Podcasts about shawangunks

Tune-in to hear the recording of our special webinar led by Becca Howe-Parisio, Environmental Educator at Minnewaska State Preserve. Becca provides an in-depth look at the fragile ecosystem of the Gunks, offering valuable insights into the unique natural features of the Shawangunks. Don't miss this opportunity to deepen your connection to this beautiful and ecologically important area!

Our guest today is the esteemed Russ Clune, a climbing legend of the Shawangunks in New York, where he has established notable first ascents and from where he bases in between trips to dozens of countries and crags around the world. His new book is “The Lifer: Rock Climbing Adventures In The Gunks And Beyond.” But first, yr hosts try to figure out why everyone hates trustfunding dirtbags so much. Our final bit is some music from Lambros Markousis, a climber, metal fabricator, musician, and amateur stop-motion animator out of Buffalo, NY. Performing as the artist Sorbmal, here is the song “Num.” Show Notes The Lifer: Rock Climbing Adventures In The Gunks And Beyond at DiAngelo Publications Read: The Day I Sent Balance of Soul by Russ Clune on Evening Sends Follow Sorbmal on Spotify

"How do I want to live my life so I can have the balance I really look for?" Buckle up, friends! This episode is going to cover a lot of ground! Today's guest, Kati Haynes, takes us on quite a journey: from a childhood in the 'Gunks, to the Army, to the darkness of a mental health crisis, to entrepreneurship, to mountain peaks both locally and afar. In between Courtney and Kati also discuss the joys and quirks of dog ownership, hiking gear, and their shared love of trivia nights at Rough Cut Brewing in Kerhonkson NY! Kati has an amazing story and she tells it with wisdom, insight, and good humor. We are so delighted to she agreed to be on the show and to share this parts of herself with our audience. This episode does touch on themes of mental health and abortion. If these topics are challenging for you, feel free to sit this one out, and we'll see you next week! About our guest: An entrepreneur at heart, Kati Haynes owns Haynes Marketing + Media, a full-service marketing agency based in Kingston, NY. From shining boots for an extra buck in the Army to building a 6-figure marketing agency in less than two years, she is the definition of work ethic. That work ethic extends beyond that which brings home the bacon. She puts her heart into everything she does. Kati spends as much of her free time as possible in the woods. Growing up in New Paltz, she explored the Shawangunks throughout her life. She's climbed a 14,000+ foot mountain in California, hiked to the top of Katahdin on the hottest day in July, and summited most of the highest mountains in the Catskills. When she's not working or traipsing through the woods, you'll often see her walking her dogs, cooking a new recipe, or hosting an occasional photography walk with her group – Upstate Photo Community. She's always working toward a better future – for herself and everyone around her. We are unbelievably nearing the end of our second season and beginning our planning for Season 3. Send us guest suggestions, topic ideas, questions and other commentary at courtney@shineandsoar.com. We'd love it if you could rate, review, and subscribe wherever you are listening and don't forget to share with a friend! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pragmaticalchemy/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pragmaticalchemy/support

The Shawangunks are a famous rock climbing and hiking area in Ulster County, Sullivan County and Orange County in the state of New York. Rock climbers from all over the world come to visit and climb at this beautiful spot.There are many different types of climbs, including bouldering and top-roping. It's also possible to hike up to some of the climbs for more challenging climbs. In this podcast, I'm going to talk about bouldering in the gunks and the whole experience with my kids and husband. Key pointsClimbing activities  in the GunksWhat are the Gunks?Where is the Gunks located?What is the gunks famous for?DISCOVER  365 Days of Adventure from YOUR Backyard to the Global Playground - Get your FREE LIST HERE and Make Everyday An Adventure About Marina 'Travel Experta'I am an Experience Collector, World Traveler,  Expat Mama and WifeI have been an expat for over 20 years raising 2 trilingual sonsMy family and I have traveled to over 40 countries and counting …I'm here to inspire you to travel, move internationally, have fun with your family and so much more!Did you enjoy the podcast?Leave a review on Apple Podcast! They are one of THE most important factors for podcasts, and it's super easy to do: Click on “View in iTunes” on the left-hand side under the picture. Leave an honest review.Thanks, you're super!

When Joe Vernachio joined Patagonia as a product line manager in the late eighties, it didn't dawn on him that 30 years later that he would be at the helm of a yet-to-be conceived brand named Mountain Hardwear. His time at Patagonia led him to Nike, where he expanded his product and business expertise and he eventually returned to the outdoor industry in executive roles for Roots Canada, Spyder, and The North Face. A resident of Marin County, when he's not cheering on his son at football games or daughter at volleyball games, he's doing casual stuff any executive does . . . like train to summit Everest. Facebook Twitter Instagram   The Outdoor Biz Podcast   Please give us a rating and review HERE   Show Notes   Tell us about your attempt to climb Mt Everest, did you top out? No, we didn't. We went in the fall, last October. The mountain hadn't really been climbed in about six years in the autumn. The conditions are tougher, it's getting colder, it's getting windier, and the Icefall was in really rough shape. It took us almost a month just to get through the icefall. And then when we did, there was a huge Serac overhead, right in the same spot that took out many of the Sherpas a few years prior. It was just way too risky. So we backed off, but it was awesome to be back in the mountains and on that mountain specifically. The Mountain moves around a little bit more, I think than it does in May. We're just looking at the jet stream and just seeing when it's not on the top of the mountain. So we could time our summit attempt for when we had a good window when it wouldn't be so windy. We'd never really even saw that window. So it just made the most sense to not put anybody at risk more than we needed to. What was amazing was that there was nobody on the mountain. It was just three of us. There were maybe 20 people in base camp versus a thousand people. How were you introduced to the Outdoors? The classic story. My dad was a woodsman, a hunter, and a fisherman and we'd go canoeing as a family. So I was introduced to the outdoors that way. When I was about 13, this guy named George Willig climbed the twin towers in New York City. And I lived just outside of New York City. There were lots of articles in the newspaper about this guy and this thing called rock climbing. And this place that he climbed called the Shawangunks up in New York. Being close enough to it, I made my way up there and got exposed to this thing called rock climbing. I just became fascinated with it and did what I could on my own as a kid. Then I went to the University of Wisconsin, and there was a climbing area out there called Devil's Lake, which is just a nice little top roping area that I was able to hone my skills and, and learn quite a bit about it. How does a guy with degrees in biochemistry and biology get into the outdoor industry? After I got out of school, I just had no idea what I was going to do with any of those degrees. I got a job at Erewhon Mountain Shop in Madison working for Jeff Weidman. He was the store manager and I loved it. I just loved being around the product. I love opening the boxes when they came in and I just couldn't wait to see all the new stuff. I think our Patagonia rep at the time was Rock Horton, who's a long time outdoor industry employee with Black Diamond. I think he just retired just recently. He made some introductions for me. At the time Patagonia and Chouinard equipment were very, very small. Peter Metcalf said come on out and I'll give you a job. I think there were about 12 of us at Chouinard equipment at the time. I worked in the area attached to the original Patagonia store. You've been with an impressive list of brands, which of your roles has been most inspiring? I would say my education in business and how to make great product was Nike, no doubt about it. I was there from ‘89 to 2000. It was just the skyrocket of growth and just the culture and how to make great products while still growing business very rapidly. The culture there was, was fantastic I've always admired Mark Parker. I think he just recently stepped down as president, CEO. But Mark was part of the team back then. It was just an amazing group of talented, people there that I got to work shoulder to shoulder with. I definitely learned the product side of it and the design and the respect for the process of design from Nike. My time at Spyder was really valuable and just understanding the financial side of it. Running a company on a line of credit, going deep in debt, and then coming out of debt, much like a retailer operates was really valuable. And then there really isn't a day that goes by that I don't rely on some of my memories at outdoor industry retailer Erewhon working on a store floor and what that feels like. Having a rep come in and, and engage with you as a store kid and how it really just grabs you and makes you a brand champion. How is Mountain Hardware navigating the current environment? We're all working from home. We're on video conferences all day long. We were able to do a couple of weeks of prep prior to it. We could kind of see it coming. So we did some prep. So it was a nice transition. It wasn't that abrupt. Our motto to ourselves is we're not surviving. We're preparing. We're not just trying to figure out how to survive this thing. We're actually trying to make sure we use this time to hone our outdoor industry product positioning and our brand messaging and our values to make sure we come out of this really strong, really sharp. We just feel strongly that people are actually going to probably have more of a connection to nature and to the outdoors and appreciation for it than they did going into this. I don't see any indication that it's going to go the other way What are you hearing in the last weeks or six weeks as we've gone through this that inspires you? I think that the thing that's most inspiring is just the really good outdoor industry retailers, the really good brands and the really good factories are all linking arms and realizing that we all need each other. And if we are mean to each other and disrespectful to each other through this process, it's not going to work. I think in situations like this, the best come out and people, and that's what we've seen. We've seen mostly cooperation and understanding, and everyone just trying to find stable ground to stand on and I feel like six weeks into it, it's kind of where we are. And today, we're starting to hear about some stores that are starting to open around the country. So we'll take a look at what that looks like and see what this feels like. I don't think we're under any impression that outdoor industry doors are just gonna be wide open and everyone's gonna rush in. Just some movement, I think we'll start to make people feel a little bit better and set us up for probably early next year to start to get a little closer to whatever the new normal is. How do you think it's gonna impact the outdoor industry supply chain? I lived in Asia for seven years, work directly with the factories while I was with Nike. So I've had a number of years in Thailand, Singapore, and Taiwan and know the factory side of things as well. If I learned anything during that time, it's just how resilient and how customer service focused the factories and mills are. We certainly had some disruption when China shut down and now some of the other countries are shutting down. But boy, their ability to recover is miraculous. And, while we've had some disruption in the supply, it's not that impactful. I'd say it's just a little bit worse than a normal season where you always have some problems somewhere in the world that you're dealing with. But nothing we can't recover from. The biggest challenge in this whole event will be inventory and where does it pile up and how does it get dispersed? That's the game. I mean, retailers, they're trying to reduce their pile. Brands are trying to reduce their pile and factories are trying to reduce their pile What about the future of outdoor industry trade shows? I was in the sports and fitness industry when the super show is going on in Atlanta. That was a show was maybe the biggest and everyone thought that would never end. And it did and the industry went on and you worked out other ways to do it. I think there's a much bigger cultural component to it for us in the outdoor industry. So, on a personal level, I would hate to see it go away. On a business level, I think there are ways to do it. They're not as personal and there's not as much comradery around it, but it still gets the business done. I mean, we're going to do it this year. But I really, really hope it comes back and that we can all get together again and, create that culture that really existed. I mean, you just get to see so many more people than you would have otherwise. Suggestions or advice for folks wanting to get into the outdoor adventure business or grow their career? I think my advice to get in the outdoor industry is just to get in with a retailer or a brand that you respect and admire. What I say to young people is to be sure you understand the company's values before you join. Because if you don't align with their values, then you're not going to like a lot of the decisions they make. So that, and a lot of companies won't be able to articulate their values, if they can't articulate them, then that tells you something too. Other things we talked about Favorite Gear under $100: Mountain Hardwear Kor Pre Shell OR Banner: “Be nice to each other” Find Joe on Linkedin Subscribe HERE to The Outdoor Biz Podcast and get every episode delivered right to your inbox.  

Don Davis started the S.O.S. Triathlon back in 1983 and he did it the old fashioned way: A bunch of buddies with no permits doing a fun bit of bike, run, swim as a way to get a workout in. The Survival of the Shawangunks sells out in about six minutes so Don and his… The post Don and Evan Davis: S.O.S. Triathlon appeared first on Babbittville.

In this episode, Alpinist Digital Editor Derek Franz interviews Jeff Achey, a prolific first ascensionist and author who lives in Western Colorado, where he co-owns Wolverine Publishing with his wife Amber Johnstone. After learning to climb in the Shawangunks as a teenager, Achey moved to Boulder, Colorado, for college and soon found himself roping up with some of the most prominent climbers of the era. That path led him to explore new routes across the state, from Eldo to the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and into Utah’s Canyonlands, where desert towers dotted the landscape. He finished school with a Bachelor’s in biology and went to work as a photo editor for Climbing. Now 60 years old, he continues to establish difficult new routes while maintaining his writing career as a guidebook publisher.

Here you will see a large, rounded piece of Shawangunk Conglomerate (sometimes called Shawangunk Grit) that a millstone cutter abandoned long ago. In some parts of the Shawangunks, ready access to more suitable exposures of the conglomerate bedrock made it possible to produce excellent, readily-saleable gristmill stones, an important source of income for Trapps families in the 19th century.

Here you will see a large, rounded piece of Shawangunk Conglomerate (sometimes called Shawangunk Grit) that a millstone cutter abandoned long ago. In some parts of the Shawangunks, ready access to more suitable exposures of the conglomerate bedrock made it possible to produce excellent, readily-saleable gristmill stones, an important source of income for Trapps families in the 19th century.

SOS stands for Survival of the Shawangunks which Billy tells me are called "the gunks." The S.O.S. Triathlon is a special race in upstate New York with a small but extremely loyal following. After hearing Billy describe the race I think for good reason. Billy blogs at Race Reports from an Unconventional Endurance Athlete. Like so many of us Billy started his road to endurance sports with the goal to lose a few pounds. Before the interview started Billy and I tried to look up how to correctly say Shawangunks which is part of the Catskills Mountains in New York but we were not entirely successful in figuring it out. So I hope that somebody listening will correct my attempt to find the pronunciation. Billy found the S.O.S. Triathlon through the American Zofigen Duathlon. It took Billy a few tries to register for the SOS Triathlon because it has a unique registration tradition. There are 8 stages to the SOS Triathlon. Stage 1 is a time trial bike on the roads. Stages 2-8 start with a quick trail run to the lake and then you jump into a lake for a quick swim. Then it goes back and forth swim -run, swim - run all the way to the finish. We talk about each stage of the race. How he handled swimming in between running and what he did with all his swim stuff when he wasn't swimming and his run stuff when he was swimming. We talk about how you handle that feeling that seems to come up in every long event "why am I doing this?" We talk about my big question with swim-run events which is do you get leg or toe cramps? And of course, we talk about the finish. What's next for Billy Hafferty is Ironman Coeur D'Alene and he gives a good shout out to his coach Jeff at Breakthrough Performance. He is one of three people I know training for CdA so let's wish them all luck. You can follow Billy at his blog: http://actas-if.blogspot.com/ He's also on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/haffatree/  Thank you to our sponsor TriVillage.com

Episode 24 Ironman Talkhttp://www.ironmantalk.comIn this weeks show:NewsThis weekend's race results, plus what's up next week.Hamish Carter saying that triathlon needs to be aware of drugs. Interbike Coming up in Vagas!Age grouper of the weekKatya Meyers for being the last name on the results page! Although, in a time of 11:33:39, she must have had a good race.    We also want to take away Jim Beuselinck’s age grouper award and give it to Mark Stenning. Mark came second to Jim in IMUK.High 5 Keeping you swim cap on1.  Get a hair cut if you have long hair. That was John’s hint for Bevan.2.  Use a Silicone cap, the extra money is worth it. Plus make sure it has a grip around the bottom edge. 3.  Have dry hair when you put the cap on.4.  Pull the cap right down so it covers the front of the forehead and the ears. 5.  Use a push start instead of diving in. This way the cap will stay on. Questions & AnswersMatthew Cowdrey’s question about buying a power measurement kit for the bike.Gary’s feedback on the British media’s coverage of their success at the ITU world champs.Mark Stenning’s view on what happened in IMUK.Dave Remy has put his race plan up again. Check out our links page. Gary Fegans feedback from the Pirates in Germany.This week’s websites    Results: Ironman Wisonsin,         Bondesse Tri Challenge, Iron Desert, Lost     Sheep.     Races coming up: Espirit Triathlon, Grand         Columbian, The Survival of the    Shawangunks.     News: Interbike Conference. Kristel     Laureyssen’s Calendar.    Website of the week:  Marathon Guide.    Other websites: Priates race reports.     Train well