fly rod & take on a smallmouth bass in 2025 instead of that 3-weight rod for trout.

Hurricane Helene has left Western North Carolina devastated. From the large city of Asheville to the hollers of Old Fort, Bat Cave, Mortimer and more, have all seen destruction. We've got friends all up and down these blue ridge mountains and felt it was time to check in with them and give you all an update from the source with hopeful tales of good news. Special thanks to Peter Mills, Kristian Jackson, Jared Hartman, Jane Dauster, Michael Thomas, Neko Mulally and Jason McDougald. The organizations mentioned in this episode: ⁠NW NC MTB Alliance⁠ ⁠Pisgah Area SORBA⁠ ⁠Friends of Dupont⁠ ⁠Neko's bike raffle⁠ ⁠Old Fort Strong⁠

C'est l'événement culturel majeur de la rentrée : le musée du Quai Branly accueille les « morts-vivants ». L'exposition « Zombis. La mort n'est pas une fin ? » plonge les visiteurs aux origines du mythe du zombi et montre comment cette figure centrale du vaudou a été transformée en Occident. Loin des stéréotypes de morts-vivants contagieux popularisés par le cinéma et la pop culture, cette exposition propose d'explorer un mythe authentique. En Haïti, le zombi se développe en marge du vaudou, notamment à travers les pratiques de sociétés secrètes, telles que la société bizango. À la frontière entre réalité et fiction, l'exposition révèle les vérités cachées derrière la peur que suscite cette figure emblématique du « non-mort ». Reportage de José Marinho. Les dégâts à long terme provoqués par l'ouragan HélèneTrois semaines après le passage de l'ouragan Hélène, le plus meurtrier à frapper les États-Unis en plus d'un demi-siècle (237 morts), l'État de Caroline du Nord, dans l'est du pays, s'efforce de réparer les dégâts. De nombreuses maisons et routes ont été dévastées. Après l'urgence humanitaire, les écologistes constatent également les dégâts sur la biodiversité de cette zone montagneuse, riche en espèces. Lucile Gimberg, notre envoyée spéciale, a rencontré Lisa Jennings, garde forestière au United States Forest Service dans la forêt nationale de Pisgah, près d'Asheville. C'est la région la plus touchée par l'ouragan Hélène. Jennings explique que l'ouragan a gravement perturbé les écosystèmes, tuant des poissons et polluant les eaux avec des produits chimiques.Donald Trump et Kamala Harris font aujourd'hui campagne dans le Michigan, un État industriel très disputéSelon Politico, la vice-présidente démocrate va « intensifier ses attaques contre les projets économiques du candidat républicain ». Kamala Harris doit rencontrer des responsables syndicaux dans une usine de General Motors, qui devrait recevoir une subvention de 500 millions de dollars dans le cadre de l'Inflation Reduction Act, le vaste programme de relance économique mis en place par Joe Biden. Le message de Harris aux ouvriers est clair, selon Politico : si Donald Trump est élu, les 650 emplois de l'usine pourraient être menacés, car l'ancien président a promis d'annuler les fonds non dépensés de cette loi.Par ailleurs, le New York Times rapporte l'inquiétude croissante au sein du camp républicain à propos des discours erratiques de Donald Trump. Un conseiller estime qu'il est dangereux pour lui de s'éloigner de ses textes et de détourner son discours, car cela serait « contre-productif ». De plus, des études internes menées par l'équipe de Kamala Harris révèlent que « l'un des moyens les plus efficaces de convaincre les électeurs de soutenir la vice-présidente est de présenter Trump comme instable et Harris comme une dirigeante stable, capable de renforcer la sécurité de l'Amérique ». Au Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro pousse l'opposante Maria Corina Machado à l'exilSelon le journal colombien El Tiempo, le régime chaviste mène une véritable campagne de communication pour faire pression sur Maria Corina Machado, qui revendique la victoire de son alliance lors de l'élection présidentielle de juin 2024. Nicolas Maduro affirme que Machado a déjà quitté le pays pour l'Espagne, ce qu'elle dément. « Ils veulent savoir où je suis, mais je ne leur donnerai pas ce plaisir », a-t-elle déclaré à El Tiempo. Contrairement à Edmundo Gonzalez Urrutia, ancien candidat de l'opposition exilé en Espagne, Maria Corina Machado a choisi de rester clandestine au Venezuela.La campagne américaine en musiqueJulien Coquelle-Roehm reçoit Julien Grossot, co-auteur d'une encyclopédie sur la musique américaine, Rock'n Road Trip. Aujourd'hui, il s'agit des voitures et de leur place centrale dans la vie des Américains.Journal de la 1ère : déclin démographique en MartiniqueCela se confirme : année après année, la population de la Martinique diminue.

View the Bulletin for Wednesday, October 2, 2024Worship Service: 2:00 p.m.Bible Study: 2:30 p.m. — The Book of HebrewsAll are welcome, bring a friend, neighbor or relativeVisit our YouTube channel — Click the red “subscribe” box, and then click on the “bell” next to that box to receive Live Streaming notifications. You must be logged into YouTube to activate these features.Archive of AUDIO “Readings & Sermons”Archive of VIDEO “Complete Service”Archive of BULLETINSDeuteronomy 3:1-29 “Then we turned and went up the way to Bashan. And Og the king of Bashan came out against us, he and all his people, to battle at Edrei. But the LORD said to me, ‘Do not fear him, for I have given him and all his people and his land into your hand. And you shall do to him as you did to Sihon the king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon.' So the LORD our God gave into our hand Og also, the king of Bashan, and all his people, and we struck him down until he had no survivor left. And we took all his cities at that time—there was not a city that we did not take from them—sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan. All these were cities fortified with high walls, gates, and bars, besides very many unwalled villages. And we devoted them to destruction, as we did to Sihon the king of Heshbon, devoting to destruction every city, men, women, and children. But all the livestock and the spoil of the cities we took as our plunder. So we took the land at that time out of the hand of the two kings of the Amorites who were beyond the Jordan, from the Valley of the Arnon to Mount Hermon (the Sidonians call Hermon Sirion, while the Amorites call it Senir), all the cities of the tableland and all Gilead and all Bashan, as far as Salecah and Edrei, cities of the kingdom of Og in Bashan. (For only Og the king of Bashan was left of the remnant of the Rephaim. Behold, his bed was a bed of iron. Is it not in Rabbah of the Ammonites? Nine cubits was its length, and four cubits its breadth, according to the common cubit.) “When we took possession of this land at that time, I gave to the Reubenites and the Gadites the territory beginning at Aroer, which is on the edge of the Valley of the Arnon, and half the hill country of Gilead with its cities. The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All that portion of Bashan is called the land of Rephaim. Jair the Manassite took all the region of Argob, that is, Bashan, as far as the border of the Geshurites and the Maacathites, and called the villages after his own name, Havvoth-jair, as it is to this day.) To Machir I gave Gilead, and to the Reubenites and the Gadites I gave the territory from Gilead as far as the Valley of the Arnon, with the middle of the valley as a border, as far over as the river Jabbok, the border of the Ammonites; the Arabah also, with the Jordan as the border, from Chinnereth as far as the Sea of the Arabah, the Salt Sea, under the slopes of Pisgah on the east. “And I commanded you at that time, saying, ‘The LORD your God has given you this land to possess. All your men of valor shall cross over armed before your brothers, the people of Israel. Only your wives, your little ones, and your livestock (I know that you have much livestock) shall remain in the cities that I have given you, until the LORD gives rest to your brothers, as to you, and they also occupy the land that the LORD your God gives them beyond the Jordan. Then each of you may return to his possession which I have given you.' And I commanded Joshua at that time, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings. So will the LORD do to all the kingdoms into which you are crossing. You shall not fear them, for it is the LORD your God who fights for you.' “And I pleaded with the LORD at that time, saying, ‘O Lord GOD, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours? Please let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan, that good hill country and Lebanon.' But the LORD was angry with me because of you and would not listen to me. And the LORD said to me, ‘Enough from you; do not speak to me of this matter again. Go up to the top of Pisgah and lift up your eyes westward and northward and southward and eastward, and look at it with your eyes, for you shall not go over this Jordan. But charge Joshua, and encourage and strengthen him, for he shall go over at the head of this people, and he shall put them in possession of the land that you shall see.' So we remained in the valley opposite Beth-peor. Matthew 7:1-12 “Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you. Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye. “Do not give dogs what is holy, and do not throw your pearls before pigs, lest they trample them underfoot and turn to attack you. “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him! “So whatever you wish that others would do to you, do also to them, for this is the Law and the Prophets. The Ten Commandments What is the ninth commandment?You shall not covet your neighbor's house. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not scheme to get our neighbor's inheritance or house, or get it in a way which only appears right, but help and be of service to him in keeping it.

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We got a kickstart from Daniel and Natalie at Pisgah Area Sorba to crank this thing back up, so here we are! We've got the PAS folks on the mics to give us some updates on new trails and whats new in the scene while we've been away. Did you get an email from SORBA main too? if you didn't, here's the FAQ Link to answer some questions. If you've ridden the newly reworked Greenslick and Butter, smash that subscribe button!

église AB Lausanne ; KJV Deuteronomy 34 And Moses went up from the plains of Moab unto the mountain of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah, that is over against Jericho. And the LORD shewed him all the land of Gilead, unto Dan, And all Naphtali, and the land of Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, And the south, and the plain of the valley of Jericho, the city of palm trees, unto Zoar. And the LORD said unto him, This is the land which I sware unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, saying, I will give it unto thy seed: I have caused thee to see it with thine eyes, but thou shalt not go over thither. So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day. And Moses was an hundred and twenty years old when he died: his eye was not dim, nor his natural force abated. And the children of Israel wept for Moses in the plains of Moab thirty days: so the days of weeping and mourning for Moses were ended. And Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses. And there arose not a prophet since in Israel like unto Moses, whom the LORD knew face to face, ...

In this episode, Tom Wetherington joins us for a conversation all about Temple Fork Outfitters and their high quality rods. We hear about Tom's story of getting into fly fishing and how working for TFO has been such an incredible experience as he gets to present great products at price points for people like us. He's also gotten the opportunity to fish with some great anglers and learned a lot along the way. We also talk about his new journey into fatherhood in the last year and the blessings he's experienced along the way. Learn more about TFO: https://tforods.com/ TFO on Instagram Tom on Instagram Make sure to mark your calendar if you're in the Western NC area for September 27th. We'll be at Oskar Blues brewing in Brevard, NC for the Fly Fishing Film Tour. Come enjoy some quality fly fishing films and buy some raffle tickets with great prizes to support the Pisgah chapter of Trout Unlimited. https://oskarblues.com/event/2024-fly-fishing-film-tour-free-screening-2024-09-27/ Want more content? Check out the patreon and help support Dads On The Fly: https://www.patreon.com/dadsonthefly Find Dads On The Fly online and sign up for our newsletter at https://www.dadsonthefly.com/ Check out our sponsors: https://troutinsights.com/ https://catchcamnets.com/ https://turtleboxaudio.com/  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dadsonthefly/support

In this episode we speak with Caleb Snead of Rambler Angler and Blade Company. The Rambler brand began last year as the new fly fishing, blade, and adventure arm of what was formerly Wolf Indiana LLC. They've been making quality tying vises and tools since the 90s and they're taking that expertise to continue to make high quality tools tailored specifically to the fly fisherman. The Rambler mission is to provide hardworking people with top-notch, professional knives, scissors, tools, and American-made fly tying vises that won't break the bank. We dive more into that vision coming to fruition as well as Caleb's recent dive into fly fishing in this episode. We also spend some time talking about getting our kids outside and seeing the outdoors through their eyes. Learn more about Rambler: https://rambler.co/ https://www.instagram.com/rambleranglerandblade/ https://www.youtube.com/@rambleranglerandblade Make sure to mark your calendar if you're in the Western NC area for September 27th. We'll be at Oskar Blues brewing in Brevard, NC for the Fly Fishing Film Tour. Come enjoy some quality fly fishing films and buy some raffle tickets with great prizes to support the Pisgah chapter of Trout Unlimited. https://oskarblues.com/event/2024-fly-fishing-film-tour-free-screening-2024-09-27/ Want more content? Check out the patreon and help support Dads On The Fly: https://www.patreon.com/dadsonthefly Find Dads On The Fly online and sign up for our newsletter at https://www.dadsonthefly.com/ Check out our sponsors: https://troutinsights.com/ https://catchcamnets.com/ https://turtleboxaudio.com/  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dadsonthefly/support

If you've been on an Iowa Gravel Series race in the last two years, it's likely you've seen Camden sporting his Ames Velo jersey near the front of the pack. Except for a broken clavicle, nothing much slows Camden down. So, it was exciting to see him come in 3rd at the Albia Holy Cow this year. I've had the pleasure of hanging out with Camden at RAGBRAI and to chat with him at the races, but it was nice to get to know him a little better and learn how he fuels, what he's learned from his trainer, and that he struggles up 138th and Fulton in Pisgah just like everyone else.

Welcome to Season 5! Throughout July, we will reflect on past episodes, dive into "The Chair" archives, and relive some impactful moments. To understand where we are going, it's essential to remember where we've been. This week, we look back to the Summer of 2021 and climb Mt. Pisgah. I hope you will join me! #thechair #ammiebouwman #speakingtruthwithlove #forhisgloryministry

Pisgah Sunday Service - Sixth Sunday After Pentecost - 6/30/2024 - 10:45 AM ---------- First Reading: Lamentations 3:22-33 Second Reading: 2 Corinthians 8:7-15 Gospel: Mark 5:21-43 Online Links: https://linktr.ee/PisgahLutheran Online Donations: https://www.PisgahGives.com Different ways to give: 1. Mail your offering or drop off at the church. 2. Call church office (803-359-2223) and we will pick it up. 3. Online at www.PisgahGives.com. PISGAH PRAYER LIST: Otis Amick Wanda Amick Rick Cartner Donald & Janette Clamp Ken Hutto Evelyn Keisler Eleanor Rawl Robin Smith DeWitt & Barbara Watson The flowers are given to the glory of God, in honor of our daughters, Stephanie, Lisa & Carrie, and Pisgah church, where we were all baptized, confirmed, and married by Clinton and Shirley Sease. ---------- Pastor Stephen Mims Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072 www.pisgahlutheran.org @pisgahlutheran https://linktr.ee/pisgahlutheran 803-359-2223 We Share Our Gifts to Show God's Love ---------- THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. #shareourgifts #lutheran #pisgahlutheran #faith #goinpeace

Daniel Sapp – President of Pisgah Area SORBA / Trail Advocacy 174 For Episode 174 we have Daniel Sapp, Daniel is the current president of Pisgah Area SORBA, co-founder of The Backslope as well as colleague to the infamous Seth Alvo of Berm Peak. Prior to this Daniel was a journalist for Pinkbike, among other publications and Daniel has spent most his adult in various roles in the trail and mountain bike world. Ultimately Daniel provides his take on the importance of Mountain Bike Trail Advocacy. Stay tuned to the end as we close this one out with a Mike Levy story involving a bad decision! Topics Include: How Daniel got into Mountain Biking Daniel and Higher Education Traveling and landing jobs within the mountain bike world Not being afraid to walk your bike… The transition from Pinkbike into Advocacy Starting The Backslope 2023 North Carolina and the Year of the Trail Campaign Rails to Trails Trails and their role in the trail world Pisgah Area SORBA, and where Daniel started getting involved there The growth of Pisgah Area SORBA Hiring Staff Cooperation with the U.S. Forest Service Backcountry Horsemen of Pisgah Rebuilding Trails in Pisgah National Forest A deep dive on infighting within mountain bikers (a discussion that had to happen at some point) The Butter Gap reroute / rebuild The Article – Without Trails we don't need Mountain Bikes How can we bring more positive awareness around trail advocacy? What are the ingredients that Daniel thinks make a great trail community Getting involved with your local trail organization Bike Parks Closing Comments Bonus Content – Mike Levy… And a whole lot more! Trail EAffect Show Links: The Backslope: https://www.thebackslope.com/ Pisgah Area SORBA: https://www.pisgahareasorba.org/ Year of the Trail / The Great Trails State NC: https://greattrailsnc.com/ Backcountry Horsemen of Pisgah Movie https://youtu.be/3qPsMTQwW1E?si=RDFvxXQnfwt4KQB4 Without Trails We Don't Need Mountain Bikes: https://bermpeak.substack.com/p/without-trails-we-dont-need-mountain   Episode Sponsor - Coulee Creative: www.dudejustsendit.com https://www.couleecreative.com/   Loam Pass Affiliate Link: https://www.loampass.com?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=track&utm_campaign=traileaffect Loam Pass – Free Pass Protection Code: TAPOD Trail One Components 20% off Coupon Code: trailpod Trail EAffect Podcast Website: www.traileaffectpodcast.com KETL Mtn Apparel Affiliate Link: https://ketlmtn.com/josh Trail One Components: https://trailone.bike/?ref=XavfBrRJfk4VOh Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com This Podcast has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services

Pisgah Sunday Service - Holy Trinity - 5/26/2024 - 10:45 AM ---------- First Reading: Isaiah 6:1-8 Second Reading: Romans 8:12-17 Gospel: John 3:1-17 Online Links: https://linktr.ee/PisgahLutheran Online Donations: https://www.PisgahGives.com Different ways to give: 1. Mail your offering or drop off at the church. 2. Call church office (803-359-2223) and we will pick it up. 3. Online at www.PisgahGives.com. PISGAH PRAYER LIST: Otis Amick Wanda Amick Rick Cartner Donald & Janette Clamp Ken Hutto Evelyn Keisler Eleanor Rawl Roger Sease Robin Smith The flowers are given to the glory of God and in memory of Pisgah's veterans we remember this Memorial Day. Given by Laura Grace and Glenn Howard. ---------- Pastor Stephen Mims Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072 www.pisgahlutheran.org @pisgahlutheran https://linktr.ee/pisgahlutheran 803-359-2223 We Share Our Gifts to Show God's Love ---------- THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. #shareourgifts #lutheran #pisgahlutheran #faith #goinpeace

Discover the nuanced art of leadership and the transformative power of coaching as Brian Jaudon, the visionary behind Pisgah Coaching Institute, joins me in a captivating dialogue. His unique blend of internal family systems with the five stages of gift development has revolutionized the way we approach nurturing our intrinsic leadership qualities. Through his stories and experiences, you'll gain a deeper understanding of how to sense and attune to an individual's essence, a skill that Brian has perfected over his extensive career. This episode promises to leave you with a profound appreciation for the potential within each of us to lead and inspire.Life's journey is filled with unexpected turns, and in our conversation, we traverse through these serendipitous moments that shape our paths. I recount how a chance encounter profoundly altered the career of a hospice care regulator, and we reflect on how our work and the people we meet are possibly predestined to guide us towards our true calling. From the evolution of rigid thinkers to balanced leaders, we explore the ways in which mentoring and coaching can unlock one's ability to influence and achieve harmony in both personal and professional realms.Wrapping up this episode, I invite you to explore the concept of 'Pisgah sight,' a perspective that turns the impossible into the possible. We delve into the significance of recognizing and honoring your unique gifts and how to utilize them in service of a greater vision. As we reflect on the essence of a 'full-lived life' and the symphony of one's life song, you'll be inspired to ponder whether you are actively contributing to the melody that resonates with your deepest passions. Join us for an episode that promises not just to enlighten but also to embolden you to be the change you wish to see.

Pisgah Sunday Service - Palm Sunday - 3/24/2024 - 10:45 AM ---------- Processional Gospel: Mark 11:1-11 First Reading: Isaiah 50:4-9a Second Reading: Philippians 2:5-11 Gospel: Mark 12:1-12 Online Links: https://linktr.ee/PisgahLutheran Online Donations: https://www.PisgahGives.com Different ways to give: 1. Mail your offering or drop off at the church. 2. Call church office (803-359-2223) and we will pick it up. 3. Online at www.PisgahGives.com. PISGAH PRAYER LIST: Otis Amick Wanda Amick Donald & Janette Clamp Evelyn Keisler Lisa Kirby Eleanor Rawl Roger Sease Robin Smith The palm fronds are given to the glory of God in honor of Pisgah's staff and choirs by Tony Roof. The chancel flowers are given to the glory of God and in honor of our 40th wedding anniversary, by Bryan and Polly Rawl. ---------- Pastor Stephen Mims Pisgah Lutheran Church 1350 Pisgah Church Rd, Lexington, SC 29072 www.pisgahlutheran.org @pisgahlutheran https://linktr.ee/pisgahlutheran 803-359-2223 We Share Our Gifts to Show God's Love ---------- THE LORD'S PRAYER Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen. #shareourgifts #lutheran #pisgahlutheran #faith #goinpeace

Nelson supposes his toeses are roses, but Nelson supposes erroneously.Topics in this episode include Barcelona, revisiting James Joyce's Guinness ad, the history of Nelson's pillar, Horatio Nelson, the final resting place of Nelson's head, possible replacements for Nelson atop the former pillar, failed attempts to raise the wind, A Pisgah Sight of Palestine or The Parable of the Plums, Mt. Pisgah, the 17th century origin of the title of Stephen's parable, the Eucharist, the parable of the wise and foolish virgins, Fumbally's Lane and the Liberties, bitterness and deflation, bathos, Antisthenes and cynicism, Penelope's beauty in comparison to Helen's, paralysis, Moses, sean bhean bhocht, Parnell's monument, plumtrees, plumstones, plums in general, Nelson as a poor reciprocator of oral sex, Stephen's misogyny, hypostasis, and PEN IS CHAMP.Blooms & Barnacles Social Media:Facebook | Twitter | InstagramSubscribe to Blooms & Barnacles:Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube

Ever been so deep in Pisgah that you thought no one had touched that zone in forever but then you come across some fresh cut timber trail clearing and you're completely flabbergasted that someone brought a saw waaaay back there. Well, that someone was the Back Country Horsemen of Pisgah and we owe them a ton of thanks. A really great video was just released showing some of the story on what the club does and this podcast is a little bit more of that. If you have a little hitch in yer giddyup then check out The Back Country horsemen and click subscribe!

The Mt. Mitchell Heartbreaker 50M/55K is coming up on March 23, 2024, and both events are sold out! On this episode, I sit down with race director, Brandon Thrower, to go through every detail of these two events. As it says on Tanawha Adventures website, "The Mount Mitchell Heartbreaker 50M/55K is an extremely scenic tour of "the other Pisgah" in the shadow of Mount Mitchell.  Starting at the foot of the mountains in Old Fort, NC at Camp Grier, the race takes runners up and down some of the most stunning, quad-busting, and heart-pounding trails in all of Western North Carolina, eventually taking the 50 milers over three 6,000 ft+ peaks including Mount Mitchell itself, making this the highest 50 miler east of the Mississippi!" I think you will definitely find this episode important if you are running the race, crewing, thinking about running this race in the future, or simply a fan. Brandon describes the required gear, important info for crew and spectators, a thorough course description and more. Thank you, Brandon, once again for coming on the podcast and giving us the inside scoop on another beautiful race. Enjoy! Visit Tanawha's website for more info: Tanawha Adventures: https://www.tanawhaadventures.com/mountmitchellheartbreaker Tanawha Adventures' Instagram: @tanawha_adventures Message me via Instagram, @facingvert, with any questions or comments. Thank you, as always, for listening!

Matt Zuniga, a rising senior with the Brevard College Cycling team stops by to give us the run down on what these crazy college kids are up to, their operation and what their favorite rides are. Drew and Mangler wrapped up a busy year of downhill with a Central America visit and dropping a new USDH focused podcast, The Gravity Coop's Hot Seat. If you dropped out of college to ride bikes rather than go to college to ride bikes (LIKE DREW DID) then click subscribe!

Today, we speak with Robin Merrell, Managing Attorney at Pisgah Legal Services, about her role in supporting VTC veterans. Pisgah Legal Services seeks to pursue justice by providing legal assistance and advocacy to help low-income people in Western North Carolina meet their basic needs and improve their lives. Robin states, "I serve the most vulnerable people in our community—inside and outside the courtroom. I've seen the effects of trauma, racism, sexism, and the other ways people are mistreated in our community." Working with the VTC, Robin strives to mitigate the consequences of oppressive systems and promote whole-person healing.VTC Podcast: Voices of Recovery~Buncombe VTChttps://www.buncombeveteranscourt.com/Supporthttps://www.wncvtcfoundation.org/donatePisgah Legalhttps://www.pisgahlegal.org/

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on Dec. 30. It dropped for free subscribers on Jan. 6. To receive future pods as soon as they're live, and to support independent ski journalism, please consider an upgrade to a paid subscription. You can also subscribe to the free tier below:WhoAaron Kellett, General Manager of Whiteface, New YorkRecorded onDecember 4, 2023About WhitefaceView the mountain stats overviewOwned by: The State of New YorkLocated in: Wilmington, New YorkYear founded: 1958Pass affiliations: NY Ski3 Pass: Unlimited, along with Gore and BelleayreClosest neighboring ski areas: Mt. Pisgah (:34), Beartown (:55), Dynamite Hill (1:05), Rydin-Hy Ranch (1:12), Titus (1:15), Gore (1:21)Base elevation: 1,220 feetSummit elevation:* 4,386 feet (top of Summit Quad)* 4,650 feet (top of The Slides)* 4,867 feet (mountain summit)Vertical drop: 3,166 feet lift-served; 3,430 feet hike-toSkiable Acres: 299 + 35 acres in The SlidesAverage annual snowfall: 183 inchesTrail count: 94 (30% expert, 46% intermediate, 24% beginner)Lift count: 12 (1 eight-passenger gondola, 2 high-speed quads, 3 fixed-grip quads, 1 triple, 3 doubles, 2 carpets – view Lift Blog's inventory of Whiteface's lift fleet)View historic Whiteface trailmaps on skimap.org.Why I interviewed himWhiteface, colloquially “Iceface,” rises, from base to summit, a greater height than any ski area in the Northeast. That may not impress the Western chauvinists, who refuse to acknowledge any merit to east-of-the-Mississippi skiing, but were we to airlift this monster to the West Coast, it would tower over all but two ski areas in the three-state region:The International Olympic Committee does not select Winter Games host mountains by tossing darts at a world map. Consider the other U.S. ski areas that have played host: Palisades Tahoe, Park City, Snowbasin, Deer Valley. All naturally blessed with more and more consistent snow than this gnarly Adirondacks skyscraper, but Whiteface, from a pure fall-line skiing point of view, is the equal of any mountain in the country.Still not convinced? Fine. Whiteface will do just fine without you. This state-owned, heavily subsidized-by-public-funds monster seated in the heart of the frozen Adirondacks has just about the most assured future of any ski area anywhere. With an ever-improving monster of a snowmaking system and no great imperative to raise the cannons against Epkon invaders, the place is as close to climate-proof and competition-proof as a modern ski area can possibly be.There's nothing else quite like Whiteface. Most publicly owned ski areas are ropetow bumps that sell lift tickets out of a woodshed on the edge of town. They lean on public funds because they couldn't exist without them. The big ski areas can make their own way. But New York State, enamored of its Olympic legacy and eager to keep that flame burning, can't quite let this one go. The result is this glimmering, grinning monster of a mountain, a boon for the skier, bane for the tax-paying family-owned ski areas in its orbit who are left to fight this colossus on their own. It's not exactly fair and it's not exactly right, but it exists, in all its glory and confusion, and it was way past time to highlight Whiteface on this podcast.What we talked aboutWhiteface's strong early December (we recorded this before the washout); recent snowmaking enhancements; why Empire still doesn't have snowmaking; May closings at Whiteface; why Whiteface built The Notch, an all-new high-speed quad, to serve existing terrain; other lines the ski area considered for the lift; Whiteface's extensive transformation of the beginner experience over the past few years; remembering “snowboard parks” and the evolution of Whiteface's terrain parks; Whiteface's immense legacy and importance to Northeast skiing; could New York host another Winter Olympics?; potential upper-mountain lift upgrades; the etymology of recent Whiteface lift installations; Lookout Mountain; potential future trails; how New York State's constitution impacts development at Whiteface; why Whiteface doesn't offer more glades; The Slides; why Whiteface doesn't have ski-in, ski-out lodging; and whether Alterra invited Whiteface and its sister mountains onto the Ikon Pass in 2018, and whether they would join today.Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewOver the past three years, Whiteface has quietly remade its beginner experience with a series of lower-mountain lift upgrades: the old triple chair on the Bear Den side (which Kellett notes was Whiteface's original summit chair) made way for a new Skytrac fixed-grip quad in 2020. The next year, the Mixing Bowl and Bear doubles out of the main base came out for another new Skytrac quad. Then, earlier this month, Whiteface opened The Notch, a brand-new, $11.2 million Doppelmayr high-speed quad with an angle station to seamlessly transport skiers from Bear Den up to mid-mountain, from which point they can easily lap the kingdom of interlaced greens tangled below. Check out the before and after:It's a brilliant evolution for a mountain that has long embraced its identity as a proving ground for champions, a steep and icy former Olympic host comfortable scaring the hell out of you. Skiing has a place for radsters and Park Brahs and groomer gods arcing GS turns off the summit. But the core of skiing is families. They spend the most on the bump and off, and they have options. In Whiteface's case, that's Vermont, the epicenter of Northeast skiing and home to no fewer than a dozen fully built-out and buffed-up ski resorts, many of which belong to a national multimountain pass that committed ski families are likely to own. To compete, Whiteface had to ramp up its green-circle appeal.I don't think the world has processed that fact yet, just as I don't think they've quite understood the utter transformations at Whiteface sister resorts Belleayre and Gore. The state has plowed more than half a billion dollars into ORDA's facilities since 2017. While some of that cash went to improve the authority's non-ski facilities in and around Lake Placid (ice rinks and the like), a huge percent went directly into new lifts, snowmaking, lodges, and other infrastructure upgrades at the ski mountains.For context, Alterra, owner of 18 ski areas in the U.S. and Canada, reported in March that they had invested $1 billion into their mountains since the company's formation in 2017. To underscore the magnitude of ORDA's investment: any one of Alterra's flagship western properties – Mammoth (3,500 acres), Palisades Tahoe (6,000), Winter Park (3,081), Steamboat (3,500), Crystal (2,600) – is many times larger than Whiteface (288), Gore (439), and Belleayre (171) combined (898 total acres, or just a bit smaller than Aspen Mountain). No ski areas in America have seen more investment in proportion to their size in recent years than these three state-owned mountains.I also wanted to touch on a topic that gnaws at me: why Alterra, when it cleaned out the M.A.X. Pass, overlooked so many strong regional mountains that could have turbocharged local sales. I got into this with Lutsen Mountains GM Jim Vick in October, and Kellett humors me on this question: would Whiteface have joined the Ikon Pass had it been invited in 2018? And would they join now, given the success and growth of the Ski 3 Pass over the past six years? The answers are not what you might think.Questions I wish I'd askedI probably should have asked about the World University Games, which Whiteface and Lake Placid spent years and millions of dollars to prepare for. I don't cover competition, but I do admire spectacles, and more than an allusion to the event would have been appropriate for the format. We do, however, go deep on the possibility of the Olympics returning to New York.Also, I don't get into the whole ORDA-public-funding-handicapping-New-York's-small-ski-areas thing, even though it is a thing, and one that independent operators rightly see as an existential threat. I do cover this dynamic often in the newsletter, but I don't address it with Kellett. Why? I'll reset here what I said when I hosted Gore GM Bone Bayse on the podcast last year:Many of you may be left wondering why my extensive past complaints about ORDA largess did not penetrate my line of questioning for this interview. Gore is about to spend nearly $9 million to replace a 12-year-old triple chair with a high-speed quad. There is no other ski area on the continent that is able to do anything remotely similar. How could I spend an hour talking to the person directing this whole operation without broaching this very obvious subject?Because this is not really a Gore problem. It's not even an ORDA problem. This is a New York State problem. The state legislature is the one directing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars to three ski areas while the majority of New York's family-owned mountains pray for snow. I am not opposed to government support of winter sports. I am opposed to using tax dollars from independent ski areas that have to operate at a profit in order to subsidize the operations of government-owned ski areas that do not. There are ways to distribute the wealth more evenly, as I've outlined before.But this is not Bayse's fight. He's the general manager of a public ski area. What is he supposed to do? Send the $9 million back to the legislature and tell them to give it to Holiday Mountain? His job is to help prioritize projects and then make sure they get done. And he's really good at that job. So that – and not bureaucratic decisions that he has no control over – was where I took this conversation.No need to rewrite it for Whiteface because the sentiment is exactly the same.What I got wrongI called the Empire trail “Vampire” because that's what I'd thought Kellett had called it and I'm not generally great about memorizing trail names. But no such trail exists. Sorry Whiteface Nation.I said the mid-mountain lodge burned down in “2018 or 2019.” The exact date was Nov. 30, 2019.I said that there had been “on the order of a billion dollars in improvements to ORDA facilities over the past decade… or at least several hundred million.” The actual number, according to a recent report in Adirondack Life, is $552 million over just six years.Why you should ski WhitefaceTwo hundred and ninety-nine acres doesn't sound like much, like something that fell off the truck while Vail was putting the Back Bowls in storage for the summer, like a mountain you could exhaust in a morning on a set of burners over fresh cord.But this is a state-owned mountain, and they measure everything in that meticulous bureaucratic way of The Official. Each mile of trail is measured and catalogued and considered. Because it has to be: New York State's constitution sets limits on how many miles of trails each of its owned mountains can develop. So constrained, the western wand-wavers, who typically count skiable acreage as anything within their development boundary, would be much more frugal in their accounting.So step past that off-putting stat – it's clear from the trailmap that options at Whiteface abound - to focus on this one: 3,166 feet of lift-served vert. That's not some wibbly-wobbly claim: this is real, straight-down, relentless fall line skiing. It's glorious. Yes, the pitch moderates below the mid-mountain lodge, but this is, top to bottom, one of the best pure ski mountains in America.And if you hit it just right and they crack open The Slides, you will feel, for a couple thousand vertical feet, like you're skiing off the scary side of Lone Peak at Big Sky or the Cirque at Snowbird. Wild terrain, steep and furious, featured and forlorn. It is the only terrain pod in the Northeast that sometimes requires an avalanche transceiver and shovel. It's that serious.There's also the history side, the pride, the pomp. Most mountains in New York feel comfortably local, colloquial almost, as though you'd stumbled onto some small town's Founder's Day Parade. But Whiteface carries the aura of the self-aware Olympian that it is, a cosmopolitan outpost in the middle of nowhere, a place where skiers from all over converge to see what's going on. As the only eastern U.S. mountain to ever host the games, Whiteface has a big legacy to carry, and it holds it with a bold pride that you must see to understand.Podcast NotesOn the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA)If you're wondering what ORDA is, here's the boilerplate:The New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA) was originally created by the State of New York to manage the facilities used during the 1980 Olympic Winter Games at Lake Placid. Today, ORDA operates multiple venues including the Olympic Center, Olympic Jumping Complex, Mt. Van Hoevenberg, Whiteface Mountain, Gore Mountain & Belleayre Mountain. In January 2023, many of ORDA's venues were showcased to the world as they played host the Lake Placid 2023 Winter World University Games, spanning 11 days, 12 sports, and over 600 competing universities from around the world.To understand why “ORDA” is a four-letter word among New York's independent ski area operators, read this piece in Adirondack Life, or this op-ed by Plattekill owner Laszlo Vajtay on efforts to expand neighboring Belleayre.On the Whiteface UMPEach of ORDA's three ski areas maintains a Unit Management Plan, outlining proposed near- and long-term improvements. Here's Whiteface's most recent amendment, from 2022, which shows a potential new, longer Freeway lift, among other improvements:The version that I refer to in my conversation with Kellett, however, is from the 2018 UMP amendment:On the Lifts that used to serve Whiteface's midmountainKellett discusses the kooky old lift configuration that served the midmountain from Whiteface's main base before the Face Lift high-speed quad arrived in 2002. Here's a circa 2000 trailmap, which shows a triple chair with a midstation running alongside a double chair that ends at the midstation. It's similar to the current setup of the side-by-side Little Whiteface and Mountain Run doubles (unchanged today from the map below), which Kellett tells us on the podcast “doesn't really work for us”:On the renaissance at BelleayreI referenced the incredible renaissance at Whiteface's sister mountain, Belleayre, which I covered after a recent visit last month:Seven years ago, Belleayre was a relic, a Catskills left-behind, an awkward mountain bisected by its own access road. None of the lifts connected in a logical way. Snowmaking was… OK.Then, in 2016, the Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), the state agency that manages New York State's other two ski areas (Whiteface and Gore), took over management at Belle. Spectacular sums of money poured in: an eight-passenger gondola and trail connecting the upper and lower mountains in 2017; a new quad (Lightning) to replace a set of antique double-doubles in 2019; a dramatic base lodge expansion and renovation in 2020; and, everywhere, snowmaking, hundreds and hundreds of guns to blanket this hulking Catskills ridge.This year's headline improvement is the Overlook Quad, a 900-ish-vertical-foot fixed-grip machine that replaces the Lift 7 triple. Unlike its predecessor lift, which terminated above its namesake lodge, Overlook crosses the parking lot on a skier bridge crafted from remnants of the old Hudson-spanning Tappan Zee Bridge, then meets Lightning just below its unload.With these two lifts now connected, Belleayre offers three bottom-to-top paths. A new winder called Goat Path gives intermediates a clear ski to the bottom, a more thrilling option than meandering (but pleasant) Deer Run (off the gondy), or Roaring Brook (off the Belleayre high-speed quad).Belle will never be a perfect ski mountain. It's wicked steep for 20 or 30 turns, then intermediate-ish down to mid-mountain, then straight green to the bottom (I personally enjoy this idiosyncratic layout). But right now, it feels and skis like a brand-new ski area. Along with West Mountain and the soon-to-be-online Holiday Mountain, Belleayre is a candidate for most-improved ski area in New York State, a showpiece for renaissance through aggressive investment. Here's the mountain today - note how all the lifts now knot together into a logical network:On Beartown ski areaKellett mentions Beartown, a 150-vertical-foot surface-lift bump an hour north of Whiteface. Like many little town hills across America, Beartown uses its Facebook page as a de facto website. Here's a recent trailmap (the downhill operation is a footnote to the sprawling cross-country network):On the Miracle on IceIf you're not a sportsball fan, you may not be familiar with the Miracle on Ice, which is widely considered one of the greatest upsets in sports history. The United States hockey team, improbably, defeated the four-time-defending Olympic champion Soviet Union at the 1980 Lake Placid Olympics. The U.S. went on to defeat Finland in their final game to win the gold medal. This is a pretty good retrospective from a local Upstate New York news station:And this is what it looked like live:On Andrew WeibrechtKellett tells us that the Warhorse chairlift, built to replace the Bear and Mixing Bowl doubles in 2021, is named after Andrew Weibrecht, a ski racer who grew up at Whiteface. You can follow him on Instapost here.On Marble MountainThe main reason the U.S. has so many lost ski areas is that we didn't always know how or where to build ski areas. Which means we cut trails where there were hills but not necessarily consistent ski conditions. Such is the case with Whiteface, which is the historical plan B after the state's first attempt at a ski area on the mountain failed. This was Marble Mountain, which operated from 1935 to 1960 on a footprint that slightly overlaps present-day Whiteface:Whiteface opened in 1958, on the north side of the same mountain. This contemporary trailmap shows the Cloudsplitter trail, which Kellett tells us was part of Marble Mountain, connecting down to Whiteface:That trail quickly disappeared from the map:For decades, the forest moved in. Until, in 2008, Whiteface installed the Lookout Mountain Triple and revived the trail, now known as “Hoyt's High”:So, why did Marble Mountain go away? This excellent 2015 article from Skiing History lays it out:To get the full benefit of the sweeping northern vista from the newly widened Wilmington Trail at Whiteface Mountain near Lake Placid, pick a calm day. Otherwise, get ready for a blast of what ski historian and meteorologist Jeremy Davis characterizes as “howling, persistent winds” that 60 years ago brought down Marble Mountain. Intended to be New York State's signature ski resort in the 1950s, Marble lasted just 10 years before it closed. It remains the largest ski area east of the Mississippi to be abandoned.It turns out you can't move the mountain, so the state moved the ski area: The “new” Whiteface resort, dedicated in 1958, is just around the corner. With 87 trails and 3,430 vertical feet, Whiteface played host to the 1980 Winter Olympic alpine events and continues to host international and national competitions regularly. How close was Marble Mountain to Whiteface? Its Porcupine Lodge, just off the new Lookout Mountain chairlift, is still used by the Whiteface ski patrol.Full read recommended.On Gore's glade network versus Whiteface'sIn case you haven't noticed, Whiteface's sister resort, Gore, has a lights-out glade network:I've long wondered why Whiteface hasn't undertaken a similarly ambitious trailblazing project. Kellett clarifies in the podcast.On The SlidesThe Slides are a rarely open extreme-skiing zone hanging off Whiteface's summit. In case you overlooked them on the trailmap above, here's a zoom-in view:New York Ski Blog has put together a lights-out guide to this singular domain, with a turn-by-turn breakdown of Slides 1 through 4.On there being noplace to stay on the mountainWhile Whiteface and sister mountains Gore and Belleayre currently offer no slopeside lodging, I believe that they ought to, for a number of reasons. One, the revenue from such an enterprise would at least partially offset the gigantic tax subsidies that currently feed these mountains' capital budgets. Two, people want to stay at the mountain. Three, if they can't, they go where they can, which in the case of New York means Vermont or Jiminy Peak. Four, every person who is not staying at the mountain is driving there each morning in a polluting or congestion-causing vehicle. Five, yes I agree that endless slopeside condos are an eyesore, but the raw wilderness surrounding these three mountains grants ORDA a generational opportunity to construct dense, walkable, car-free villages that could accommodate thousands of skiers at varying price points within minimal acreage. In fact, the Bear Den parking lot at Whiteface, the main parking lot at Gore, and the lower parking lot at Belleayre would offer sufficient space to house humans instead of machines (or both – the cars could go underground). Long-term, U.S. skiing is going to need more of this and less everyone-drives-everyday clusterfucks.  On the M.A.X. PassI will remain forever miffed that Alterra did not invite Whiteface, Gore, and Belleayre to join the Ikon Pass when it cleaned out and shut down the M.A.X. Pass in 2018. Here was that pass' roster – skiers could clock five days at each ski area:On multi-mountain pass owners on Indy PassEvery once in a while, some knucklehead will crack on social media that Whiteface could never join the Indy Pass because it's part of a larger ownership group, and therefore doesn't qualify. But they are reading the brand too literally. Indy doesn't give a s**t – they want the mountains that are going to sell passes, which is why their roster includes 22 ski areas that are owned by multi-mountain operators, including Jay Peak, its top redeemer for three seasons running:The Storm explores the world of lift-served skiing year-round. Join us.The Storm publishes year-round, and guarantees 100 articles per year. This is article 114/100 in 2023, and number 499 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. Get full access to The Storm Skiing Journal and Podcast at www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Chris Joice. Chris's talents range from snowboarding to backpacking but the bike has been his passion since 2010. Chris has been a single speeder since 2012 and an endurance rider since 2013. He has raced Dirty Kanza 200, riden the Co trail, raced the TNGA, the adventure/pisgah exposure, Hurican 300, AMLX (512), Unbound XL 350, Trans Virgina 500, Arkansas High Country 1000 and many other gravel and mountain bike races. He loves mapping out new routes in his regional National forests of the Cherokee, Nantahala and Pisgah forests. He rides over 10,000 miles a year and a million vertical feet. He had a streak of riding every day for 3 years until he broke his arm. Chris is also a race director and a co-race director for the Hardford and Waucheesi races and has a Production company known as Darkhorse Race Productions. He also supports and coaches youth/NICA kids and some personal training as well. The bike for Chris is many things from social time to reflection to therapy to filling his competitive and endurance spirit. Thanks for listening! Find all our episodes at dayfirepodcast.com This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Segment 2, December 23rd, 2023 Built so that you could access the activities of the mountains closer to the city, The Whitewater Center, located in western Mecklenburg continues to be a place of activity, even in the winter. Many of us use the venue for mountain biking, climbing, music festivals, ropes courses and YES-white water rafting and kayaking.  But what about...winter time? Several years ago, ice skating was added but now it has been expanded.  The Pond, some of the trails are lit-------and yes, you can still zipline, bike, climb and more. The Carolina Outdoors has a new contributor from the WhiteWater Center, Stephen Youngblade.  He joins the program to help us learn about the programs & activities, during the winter time.  We may also find the time to ask him about the new properties that have come onboard Whitewater & what purpose they're made to serve. We'll learn about: Ice skating Pop Up Shops Pond Hockey New Years Eve Trail Race Road to Trail Race & ½ marathon & the newer properties: Pisgah, Santee, Grayson Make sure you schedule a trip to the U.S National Whitewater Center soon because they have plenty of winter activities going on! You can ice skate, hike a trail of lights, zipline, or enjoy a hot cocoa by the fire! Be sure to grabs your layers from Jesse Brown's Outdoors because it looks like cold temperatures are a head of us!  

About 7 months ago we dropped by Rockgeist so Drew could get a fancy custom bag made for his Tallboy and spent the morning documenting the process of making a bag the crew and the makings of Rockgeist with Greg Hardy PHD. So after 7 months, Drew has great things to say about his bag but some minor changes he would make. If you have bags full of water bottles strapped on your bike then click subscribe!

Western NC has been sprouting up some new trails over the summer so like any good podcast producers, we wanted to deliver some sweet sounds of ripping. Drew and Mangler convinced Adam Hobbs to join in as they visit some new trails at Chestnut Mountain and Old Fort. IF you have rolled the rock on Union then click subscribe!

NC has legally declared 2023 as Year of the Trail so we got some of those behind the scenes of this movement on the mics to talk about the who, what and why. Daniel Sapp and Seth Alvo of Backslope along with Beth Heile from Friends of Valdese fill us in as we hung out at Berm Peak. October 21st is the first Great Trails State Day and it will continue every year as the third saturday in October. So to help us celebrate, lets all get outside and invite others to enjoy one of North Carolina's finest assets!

In this episode of the Crack House Chronicles Donnie and Dale discuss the brutal murder of Karen Lynn Styles. Karen was murdered while going for a run on the Hard Times trail in the Bent Creek area of the Pisgah National Forest on October 31, 1994. Her killer was captured,tried and sentenced after much controversy, https://www.crackhousechronicles.com/ https://linktr.ee/crackhousechronicles https://www.tiktok.com/@crackhousechronicles https://www.facebook.com/crackhousechronicles Check out our MERCH! https://www.teepublic.com/user/crackhousechronicles Sources: https://wpde.com/news/local/court-upholds-death-sentence-for-murder-rape-of-buncombe-county-woman-richard-allen-jackson-karen-styles-pisgah-national-forest-bent-creek-federal-land-crime-of-violence https://truecrimediva.com/the-1994-murder-of-karen-styles/ https://finishedpages.com/true-crime-wednesday-the-murder-of-karen-styles/