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https://slasrpodcast.com/      SLASRPodcast@gmail.com   Welcome to Episode 195 of the Sounds Like A Search and Rescue podcast. This week - Search and Rescue is back in the news in New Hampshire - Recent incidents on Kilkenny Ridge, The Skookumchuck Trail, and the Lincoln Brook Trail. We will fill you in on all the details. Plus, tick season reminders, the story of a hunter who accidentally shot his friend after separating, its old man on the mountain day, a hiker gets rescued on mount fuji, loses his phone and decides to go back for it, triggering another rescue incident. Hiking boots review, A discussion about hiking umbrellas, pros and cons of using them and how Nick was jealous he did not have an umbrella this weekend. Plus a recap of a recent hike to Mount Liberty via Liberty Springs Trail which include rain and a sketchy water crossing, the history of the planning and construction of the Greenleaf hut and how it used to be you could get projects completed a lot quicker and a lot cheaper than you can today and some trail name and mountain naming history. This weeks Higher Summit Forecast SLASR 48 Peaks Alzheimers team - Join here!    Topics Nick's music moment - COIN Forest Road Status Tick Season has started Turkey Hunter shoots his friend by accident Recent SAR stories in New Hampshire - things are picking up Missing Hiker in Vermont found deceased Mom of four dies from fall in Purgatory Chasm in Sutton, MA Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail Anniversary of Old Man on the Mountain falling In Memory of Dennis Pednault - peakbagger from VFTT Guy gets altitude sickness twice on Mt. Fuji triggering two rescues Dumb tourists of Yellowstone Hiking Gear - Boots for non winter season and hiking umbrellas Dad Joke, 48 Peaks, Stickers, Swag, Beer…  Recent Hike on Mount Liberty via Liberty Springs Trail in the rain Notable Hikes White Mountain History - timeline of the Greenleaf Hut White Mountain History - Nomenclature Committee, AMC and RMC trail trading and other interesting history notes from the 1920s.    Show Notes Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews SLASR Merchandise SLASR LinkTree SLASR's BUYMEACOFFEE COIN - Spotify link Teddy Swims Tick-borne illness on the rise How NOT to hunt Hiker Rescued from Kilkenny Ridge Trail Rescues on Skook and Kilkenny Ridge Trail Hiker Rescued off Lincoln Brook Trail  Body of Missing Hiker found in VT Mom of four dies after fall in Purgatory Chasm Wantastiquet-Monadnock Trail  Happy “Old Man of the Mountain” day, Old Man fell May 3rd 2003 between 12am-2am, day established in 2023 in NH In Memory of Dennis Pednault - peakbagger from VFTT Forum Man rescued twice on Mt. Fuji after returning to get his phone. Horrific crash at Yellowstone Bison gores Yellowstone Tourist REI 8 best hiking boots 2025 Gossamer Gear Umbrella (5.8 oz)  Six Moons Umbrella (6.8 oz)  Montbell Umbrella (5.4 oz) ZPacks Umbrella (6.8 oz)  1925 - Proposal   1928 - Agenda Item  1928 - Detailed Proposal and planned trail building  Jan 1929 - Vote to approve Feb 1929 - Budget update Inflation calculator Sep 1929 Update Mt. Success, Mt. Crescent, Pliny Range and more Caps Ridge, Tuckerman and surrounding areas Mount Shaw retains its name and relinquishing nineteen mile brook trail to the USFS Trail Swapping with the Randolph Mountain Club   Sponsors, Friends  and Partners Wild Raven Endurance Coaching 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast Hiking Buddies  Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear Fieldstone Kombucha CS Instant Coffee  

Out of Office – E12 – Bike Tariffs, Tuckerman Ravine, Henry's Weather Channel What a week! Are you still skiing????? We are winding down heavily over here at Out of Collective, breaking the bikes out, and getting ready for summer. And with that there's some things to talk about. Tune [...] The post Out of Office – E12 – Bike Tariffs, Tuckerman Ravine, Henry's Weather Channel appeared first on Out Of Collective.

Ryan Atkins is a multi-sport athlete who has earned a reputation for success as an endurance athlete, climber, cyclist, OCR champion, and more. Ryan has set multiple incredible FKTs including the Presidential Traverse, Great Range Traverse, Adirondack 46, Mount Washington Ascent, and many more. Most recently, Ryan headed over to Mount Washington for the annual classic the Tuckerman Inferno, where he took home first place overall. We talk all about this effort and much more in this episode!Use code fromthebackcountry at infinitnutrition.us for 15% off your entire order.Podcast Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/fromthebackcountry/

Welcome back, Marketing Mates! In S7E1, we hinted at some incredible guests this season, and we're thrilled to kick things off with our friend, industry mentor, and all-around marketing powerhouse, Ashton Tuckerman. With over a decade of industry experience, Ashton's career has spanned everything from content, brand, social media, PR and more. With an impressive amount of experience in the startup world, Ashton has recently stepped into the role of GM at a Brisbane-based digital agency.  In this episode, Ashton generously shares her career journey and what led her to pursue an MBA. We also dive into… What is an MBA? Spoiler: It's a Master in Business Administration or as Ashton refers to it “CEO Training” Key learnings and her time studying at UQ and Harvard (Yes, THE Harvard) Balancing study and work Career growth and advice You can connect with Ashton on LinkedIn @AshtonTuckerman and subscribe to her Growth Mode Newsletter here: https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/7059775580778418176/    Thanks for tuning in, mates!  See you next time. Belle & Liz. x  

Did we swallow the red pill?! Because this week, we're seeing (body) double with Kaye Tuckerman! (Say what?! *faints*) This week, the Holy Trinity has sent us an Angel so we can congregate around Rhapsody of Fire's epic album 'Into the Legend', before getting 'Closer Than Ever' to our special guest with the cult-classic Maltby/Shire revusical! Plus, we chat Sydney 2000 Olympics, Shadowing the Wachowskis on The Matrix 2 and 3, Aussie Desserts, Playing a Man on Broadway, the Value of Art, and so much more in this episode that can only be described as EPIC.--SOCIALS--Kaye: https://www.instagram.com/kayetuckerman/Website: https://www.kayetuckerman.comStephen: Twitter: https://x.com/MusicRewindPod -- IG: https://www.instagram.com/musicrewindpodcast/Music Rewind Podcast: https://go.pddr.app/MusicRewindPodcast*****Juxtaposing Metal with Musicals - joined by iconic guests from the worlds of Music, Broadway, Hollywood, and more! https://www.thetonastontales.com/listen -- https://www.patreon.com/bloomingtheatricals - https://twitter.com/thrashntreasurehttps://linktr.ee/thrashntreasure*****Help support Thrash 'n Treasure and keep us on-air, PLUS go on a fantastical adventure at the same time!Grab your copy of The Tonaston Tales by AW, and use the code TNT20 when you check out for 20% off eBooks and Paperbacks!https://www.thetonastontales.com/bookstore - TNT20 *****   ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Box2Box, with Michael Edgley and Willem van DenderenThe A-Leagues' second annual Unite Round is in the books, with hardy fans enjoying the carnival atmosphere but seemingly few of the targeted masses jumping on board. Mike Tuckerman of The Roar was on the ground in Sydney, and returns to the programme for a review.Enzo Maresca's return to Leicester on Saturday inflicted major pain on his former side, Chelsea's 2-1 loss leading to the dismissal of Steve Cooper before the weekend was out. The Athletic's Rob Tanner forecasts their next move, with relegation to be avoided at all costs.Also on the agenda: The Socceroos avoid disaster in Bahrain, City dismantled by Tottenham as Guardiola re-signs, and Marta lists the NWSL on her eighth attempt in Orlando.Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/Box2BoxNTSLike us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028871306243  Enjoy our written content: https://www.box2boxnts.com.au/… & Join us for a Stoppage Time on Wednesday!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

https://slasrpodcast.com/      SLASRPodcast@gmail.com   This week, we recorded an episode at the Seek the Peak kick off event at Tuckerman Brewing. SEEK THE PEAK is the annual kick-off fundraising event that supports the Mount Washington Observatory. The Observatory is a private, nonprofit, member-supported institution with a mission to advance understanding of the natural systems that create Earth's weather and climate. It serves this mission by maintaining a weather station on the summit of Mount Washington, performing weather and climate research, conducting innovative science education programs, and interpreting the heritage of the Mount Washington region.We are joined by volunteers, meteorologists and friends of the show all in support of this annual fundraiser event.  This weeks Higher Summit Forecast Order Form for SLASR Podcast Patches   Topics Welcome from Tuckerman Brewing Fawn - Seek the Peak Steward Francis and Drew from the Mount Washington Observatory Darryl from EMS Peter from OBOZ Riley McGurn  Mel and Floki Listener Dwayne Steve Summits   Show Notes Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews SLASR Merchandise SLASR LinkTree Fawn's Instagram OBOZ Shoes  Riley's Instagram Steve Summits Instagram Sponsors, Friends  and Partners 24th Annual Seek the Peak Fieldstone Kumbucha CS Instant Coffee 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast Hiking Buddies  Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear White Mountains Endurance Coaching

https://slasrpodcast.com/      SLASRPodcast@gmail.com  This week, a recap of the 48 Peaks Alzheimer's event at Reklis and the associated hike taken up to Galehead Mountain. Plus we are joined by friend Kristina Folcik to discuss endurance coaching, and  training for those of you who may be looking to take your fitness, trail running, hiking or general wellness to another level. Plus we have some white mountain history with the story of famous writer Henry David Thoreau's misadventures on Mount Washington in the 1800s which includes starting a forest fire, getting lost in fog and injuring his ankle requiring three days of rest before being able to hike out of Tuckerman. Plus the mount washington road race is this weekend, Narcan for Fish and Game officers, Hydration advice on the trail, Dad Jokes, Stickers, and Search and rescue news including two rescues on Monadnock, A rescue on Jennings peak, Falling Waters, and one on Kearsarge North. About Kristina Kristina's Coaching Website Buy Kristina's New Book - Never Trust a Fart   This weeks Higher Summit Forecast   Topics 2024 The Longest Day - 48 Peaks at Reklis Recap - Umbrella discussion Mount Washington Road Race is this weekend and Race the Cog is next weekend - Stomp DJing Fentanyl Crisis Vaping and Bears  Stomp's Beer opening technique  Cold beer storage and reminders on water filters Dad Jokes, House of Dragons, Stickers, Patches Recent Hikes - Galehead and Welch Dickey Notable Hikes of the week  Thoreau's Mount Washington Misadventures Guest of the Week - Kristina Folcik Recent Search and Rescue   Show Notes Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews SLASR Merchandise SLASR LinkTree Conservation officers in Wyoming and Montana to begin carrying Narcan due to Fentanyl crisis  Is vaping attracting bears? Solution to opening beer with your teeth Source Material for Henry David Thoreau segment Utah hiker found deceased after phone video showed her getting swept away down river.  Lost hiker in Jackson Hiker rescued on Falling Waters Injured hiker Kearsarge North  Rescue, Mt. Monadnock Hiker rescued Mt. Jennings Another rescue on Monadnock   Sponsors, Friends  and Partners 24th Annual Seek the Peak Welcome Back to Fieldstone Kumbucha CS Instant Coffee 2024 Longest Day - 48 Peaks Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast Hiking Buddies  Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear

Dr. Mark Tuckerman, Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics at New York University, is a theoretical chemist who works on various topics—including nuclear quantum effects, fuel cells, and crystal structure prediction. On this exciting episode of Let's Talk Chemistry edited by Presley Vu, hosts Erin Suh and Elizabeth Li discuss our interview with Dr. Mark Tuckerman. He shares his current research interests, machine learning in chemistry, and more. If you would like to learn more about Dr. Tuckerman, you can reach him by email at mark.tuckerman@nyu.edu.

This podcast hit paid subscribers' inboxes on April 15. It dropped for free subscribers on April 22. 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:WhoTom Day, President and General Manager of Gunstock, New HampshireRecorded onMarch 14, 2024About GunstockClick here for a mountain stats overviewOwned by: Belknap County, New HampshireLocated in: Gilford, New HampshireYear founded: 1937Pass affiliations: Unlimited access on New Hampshire College Pass (with Cannon, Cranmore, and Waterville Valley)Closest neighboring ski areas: Abenaki (:34), Red Hill Ski Club (:35), Veterans Memorial (:43), Tenney (:52), Campton (:52), Ragged (:54), Proctor (:56), Powderhouse Hill (:58), McIntyre (1:00)Base elevation: 904 feetSummit elevation: 2,244 feetVertical drop: 1,340 feetSkiable Acres: 227 Average annual snowfall: 120 inchesTrail count: 49 (2% double black, 31% black, 52% blue, 15% green)Lift count: 8 (1 high-speed quad, 2 fixed-grip quads, 2 triples, 3 carpets - view Lift Blog's inventory of Gunstock's lift fleet)Why I interviewed himIn the roughly four-and-a-half years since I launched The Storm, I've written a lot more about some ski areas than others. I won't claim that there's no personal bias involved, because there are certain ski areas that, due to reputation, convenience, geography, or personal nostalgia, I'm drawn to. But Gunstock is not one of those ski areas. I was only vaguely aware of its existence when I launched this whole project. I'd been drawn, all of my East Coast life, to the larger ski areas in the state's north and next door in Vermont and Maine. Gunstock, awkwardly located from my New York City base, was one of those places that maybe I'd get to someday, even if I wasn't trying too hard to actually make that happen.And yet, I've written more about Gunstock than just about any ski area in the country. That's because, despite my affinity for certain ski areas, I try to follow the news around. And wow has there been news at this mid-sized New Hampshire bump. Nobody knew, going into the summer of 2022, that Gunstock would become the most talked-about ski area in America, until the lid blew off Mount Winnipesaukee in July of that year, when a shallow and ill-planned insurrection failed spectacularly at drawing the ski area into our idiotic and exhausting political wars.If you don't know what I'm talking about, you can read more on the whole surreal episode in the Podcast Notes section below, or just listen to the podcast. But because of that weird summer, and because of an aspirational masterplan launched in 2021, I've given Gunstock outsized attention in this newsletter. And in the process, I've quite come to like the place, both as a ski area (where I've now actually skied), and as a community, and it has become, however improbably, a mountain I keep taking The Storm back to.What we talked aboutRetirement; “my theory is that 10 percent of people that come to a ski area can be a little bit of a problem”; Gunstock as a business in 2019 versus Gunstock today; skier visits surge; cash in the bank; the publicly owned ski area that is not publicly subsidized; Gunstock Nice; the last four years at Gunstock sure were an Asskicker, eh?; how the Gunstock Area Commission works and what went sideways in the summer of 2022; All-Summers Disease; preventing a GAC Meltdown repeat; the time bandits keep coming; should Gunstock be leased to a private operator?; qualities that the next general manager of Gunstock will need to run the place successfully; honesty, integrity, and respect; an updated look at the 2021 masterplan and what actually makes sense to build; could Gunstock ever have a hotel or summit lodge?; why a paved parking lot is a big deal in 2024; Maine skiing in the 1960s; 1970s lift lines; reflecting on the changes over 40-plus years of skiing; rear-wheel-drive Buicks as ski commuter car; competing against Epic and Ikon and why independent ski areas will always have a place in the market; will record skier-visit numbers persist?; a surprising stat about season passes; and how a payphone caused mass confusion in Park City.  Why I thought that now was a good time for this interviewOn January 19, Gunstock Marketing Director Bonnie MacPherson (long of Okemo and Bretton Woods), shot me a press release announcing that Day would retire at the conclusion of the 2023-24 ski season.It was a little surprising. Day hadn't been at Gunstock long. He'd arrived just a couple months before the March 2020 Covid shutdowns, almost four years to the day before he announced retirement. He was widely liked and respected on the mountain and in the community, a sentiment reinforced during the attempted Kook Coup of summer 2022, when a pair of fundamentalist nutjobs got flung out of the county via catapult after attempting to seize Gunstock from Day and his team.But Gunstock was a bit of a passion project for Day, a skiing semi-lifer who'd spent three decades at Waterville Valley before fiddling with high-end odd-jobs of the consultancy and project-management sort for 10 years. In four years, he transformed county-owned Gunstock from a seasonal business that tapped bridge loans to survive each summer into a profitable year-round entertainment center with millions in the bank. And he did it all despite Covid, despite the arrival of vending-machine Epic and Ikon passes, despite a couple of imbeciles who'd never worked at a ski area thinking they could do a better job running a ski area than the person they paid $175,000 per year to run the ski area.  I still don't really get it. How it all worked out. How Gunstock has gotten better as everything about running a ski area has gotten harder and more expensive and more competitive. There's nothing really special about the place statistically or terrain-wise. It's not super snowy or extra tall or especially big. It has exactly one high-speed lift, a really nice lodge, and Awe Dag views of Lake Winnipesaukee. It's nice but not exceptional, just another good mid-sized ski area in a state full of good mid-sized ski areas.  And yet, Gunstock thrives. Day, like most ski area general managers, is allergic to credit, but I have to think he had a lot to do with the mountain's late resilience. He's an interesting guy, thoughtful and worldly and adventurous. Talking to him, I always get the sense that this is a person who's comfortable with who he is, content with his life, a hardcore skier whose interests extend far beyond it. He's colorful but also plainspoken, an optimist and a pragmatist, a bit of back-office executive and good ole' boy wrencher melded into your archetype of a ski area manager. Someone who, disposition baked by experience, is perfectly suited to the absurd task of operating a ski area in New Hampshire. It's too bad he's leaving, but I guess eventually we all do. The least I could do was get his story one more time before he bounced.Why you should ski GunstockSkiing Knife Fight, New Hampshire Edition, looks like this:That's 30 ski areas, the fifth-most of any state, in the fifth-smallest state in America. And oh by the way you're also right next door to all of this:And Vermont is barely bigger than New Hampshire. Together, the two states are approximately one-fifth the size of Colorado. “Fierce” as the kids (probably don't) say.So, what makes you choose Gunstock as your snowsportskiing destination when you have 56 other choices in a two-state region, plus another half-dozen large ski areas just east in Maine? Especially when you probably own an Indy, Epic, or Ikon pass, which, combined, deliver access to 28 upper New England ski areas, including most of the best ones?Maybe that's exactly why. We've been collectively enchanted by access, obsessed with driving down per-visit cost to beat inflated day-ticket prices that we simultaneously find absurd and delight in outsmarting. But boot up at any New England ski area with chairlifts, and you're going to find a capable operation. No one survived this long in this dogfight without crafting an experience worth skiing.It's telling that Gunstock has only gotten busier since the Epic and Ikon passes smashed into New England a half dozen years ago. There's something there, an extra thing worth pursuing. You don't have to give up your SuperUltimoWinterSki Pass to make Gunstock part of your winter, but maybe work it in there anyway?Podcast NotesOn Gunstock's masterplanGunstock's ambitious masterplan, rolled out in 2021, would have blown the ski area out on all sides, added a bunch of new lifts, and plopped a hotel and summit lodge on the property:Most of it seems improbable now, as Day details in the podcast.On the GAC conflictSomeone could write a book on the Gunstock Shenanigans of 2022. The best I can give you is a series of article I published as the whole ridiculous saga was unfolding:* Band of Nitwits Highjacks Gunstock, Ski Area's Future Uncertain - July 24, 2022* Walkouts, Resignations, Wild Accusations: A Timeline of Gunstock's Implosion - July 31, 2022* Gunstock GM Tom Day & Team Return, Commissioner Ousted – 3 Ways to Protect the Mountain's Future - Aug. 8, 2022If nothing else, just watch this remarkable video of Day and his senior staff resigning en masse:On the Caledonian Canal that “splits Scotland in half”I'd never heard of the Caledonian Canal, but Day mentions sailing it and that it “splits Scotland in half.” That's the sort of thing I go nuts for, so I looked it up. Per Wikipedia:The Caledonian Canal connects the Scottish east coast at Inverness with the west coast at Corpach near Fort William in Scotland. The canal was constructed in the early nineteenth century by Scottish engineer Thomas Telford.The canal runs some 60 miles (100 kilometres) from northeast to southwest and reaches 106 feet (32 metres) above sea level.[2] Only one third of the entire length is man-made, the rest being formed by Loch Dochfour, Loch Ness, Loch Oich, and Loch Lochy.[3] These lochs are located in the Great Glen, on a geological fault in the Earth's crust. There are 29 locks (including eight at Neptune's Staircase, Banavie), four aqueducts and 10 bridges in the course of the canal.Here's its general location:More detail:On Day's first appearance on the podcastThis was Day's second appearance on the podcast. The first was way back in episode 34, recorded in January 2021:On Hurricane Mountain, MaineDay mentions skiing a long-gone ropetow bump named Hurricane Mountain, Maine as a child. While I couldn't find any trailmaps, New England Lost Ski Areas Project houses a nice history from the founder's daughter:I am Charlene Manchester now Barton. My Dad started Hurricane Ski Slope with Al Ervin. I was in the second grade, I remember, when I used to go skiing there with him. He and Al did almost everything--cranked the rope tow motor up to get it going, directed traffic, and were the ski patrol. As was noted in your report, accommodations were across road at the Norton farm where we could go to use the rest room or get a cup of hot chocolate and a hamburger. Summers I would go with him and Al to the hill and play while they cleared brush and tried to improve the hill, even opened one small trail to the right of the main slope. I was in the 5th grade when I tore a ligament in my knee skiing there. Naturally, the ski patrol quickly appeared and my Dad carried me down the slope in his arms. I was in contact with Glenn Parkinson  who came to interview my mother , who at 96 is a very good source of information although actually, she was not much of a skier. The time I am referring to must have been around 1945 because I clearly recall discussing skiing with my second grade teacher Miss Booth, who skied at Hurricane. This was at DW Lunt School in Falmouth where I grew up. I was in the 5th grade when I hurt my leg.My Dad, Charles Manchester , was one of the first skiers in the State, beginning on barrel staves in North Gorham where he grew up. He was a racer and skied the White Mountains . We have a picture of him at Tuckerman's when not many souls ventured up there to ski in the spring. As I understand it, the shortage of gas during WWII was a motivator as he had a passion for the sport, but no gas to get to the mountains in N.H. Two of his best ski buddies were Al Ervin, who started Hurricane with him, and Homer Haywood, who was in the ski troopers during WWII, I think. Another ski pal was Chase Thompson. These guys worked to ski--hiking up Cranmore when the lifts were closed due to the gas shortage caused by WWII. It finally got to be too much for my Dad to run Hurricane, as he was spending more time directing traffic for parking than skiing, which after all was why he and Al started the project.I think my Dad and his ski buddies should be remembered for their love of the sport and their willingness to do whatever it took to ski. Also, they were perfect gentlemen, wonderful manners on the slope, graceful and handsomely dressed, often in neckties. Those were the good old days!The ski area closed around 1973, according to NELSAP, in response to rising insurance rates.On old-school Sunday RiverI've documented the incredible evolution of Sunday River from anthill to Vesuvius many times. But here, to distill the drama of the transformation, is the now-titanic ski area's 1961 trailmap:This 60s-era Sunday River was a foundational playground for Day.On the Epic and Ikon New England timelineIt's easy to lose track of the fact that the Epic and Ikon Passes didn't exist in New England until very recently. A brief timeline:* 2017: Vail Resorts buys Stowe, its first New England property, and adds the mountain to the Epic Pass for the 2017-18 ski season.* 2018: Vail Resorts buys Triple Peaks, owners of Mount Sunapee and Okemo, and adds them to the Epic Pass for the 2018-19 ski season.* 2018: The Ikon Pass debuts with five or seven days at five New England destinations for the 2018-19 ski season: Killington/Pico, Sugarbush, and Boyne-owned Loon, Sunday River, and Sugarloaf. Alterra-owned Stratton is unlimited on the Ikon Pass and offers five days on the Ikon Base Pass.* 2019: Vail buys the 17-mountain Peak Resorts portfolio, which includes four more New England ski areas: Mount Snow in Vermont and Crotched, Wildcat, and Attitash in New Hampshire. All join the Epic Pass for the 2019-20 ski season, bumping the number of New England ski areas on the coalition up to seven.* 2019: Alterra buys Sugarbush. Amps up the mountain's Ikon Pass access to unlimited with blackouts on the Ikon Base and unlimited on the full Ikon for the 2020-21 ski season. Alterra also ramps up Stratton Ikon Base access from five days to unlimited with blackouts for the 2020-21 winter.* 2020: Vail introduces New England-specific Epic Passes. At just $599, the Northeast Value Pass delivers unlimited access to Vail's four New Hampshire mountains, holiday-restricted unlimited access to Mount Snow and Okemo, and 10 non-holiday days at Stowe. Vail also rolls out a midweek version for just $429.* 2021: Vail unexpectedly cuts the price of Epic Passes by 20 percent, reducing the cost of the Northeast Value Pass to just $479 and the midweek version to $359. The Epic Local Pass plummets to $583, and even the full Epic Pass is just $783.All of which is background to our conversation, in which I ask Day a pretty interesting question: how the hell have you grown Gunstock's business amidst this incredibly challenging competitive marketplace?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 30/100 in 2024, and number 530 since launching on Oct. 13, 2019. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.stormskiing.com/subscribe

Tune in to this special Broadway Spotlight series, brought to you by Peter Eyers, host of the STAGES podcast. In January 2024, Peter will be leading a 10-day tour to sample the best of Broadway and New York - alongside a host of cultural experiences at museums and galleries populating The Big Apple.In this episode, Peter talks with Kaye Tuckerman, who played Broadway in the Donna Summer Musical! - and has appeared in extensive Musical Theatre product around the globe. She relishes living in the Big Apple - and all that it offers culturally to its inhabitants and many visitors.Academy Travel is a leading specialist in small-group cultural tours, allowing you to travel with like-minded companions and learn from internationally renowned experts. Like our podcast, our tours are designed to appeal to travellers with a strong interest in history, archaeology, architecture, the visual arts and the performing arts.Learn more here - https://academytravel.com.au/

https://slasrpodcast.com/     SLASRPodcast@gmail.com  Welcome to the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast! Also known as SLASR. Join an experienced search and rescue volunteer and his friend as they discuss all things related to hiking and search and rescue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.  This week we are joined by our friend Ethan Banks. Ethan is a prolific trail runner and hiker in the Whites. He recently met up with Stomp and hit it off so we thought it made sense to have him sit in on an episode. Ethan is a route creator, runner, hiker, podcaster and all around interesting guy so he is going to share some of his experience with us and we are going to learn about the Squamathon and some of his other crazy pursuits in the Whites. In addition to Ethan we will give our predictions for winter snowfall totals, Stomp has discovered he cannot sleep well while backpacking so we are going to conduct a therapy session, Grizzly bear attack in canada, mail truck burns in NH - Mrs. Stomp is ok, The Abby Hernandez abduction in North Conway, Haunted Happening and things to do and recent search and rescues on Tuckerman and Monadnock. This weeks Higher Summit Forecast Window Cling Order Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScAWSpyB3_6IbQF84DaSkJ1KdlUzQkY6DDNM2S-8axYK98NyQ/viewform  About Ethan Banks Ethan's Blog Ethan's Instagram Topics Sober October begins Weather predictions for a rainy, warm winter Stomp's backpacking challenges and lack of sleep Knobbie Hike's insane hiking plans Grizzly Bear attack in Canada Rescue Me 5K update Mail Truck on fire 32 Feet Up - update  National Park locations used to house migrants in New York The abduction of Abby Hernadez - connection to Lousie Chaput?  Reklis - Full Conditions Event Drunk guy in West Virginia arrested after calling in a fake bear attack Things to do this weekend in New Hampshire Gear Review - Ultralight Camp Chairs Recent Hikes - Stomp's overnight adventure on Cannon Mountain Notable Hikes Segment of the Week - Welcome Ethan Bank   Show Notes Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews SLASR Merchandise SLASR LinkTree Rescue Me 5k - Nov. 11th in Lincoln  Rainy Winter due to Tonga underwater Volcano eruption Couple killed by grizzly Postal Truck catches fire in Meredith Hearing on Migrant Shelter Nate Kibby kidnapping of Abby Hernandez Reklis Event - Details & Tickets Man fakes bear attack to get out of woods. Gear review: Nemo Moonlite camp chair Helinox Camp Chair Footpath App   Sponsors, Friends  and Partners Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast Hiking Buddies  Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear Reminder - Taylor James Steeves Summit Challenge starts on September 15th

Tune in to a Broadway Spotlight edition of the STAGES podcast. A Spotlight replay brought to you by Academy Travel - a leading specialist in small-group cultural tours.In January 2024, Academy Travel will be leading a 10 day tour to sample the best of Broadway and New York - alongside a host of cultural experiences at museums and galleries populating The Big Apple.Find further information at the Academy Travel website … academytravel.com.au and search Theatre in New York - Best of Broadway tour.To whet the appetite, STAGES will be revisiting conversations with Australian artists who have conquered The Great White Way in a series of Broadway SPOTLIGHT episodes - brought to you by Academy Travel.Kaye Tuckerman played Broadway in the Donna Summer Musical! - and has appeared in extensive Musical Theatre product around the globe.She relishes living in the Big Apple - and all that it offers culturally to its inhabitants and many visitors.Kaye Tuckerman joined the STAGES podcast in April 2023.

The Karma School of Business is joined by John Kirk, a Deal Partner and Operating Advisor at Tuckerman Capital. John shares his unique perspective on people, business growth, and perseverance. We discuss: 1:20 - John's path to private equity 6:04 - Hiking the Appalachian Trail and a lesson in perseverance 11:32 - Finding a great business: growth mindset 13:31 - Finding a great business: alignment to secular trends 14:30 - Finding a great business: identifiable differentiation 18:18 - The modern private equity process: managing the motion offense 25:28 - The differentiators between businesses that are successful and those that aren't 29:55 - How the best business builders in the world act in times of uncertainty 34:01 -  John's book recommendation For more information on Tuckerman Capital, go to www.tuckermancapital.com For more information on BluWave and this podcast, go to www.bluwave.net/podcast  

https://slasrpodcast.com/   SLASRPodcast@gmail.com  Welcome to the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast! Also known as SLASR. Join an experienced search and rescue volunteer and his friend as they discuss all things related to hiking and search and rescue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This week, in an attempt to attract a younger demographic we interviewed a friend of the show, Caroline about her recent time living in Hawaii. She will break down some of the hiking activities she enjoyed during her 8 week stay in Honolulu and talk about some of her activities visiting the other Islands of Hawaii. She will also break down some of her memories of early hiking in NH and might even reveal some details about what it was like being raised by a maniac.  In addition to Caroline we have a couple of short history segments, crowds at Tuckerman Ravine, recent hikes, pop culture talk, our theory about all of us living in an AI simulation, and recent search and rescue news. Topics Mount Washington Observatory - Higher Summits Forecast Florida Talk Robert Frost History Patricia Wu-Murad - missing in Japan Mud Season Reminders Mount Washington Auto Road - Event Schedule Mining Permit controversy near Baxter State Park in Maine Boston Marathon Talk - Reflections on 2013 race & Ultra Marathon cheater Tuckerman Ravine was crowded - some people calling for a permit system Snowboarder yeats himself into a crevice and survives Close call in Jasper National Park Beer Hiking in New England Pop Culture Talk - AI, Mike thinks we may all be in a simulation, Mandalorian, Game of Thrones, Alec Baldwin Beer Talk Stomp Hikes Sculptured Rocks in Groton and Mount Agassiz - shares some history SLASR Topic of the Week - Caroline in Hawaii Recent Search and Rescue News Show Notes Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews SLASR Merchandise SLASR LinkTree Gofundme set up for missing hiker in Japan  Vt. offers tips for mud season  Colorado Rescue Group has a few words for postholers  Mount Washington Auto Road has a cool schedule this year. Mining permit filed in Northern Maine near Katahdin Granite Staters, including Ben True, place well in the Boston Marathon  Another cheater. This time an ultra marathoner New opinion piece on using permitting to limit crowds at Tuckermans Snowboarder Falls into Ravine while descending Tuckerman Guy falls into rushing water trying to save his drone Beer Hiking New England - New Book to Check Out HBO Confirms a new series based on GRRM Dunk and Egg Novels  Mt. Agassiz - history segment  Diamond Head (must make a reservation to hike) Nu'uanu Judd Trail / Jackass Ginger Pool (HURT100) Mt. Olympus Manoa Falls Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park Three Peaks (Olomana Trail) Stairway to Heaven Koko Head Ho‘omaluhia Botanical Garden All Honolulu Botanical Gardens Four Winds II Snorkeling Cruises (Maui) Skydive Hawaii Hans Hedemann Surf School Trail of discarded clothing lead rescuers to body of missing hiker  Hikers high on Magic Mushrooms rescued in England Injured hiker Mt. Chocurua  2 hikers rescued on Mt. Chocorua Teen hiker dies after fall at Acadia  2 ill-prepared hikers rescued on AT in Maine   Sponsors and Partners Mount Washington Higher Summits Forecast Bay Slate Coasters Vaucluse - Sweat less. Explore more. – Vaucluse Gear CS Instant Coffee Alzheimer's Association - 48 Peaks Sweet Beginnings Daycare

Originally from Sydney, Australia, Kaye Tuckerman has carved a niche internationally as a sought after director, performer, writer, and designer. Her directing career has garnered many awards globally, and her performing career has seen her headline some of the worlds biggest stage productions.  She is currently producing and directing ‘Take your Seats' a documentary about Broadway's closure during 2020 and beyond, adapting ‘Tears on the Equator' into a screenplay, and creating the pilot ‘The Wicked Cometh'.  Other credits include the lead in the horror/thriller feature fill ‘The Girl Who got Away', and appearing opposite James Spader on The Blacklist.  Kaye has performed on Broadway in ‘Summer: The Donna Summer Musical ‘(Broadway) creating the role of ‘Pete Bellotte'. Other Highlights include: ‘Les Miserables', ‘The Boy From Oz', ‘Mamma Mia!'.  She has performed at Madison Square Garden for the NBA, alongside Jennifer Hudson and the Dropkick Murphys with the Boston Pops, and at the Macy's Day Parade.  She has won multiple awards for her solo performances, and can be seen onscreen in 'The Matrix', ‘The Loudest Voice, 'The Characters', 'Royal Pains', as well as many shorts, web series and independent features such as the award winning ‘The Actor', ‘The Prime', ‘Vandal' and ‘Crossroads of America'. As a designer in Kenya, she was nominated for an African Academy Award for 'From a Whisper' other work can be seen in campaigns such as Nike Write the Future,and Nokia: Sub-Saharan Africa, features such as 'I am Slave', and numerous documentaries for Discovery, National Geographic and Raw TV.  Kaye gained her degree at WAAPA, and directing training at NIDA. Kaye was the Creative Producer/Director of The Australian Dance Awards for three years, Creative Director for Inglot NYC, directing and designing multiple photo shoots, and fashion events, Associate Casting Director for Disney's The Lion King' (Australia), and Casting Director for Sydney Dance Company.  She has directed theatre productions throughout Australia and Asia, and most recently has directed the short films: “Black Canvas' ‘Fragile', ‘Trumped', ‘Nanas Room', ‘Nil by Mouth', 'Choice', ‘Famousland', 'On my Shoulder', 'JOE', ‘Coping'. As well as, multiple commercials, music videos, and the Hawaiian Documentary ‘The Last Queen'. Kaye was recently back in Australia and STAGES caught up with her for a long overdue reunion. The STAGES podcast is available to access and subscribe from Spotify and Apple podcasts. Or from wherever you access your favourite podcasts. A conversation with creatives about craft and career. Follow socials on instagram (stagespodcast) and facebook (Stages).www.stagespodcast.com.au

Colleen was able to bring her brother Mark(Mr Tuckerman) in for this episode and we had a GREAT time! Charley, Colleen, Scott, and Mark created Episode #158 on this fine Tuesday evening of Jan 17th 2023. We start off the show getting right into a great story from Mr Tuckerman with his Golf life antics. … Continue reading "Adjust the Mic Episode #158 NFL Playoffs with Mr. Tuckerman" The post Adjust the Mic Episode #158 NFL Playoffs with Mr. Tuckerman appeared first on Adjust the Mic Podcast.

In this week's episode of Next Page Laura and Todd interview a true Jill of All Trades, Kaye Tuckerman. Kaye not only has that irresistible Australian accent & FIGJAM attitude, but many accomplishments, awards and accolades under her belt including playing Trinity's stunt double in the matrix, headlining Mama Mia on Broadway, directing and acting in a plethora of indie films and becoming a recipient of an African Academy Award. The trio dive into Kaye's shamanic journey, the age of trauma we live in at the moment, her new film Black Canvas, Cannes Film Festival and the mostly forgotten brush fires in Australia that preceded a little thing everyone might remember called the Pandemic? We also get in to Climate Change, Narcissism and using your intuition to navigate this crazy life. Don't miss Episode 25, with BAMF, director, actor, writer and designer Kaye Tuckerman! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

John Quick sits down with Tuckerman Babcock to talk about why he is running and his thoughts on ranked choice voting. In 2020 his Opponent wrote an Op-ed in support of ranked choice voting in the local paper.     Check out Tuckerman here: https://tuckermanbabcock.com/  His opponent's op-ed is here: https://www.peninsulaclarion.com/opinion/voices-of-the-peninsula-voters-claim-power-with-yes-on-2/ 

Today it's a few headlines, including the new allegations against the Governor. Then in hour one we'll chat with candidate Kevin McCabe, running for state house. And in hour two it's Tuckerman Babcock, running for state senate.

Tuckerman Babcock, who is running for State Senate, talks with Suzanne Downing about the differences between him and his opponent. His opponent was a BIG supporter of the dark money funded, ranked choice voting ballot initiative, which has made Alaska elections very confusing. Tuckerman was against ranked choice voting. Listen in to hear more.    The show is sponsored by: Paid for by Gungurstein For Senate.

Today we are talking about one of our favorite morning drinks…COFFEE! Danny Walsh: Danny Walsh is an outdoors person, recreational athlete, and entrepreneur out of Boulder, CO. When he was diagnosed with a stress-related auto-immune disease in his last year of college, he turned down the offer for a desk job and instead took to building trails so that he could move his body all days. During this time, he learned to forage and brew chaga tea. He couldn't stop thinking about how good chaga, a medicinal mushroom, made him feel - soothed, relaxed, calm. Focusing on continually managing his stress, he started incorporating these Adaptagenic mushrooms into his morning routine for daily stress and immune support, and eventually putting them in his coffee. When he looked to see what was out there for mushroom coffee, there wasn't a single product that tasted like coffee without compromise. Soon after, Peak State was born to help people upgrade their morning routine with high quality coffee with the added health benefits for immune support, stress support, and cognitive health. Today, Peak State's is the world's first whole bean functional coffee, infused using their patent pending process for daily wellness and to keep you functioning at your Peak State. When Danny is not working on Peak State, he's climbing, skiing, spending time with his partner, or trail running with his dog Tuckerman. What is Peak State Coffee? If you're like me, coffee is the first part of your morning, which makes it the perfect vehicle for other nutrients too. Peak State has introduced coffee with adaptogens to boost performance, immunity, brain health, and sustained energy throughout the day. Keto Friendly of course, and the coffee is LOW ACID, which is huge if you have a sensitive stomach to acidity in coffee. They test it with a pH meter. Get 20% off your first order at PeakStateCoffee.com/LOWCARBATHLETE or just enter code LOWCARBATHLETE at PeakStateCoffee.com Danny Walsh was diagnosed with a stress-related auto-immune disease in his last year of college and turned down the offer for a desk job and instead took to building trails so that he could move his body every day. During this time, he learned to forage and brew Chaga tea. Danny couldn't stop thinking about how good Chaga, a medicinal mushroom, made him feel - soothed, relaxed, calm. Focusing on continually managing his stress, he started incorporating these Adaptagenic mushrooms into his morning routine. Soon after, Peak State was born to help people upgrade their morning routine with high-quality coffee that has added health benefits for immune support, stress support, and cognitive health. During our discussion, you will discover the tips to increase longevity for athletes, the benefits of Peak State coffee in our bodies, and the ideal way to consume mushrooms for the magic to happen. You will also learn the strategies for choosing the perfect coffee and how coffee helps recovery. Tune in to learn more on this and other exciting topics! Resources mentioned https://peakstatecoffee.com/ Timestamps [00:37] Danny Walsh's background information [06:35] Knowing your why [12:06] What drives Danny Walsh [16:30] The benefits of mushrooms and coffee on your health [18:04] Proven health benefits of mushrooms [20:29] Tips to increase longevity for athletes [24:05] The right dose of mushroom to create a magic potion [24:13] The ideal way to consume mushrooms [28:30] The benefits of coffee [29:32] The Peak State Coffee [30:15] How to stack mushrooms in coffee [34:50] Tips for getting toxic-free coffee [39:08] How coffee can help in recovery [42:29] The meaning of adaptogens [53:13] How to drink coffee and sleep   Notable quotes “It is so important to find an organic coffee to ensure that you are not drinking pesticides that we now know can cause harm to reproductive organs and even cause cancer.” “When you are in this clean and pure environment at home, you realize how toxic our world is when you get outside of your bubble.” “A lot of people don't realize the toxicity of products because of failure to check the product's origin.”   Connect with us: Danny Walsh LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dtwalsh/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PeakStateCoffee/ Email: danny@peakstatecoffee.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peakstatecoffee/?hl=en   Debbie Potts Website: https://debbiepotts.net/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thewholesticmethod/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lowcarbathlete/ Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/thelowcarbathlete Twitter: https://twitter.com/thewholeathlete We chat about… How do you get the mushrooms into the coffee? How is your coffee low acid too? What are you doing for sustainability? Try out Peak State Coffee:  Use code THELOWCARBATHLETE for 20% off your first online order at PeakStateCoffee.com peakstatecoffee.com/lowcarbathlete will automatically take 20% off, or enter code LOWCARBATHLETE at checkout  

We'll start off with some news from around the state then get a chance to chat with Jodi Taylor, Chair of the Alaska Policy Forum and talk about educational funding and the potential of dual enrollment. Then in hour two we'll talk with Tuckerman Babcock, GOP candidate for the state senate on the peninsula.

We hit a few headlines from around the state, but focus on the "Gross" effect with the US House race. What does it all mean and where do we go from here? Then we'll open up the phone lines and also talk with Gov candidate Charlie Pierce, Senate candidate Tuckerman Babcock and finish up with guru Chris Story.

Suzanne Downing and John Quick sit down with Tuckerman Babcock to talk about this Rank Choice voting mess and if/how Nick Begich could possibly come from behind to win. 

We start off with headlines this morning, including a look at Ukraine and the ramifications. We'll take some phone calls and get your thoughts as well. Then in hour two we'll chat with Tuckerman Babcock, who has filed for the state senate seat down on the peninsula currently held by Peter Micciche.

Coomer and Hummer are joined by Dan Phillips (@designbydanielp) and Spencer Tuckerman (@spncrtckrmn) to discuss their involvement in elevating the UC athletics' digital content, the "throwback night" against Memphis, and much more!  Cincy Slangin' has merch! Go to 513Shirts.come to get you Slangin' t-shirt, hat, and beanie! https://www.513shirts.com/collections/cincy-slangin Music: "Cincinnati Hat" - Showtime Twitter: @CincySlangin Instagram: @CincySlangin Email: cincyslangin@gmail.com Website: https://cincyslangin.com   

Episode 202 - NatGeo Editor and skiing enthusiast Gordy Megroz discuss the world's most iconic skiing runs for Jackson Hole's Corbett's Couloir, to Tuckerman's Ravine an Hawaii's Mauna Kea See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

David began his career as a State Trooper in 1984. During his first year, David was ordered by his post sergeant to play Santa at their Christmas party. Although he enjoyed the experience he didn't put the outfit back on until 2009. It was at that time he realized how much joy he could bring children, and after retiring in 2015 he decided to become Santa full-time and bring joy and laughter to young and old alike during each Christmas season. Visit https://neasanta.com/ to find out how to bring Santa to your next event.

On today's episode of the MRAK podcast, Suzanne Downing and John Quick welcome special guest Tuckerman Babcock to the show. They discuss the current redistricting efforts, Southcentral Foundation C19 mandates, AK Railroads C19 vaccine timeline, and marketing to police officers terminated in the Lower 48. All that and more!

https://slasrpodcast.com/  Welcome to the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast! Also known as SLASR.  Join an experienced search and rescue volunteer and his friend as they discuss all things related to hiking and search and rescue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.  This week we are talking with Sarah about her role in a recent rescue on Tuckerman Ravine. We are also visited by our friend Jeff who has a cool search and rescue story and will share some stories of his mountaineering adventures.    Topics Stomp's stealth camping apology  Helicopter talk Drink Discussion Recent Hikes Introducing Sarah and Jeff Jeff and Alvaro save a father and son from freezing on Mount Abraham Sarah and friends help save an injured skier on Tuckerman Jeff's big mountain stories Jeff's perspective on the Ammo avalanche death this winter Denali talk Mount Sanford in Alaska Sea Kayak adventure with Freya Hoffmeister   Show Notes Mike's Beer  Sarah's Beer  Jeff's Beer  Mike's Beer Cooler System Mike's Ice Gulch Strava Route Mike's Pine Mountain Route Rescue on Tuckerman Follow Jeff's adventure with Freya Hoffmeister Jeff Rogers   Corrections Mike is an idiot and pronounced the Sherburne trail incorrectly.... Thanks again Sarah and Jeff for joining us!!! 

Two days out of a week off where I am bouncing around the land of Dragons and Giants in New England. Making a pit stop on Salem NH for America's Stonehenge, then on a fluke climbed to where there is still a foot of snow in May at Tuckerman's Ravine Trail, Mt. Washington. Pardon the lact of sources, service is a little tough in the White Mountains.

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Vasu Sojitra is one of the most accomplished adaptive athletes on Earth. He’s notched first independent adaptive ascents and descents on everything from the Grand Teton in Grand Teton National Park to Tuckerman's Ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire. This past winter, he summited Wyoming's formidable Mount Moran and skied its infamous Skillet Glacier. He’s done all of this with one leg. Reducing Vasu to his leg difference, though, doesn’t do him justice. Rather, Vasu has leveraged his disability to cultivate courage, resiliency, and compassion. In this episode of Out and Back, Vasu recounts going from feeling like an outsider as a kid growing up in Glastonbury, CT and Gujarat, India, to finding belonging on the ski slopes. Vasu’s accomplishments on the trails are extraordinary, but his story is really one of finding strength within yourself. He’s on a mission to make the outdoors accessible to all, so everyone can experience the liberation of moving their bodies through the landscape.

This recap episode recounts the inspiration for this podcast coming into existence. While training for Mount Everest in April of 2019, my daily routine would include a strong hike up into Tuckerman or Huntington Ravine on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, USA. Many times I felt the presence of something, someone. Looking back, I believe that the essence of Sandy Irvine, who disappeared on Mount Everest on June 8 in 1924, was asking for assistance. As our expedition set out to locate Sandy, last seen at over 28,000 feet 'headed for the top', I have always believed that his soul had not yet been freed from the mountain. I introduce my mentor, Bradford Washburn, who inspired me so deeply in all of my endeavors, and share an interview that I conducted with him in 2001, he at the sprightly age of 91. This is my introduction to The Happiness Quotient (identical to Episode #3), re-vamped here as an introduction or as a refresher course to the ultimate inspiration for following one's dreams & passions.=========For more information about Thom Dharma Pollard:http://eyesopenproductions.com/For a free downloadable copy of A Course In Happiness:www.patreon.com/thehappinessquotientOur theme song, Happiness Jones, appears courtesy of The Wood Brothers.For more information about The Wood Brothers:https://www.thewoodbros.com/The Wood Brothers on YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTvWKQovDZlLceuct1EEMMQHappiness Jones video can be seen here:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKIoiVWwF5AFor more about Thom Dharma Pollard, about personal coaching or his inspirational presentations, virtual or in person, find him at: www.eyesopenproductions.comTo join his mailing list for The Happiness Quotient, email him at thom.dharma.pollard@gmail.comSupport the show (https://www.patreon.com/thehappinessquotient)

Rich Stoner and Halley O’Brien pair up with owner, Nik Stanciu and Marketing Director, Liz Cancelliere from Tuckerman Brewing Company in New Hampshire. Nik, with his co-owner Kirsten Neves, started the brewery 23 years ago and they’ve been serving up some of New England’s best brews ever since. Tuck's community roots run deep, and so does the passion for earning beers on 50 cent days. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/beyondtheapres/message

A rare mix of creativity and analytical insight, Phil Svitek started editing professionally at 15 when he was hired by the first Hospice in America to cut their documentary. He attended Emerson College, studying film and working on more documentary content, like Intrepid Descent, a movie showcasing backcountry skiing in New Hampshire's Tuckerman's Ravine, and Garden Girl, a show teaching urban sustainability. While a senior in college, Emerson alumni Maria Menounos hired Phil to produce and edit her second feature Adventures of Serial Buddies. Thanks to the relationship sparked between Phil and director Keven Undergaro, they teamed up on Keven's creation of the AfterBuzz TV. There, Phil developed revolutionary, fast-turnaround, low-cost methods allowing 150+ weekly shows to broadcast live to millions digitally. Now in his 30s, he's creating contents of all kinds – web series, music videos, films, books, documentaries, podcasts, TV pilots, etc. Most recently he finished directing his first feature, Idyll, and secured distribution for it. Now he's getting ready to publish his first novel while developing his next feature film, In Search of Sunrise. For more info on Phil and his work, visit http://philsvitek.com. Connect with Phil here: https://instagram.com/philsvitek?igshid=1x6yvhytyb00l Watch the interview here: https://youtu.be/07IaVMVUq-k --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we celebrate the botanist who saved the Lewis and Clark specimen sheets. We'll also learn about the successful botanist and garden designer who introduced the navel orange. We’ll recognize the Conservatory stocked by the World’s Fair. We'll hear a charming verse about the mistletoe by a poet entomologist. We Grow That Garden Library™ with a book featuring fifteen incredible private gardens in North America. And then we’ll wrap things up with the American writer who wrote about the natural world with simplicity and honesty.   Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart To listen to the show while you're at home, just ask Alexa or Google to “Play the latest episode of The Daily Gardener Podcast.” And she will. It's just that easy.   The Daily Gardener Friday Newsletter Sign up for the FREE Friday Newsletter featuring: A personal update from me Garden-related items for your calendar The Grow That Garden Library™ featured books for the week Gardener gift ideas Garden-inspired recipes Exclusive updates regarding the show Plus, each week, one lucky subscriber wins a book from the Grow That Garden Library™ bookshelf.   Gardener Greetings Send your garden pics, stories, birthday wishes, and so forth to Jennifer@theDailyGardener.org.   Curated News Is Mistletoe More Than Just An Excuse For A Kiss? | Kew | Michael F Fay   Facebook Group If you'd like to check out my curated news articles and blog posts for yourself, you're in luck because I share all of it with the Listener Community in the Free Facebook Group - The Daily Gardener Community.   So, there’s no need to take notes or search for links. The next time you're on Facebook, search for Daily Gardener Community, where you’d search for a friend… and request to join. I'd love to meet you in the group.   Important Events December 7, 1817 Today is the birthday of the American botanist and professor Edward Tuckerman. A specialist of lichens and other Alpine plants, Edward helped found the Natural History Society of Boston. As a professor at Amherst College, Edward spent his spare time botanizing in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Today Tuckerman Ravine is named in honor of Edward Tuckerman. America owes a debt of gratitude to Edward for rescuing some of the Lewis and Clark specimens at an auction. It turns out that after the Lewis and Clark Expedition, a botanist named Frederic Pursh was hired by Meriwether Lewis to process the plants from their trip. After butting heads with his boss Benjamin Smith Barton and Meriwether’s apparent suicide, Frederick Pursh took the Lewis and Clark specimens and went to England. Once in England, Pursh reached out to botanists Sir James Edward Smith and Aylmer Lambert about putting together the Flora of North America. Ultimately, Aylmer became his botanical fairy godfather. Aylmer had a substantial personal botanical library, herbarium, and funding. Aylmer also forced Pursh to be productive. Frederick Pursh was kind of a rough and tough guy, and he was an alcoholic. Aylmer made a space for Frederick in the attic of his house. Once Aylmer got him up there, he would lock Frederick in for stretches at a time to keep him focused on the project. It was an extreme way to deal with Frederick’s demons, but it worked. It took Pursh two years to complete the Flora of North America, and the whole time he was racing against Thomas Nuttall, who was working on the same subject back in America. American botanists felt Frederick Pursh had pulled the rug out from under them when he took the expedition specimens to England. And this is where Edward Tuckerman enters the story. Somehow Edward learned that the Lewis and Clark specimens that Pursh had brought to England were going to auction. It turns out Aylmer had hung on to all of Pursh’s material, including the Lewis and Clark originals. In 1842, after Aylmer died, the Lewis and Clark specimens and papers were up for auction along as part of his estate. Somehow Edward realized the value and the important legacy of these botanical specimens and papers. After winning the items, Edward eventually donated all of the material to the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia.   December 7, 1822 Today is the birthday of the English-American botanist, nurseryman, landscape gardener, and landscape designer William Saunders. William served as the first horticulturist and superintendent of the experimental gardens at the newly created U.S. Department of Agriculture. During his professional career, William enjoyed many successes, but two stand out above the rest. First, William designed the Soldiers' National Cemetery at Gettysburg. On November 17, 1863, William visited the White House to show President Abraham Lincoln his design for the cemetery near the Gettysburg battlefield. William thoughtfully made sure that the Union army dead would be organized by state. A devoted botanist, William’s design was the setting for Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, an ode to the fallen soldiers interred there. William’s second major accomplishment was introducing the seedless Navel Orange to California. After William had received cuttings from a navel orange tree in Bahia Brazil, he forwarded the cuttings to a friend named Eliza Tibbetts, who had recently settled in a town called Riverside, fifty-five miles east of Los Angeles. Eliza and her husband, Luther, planted the navel oranges in their front yard. They watered the trees with dishwater, and both of the trees flourished. In California, navel oranges are picked from October through the end of May. Navel oranges are known for their sweetness and the sweet little navel on the blossom end. A ripe navel orange should have thin, smooth skin with no soft spots. The orange should feel firm, and the riper the orange, the heavier it should feel. The sweetest time to eat navel oranges is after Thanksgiving; that’s when their flavor and color are at their peak. Because navel oranges are seedless, they can only be propagated by cutting. Over the years, Eliza and her husband took so many cuttings of the original two trees that they nearly killed them. In the early 1880s, they sold enough cuttings at a dollar apiece to make over $20,000 a year - that’s over half a million dollars by today’s standards. Ironically, in the 1930s, Brazil’s entire navel orange crop was destroyed by disease. In response, the USDA sent cuttings of Tibbett’s navel oranges to restart Brazil’s navel orange orchards. Today, every navel orange grown in the world is descended from the cuttings William Saunders sent Eliza Tibbetts. Today, one of the Tibbett’s navel orange trees still stands on the corner of Magnolia and Arlington avenues in Riverside. The tree has been a protected California Historic Landmark since 1932.   December 7, 1893  On this day, the Phipps Conservatory first opened to the public. A gift from Henry Phipps, Jr. to the City of Pittsburgh, Henry was a childhood friend and business partner of Andrew Carnegie. And gardeners who know their garden history probably already know that the Crystal Palace by Joseph Paxton inspired the 14-room glasshouse at the Phipps Conservatory. In 1893, as the Chicago World’s Fair ended, the plant material was fortuitously available to the highest bidder, and over 8,000 plants ended up on 15 train cars headed east to the Phipps. And that’s how the Phipp’s Conservatory ended up benefiting from impeccable timing; stocking their brand new space with incredible plants for a botanical bargain on a scale never seen before or since. In 2018, the Phipps Conservatory and botanical gardens celebrated their 125th Anniversary. Today the Phipps encompasses fifteen acres and includes 23 distinct gardens.   Unearthed Words There's a sound of a festive morrow, It rings with delight over the snow, Dispelling the shadows of sorrow With promise that makes the heart glow... An angel peeps in at the window, And smiles as he looketh around, And kisses the mistletoe berries That wave o'er the love-hallowed ground. — Henry Rowland Brown, English entomologist, and poet, Christmas Eve   Grow That Garden Library The Art of the Garden by Relais & Châteaux North America This book came out in 2018, and the subtitle is Landscapes, Interiors, Arrangements, and Recipes Inspired by Horticultural Splendors. Established in 1954, Relais & Châteaux is an association of the world's finest hoteliers, chefs, and restaurateurs who have set the standard for hospitality excellence. In this book, fifteen incredible establishments from Relais & Châteaux share their inspiring ideas for seasonal gardening, interior design, and entertaining. These elite hospitality experts share these exclusive beautifully-designed environments. And, they don’t leave you guessing. The authors show you how to translate their savoir-faire into indoor and outdoor sanctuaries and incredible events at home. The gardens featured range from simple cutting and kitchen gardens to more elaborate formal plantings, including parterres and topiaries. The garden’s delights are then brought indoors via botanical prints, textiles, wallpapers, and art objects, like metal and porcelain flowers. This resource also shares smart ideas for setting a festive table using rose petals, garlands, and bud vases. They even share their secrets for dressing up dishes and cocktails with edible flower garnishes. This book is a must-read for passionate gardeners who long to bring the sparkle and freshness of the outdoors into the home. This book is 240 pages of the finest horticultural havens at fifteen top Relais & Châteaux locations in America. You can get a copy of The Art of the Garden by Relais & Châteaux North America and support the show using the Amazon Link in today's Show Notes for around $30   Today’s Botanic Spark Reviving the little botanic spark in your heart December 7, 1873   Today is the birthday of the American writer Willa Cather. Remembered for her novels of frontier life like O Pioneers! and My Ántonia, Willa won a Pulitzer for her World War I novel called One of Ours. Here’s an excerpt that will delight the ears of gardeners from Cather’s My Antonia. The story’s narrator is Antonia’s friend Jim Burden. In this excerpt, Jim is lying on the ground in his grandmother’s garden as the warm sun shines down on him: The earth was warm under me, and warm as I crumbled it through my fingers. Queer little red bugs came out and moved in slow squadrons around me. Their backs were polished vermilion, with black spots. I kept as still as I could. Nothing happened. I did not expect anything to happen. I was something that lay under the sun and felt it, like the pumpkins, and I did not want to be anything more. I was entirely happy. Perhaps we feel like that when we die and become a part of something entire, whether it is sun and air, or goodness and knowledge. At any rate, that is happiness; to be dissolved into something complete and great. When it comes to one, it comes as naturally as sleep. — Willa Cather, American writer, My Antonia   Thanks for listening to The Daily Gardener. And remember: "For a happy, healthy life, garden every day."

This is A-State Connections on KASU. I’m Johnathan Reaves. This is the weekly segment called “A-State Connections and Create@State: Making Connections That Count. In this episode, we talk about a connection between elementary students in Jonesboro, Arkansas and Johannesburg, South Africa. A non-profit organization called Every Child is Ours is a global educational exchange program. Jan Paschal started the organization, which is based in Tuckerman. The program works with under-developed elementary schools in Mexico, South Africa, and South Dakota on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Zodwa Dlamini runs the Every Child is Ours campaign in Johannesburg. Some elements of the NASA Downlink program that Nettleton STEAM has been involved are also used in South Africa. Students there will hold a virtual watch party when Nettleton STEAM will host an in-flight educational downlink on December 10th, which includes a 20-minute conversation with Expedition 64 astronauts aboard the International Space Station. In this interview, I conducted a Zoom call with Dlamini from the Arebokeng Primary School, which is part of the Kanana School Community in Johannesburg. Along with Dlamini was head of the department of science, math, and technology at Selang Thuto, Dineo Maphosa…as well as teachers Dimakatso Mmolawa and Khene Jacob from the math and science school in Arebokeng. Zodwa Dlamini tells about Every Child is Ours. Click on the Listen button for the entire interview.

Father Tuckerman talks about his conversion to Catholicism and how his favorite movie is a beautiful demonstration of men and women's gifts and abilities compliment each other.

Chris Davenport is a legend in the ski world…I call a lot of people legends, but Dav is worthy of that title.  I mean, he’s the first US Red Bull Athlete.  On part 1 of the Dav podcast, we talk about Chris’s race career, skiing Tuckerman’s at 12, McConkey and the friends he made at University of Colorado, Dean Cummings, the US Extreme's and a lot more.  Don’t miss this one. Chris Davenport Show Notes: 5:00:  Everything in person, our crazy world, and not going to South America 15:00:  Born into skiing, oil money, and biking 24:15:  Stanley:  Get 30% off site wide with the code drinkfast 10 Barrel Brewery:  Buy their beers, they support action sports more than anyone 26:15:  Natural ability, empty nesting it, Tuckerman’s, and NOLS courses 35:30:  How good is he as a ski racer, racing against McConkey, and boarding school 46:45:  COAL Headwear Save 15% off your order with the code powell15 Peter Glenn Ski and Sport 47:45:  Getting on the ski team, why he quit the team, and The Dead 53:00:  Fraternity life, Greg Stump movies, and hitting cliffs 58:00:  Graduating and a “real” job in Aspen (Snowmass), The US Extremes, and Cummings 69:00:  Inappropriate Questions with Mike Douglas

That's right! It's another hot and fresh episode of the Not For Prophets Stereo Podcast - the ONLY all Arkansas focused and Arkansas made podcast that delivers unmatched studio quality audio of any podcast coming out of the Natural State. True crime, local creators (photographers, comedians, graffiti writers, etc...) and those living on the fringes of society like our bartenders and sex workers. That's what you'll find when you fire up an episode of the Not For Prophets Stereo Podcast. Here's a little taste of what's in this episode: - There's no (super) rats in Arkansas -LRPD protects ya neck -a couple bodies were found, separately -lots of pig shit -a tinkering man from Tuckerman -a Dugger keeps digging -"News From 100 Years Ago" -introducing "Arkansas Crop Report" and much more. And I haven't even mentioned the best part. I get to sit down with my favorite comedian, the 2020 Arkansas Times Best Comedian winner as voted on by the people, André "Big Dré" Price. We catch up and he breaks down the local comedy scene, we share some love for Little Rock's own Hibernia Irish Tavern, and I get made fun of plenty.   All of that, and if you can believe it, there's even more.   If you want to find Big Dré on the socials on Instagram, Facebook, and his site http://whatsupdre.com/ Thanks for hopping on the ride with me and I hope you dig it. Tap the SUBSCRIBE button to make sure you never miss a new weekly episode, or any of the bonus episodes that come out by surprise. If you're liking what's happing here, tell someone. Better yet, just grab their phone and subscribe for them. Do them the favor, okay? Interested in sponsoring the podcast, or want to reach out? mail@notforprophets.net Web: notforprophets.net Instagram: notforprophets Twitter: @notfor_prophets  

Nik Stanciu is the co-founder of the Tuckerman Brewery, one of the oldest craft beer companies in New Hampshire. It took a few weeks to get Nik to sit down for this conversation, understandably so but it was great to hear his story and the work that goes into running the Brewery. If you haven't stopped in to their tasting room, it's well worth it to get a flight of beers and look around the tasting room which Nik has spent many hours building by hand. Nik and Tuckerman Brewery are huge supporters of the MWV community. Thanks Nik!

J-Bunny sits down on Skype (while drinking beer from Ghost Hawk Brewing Co, of course) and talks to Jonathan Tuckerman, guitarist of the band Slave Revolt, and formerly of Bind. We talk about how Bind got together, why they broke up, how they got together again, and why they ultimately broke up again. We then discuss Tuck's new band Slave Revolt, how they got together, and how coronavirus has impacted their plans surrounding the release of their album Journey to the other side. Tuck also discusses how he feels about the current state of the music industry, and mentions interviews with other musicians where they give their opinions on the subject. Podcast intro "Rock Intro 3" courtesy of audionautix.com. "Facing the Waters" and "Embers" both appear on Slave Revolt's album Journey to the Other Side. Both songs were included with the permission of Jonathan Tuckerman.

Talking about horror movies that most people wouldn't know existed --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/joefarrer/support

The AAC Report With Jeff Allen Brought to you by: The Knightline Sports Network www.knightlinesports.com Spencer Tuckerman of OhVarsity.com joins us to talk about Mick Cronin departing for UCLA and being replaced by Northern Kentucky's John Brannen. Plus, conference championships decided in golf and tennis and the weekly honors from baseball and softball

Rather than join yet another tech startup, Tuckerman & Co. co-founders and Yale business school graduates Jonas Clark and Amanda Rinderle set out to actualize an even greater venture -- curing the fast fashion epidemic. With the help of a historic dress shirt factory in Fall River, Mass., Clark and Rinderle are well on their way to revolutionizing the way clothing is manufactured, producing a classic dress shirt for men and women made of 100 percent organic cotton. *Photo courtesy of Tuckerman & Co.; photo by Stephen Faust

Join "The Voice of the ASWF" Michael Carnahan as he recaps what was a REVOUTIONARY night in the ASWF as they kicked of 2019! After an eventful opening New Year's Show that seen not one but TWO championships change owners. We will break down everything that happend at the show and get you ready for this Saturday night in the Valiant Arena. As ASWF gets ready to host a benefit show for one of our own A.D. Sky at the Valiant Arena 201 Hwy 367N in Tuckerman, Arkansas. Make sure to tune in at 7 either on Talk Radio 49 or on the ASWF Wrestling facebook page and call in (347)989-1171. You never know who you will get to talk to and interact with you may just end up speaking with your favorite superstar!

The bums are back and this week, they're chatting with their pal Frank about his trip to Tuckerman's. Wait, you mean Frank as in "Frank's Bean of the Week"? Yes, that Frank.

Join us this week LIVE from Tuckerman, Arkansas and the Valiant Arena as the ASWF and Talk Radio 49 present "ASWF Saturday Night". This week you have to wonder what the fall out will be after it was announced at the last show that "Bad" Brad had bought his way into the co-commishership. How could the "Sensational" Sara Kay do this to her father? Also what will happen when the OMG's and the Lost Souls are together under the same roof for the first time since Ray and Josh handcuffed Mike to the corner. And absolutely destroyed Mike Anthony with a kendo stick and chair! And what will happen when "Insane" Shane returns to action for the first time since being attacked from behind by Maxx Stone? Finally the ASWF Champion Gaston Stallion returns to the Valiant Arena after cementing himself as champion two weeks ago against Lee Michaels. Who will be the next man to step in and try to wrestle away the title from Gaston and The Infamous One Double J?   

It's the return of ASWF Saturday Night right here on Talk Radio 49! Join your play by play host Michael Carnahan as he breaks down all the action ringside at the Valiant Arena in Tuckerman, Arkansas. At the last show we seen the DLG succesfully weasel their way to the Tag Team Championship. And Gaston Stallion captured the ASWF Championship with a little help from his "insurance policy" The Infamous Connection. What will be the fall out as Stallion begins his first regin with the  title? Join us tonight and every other Saturday night at 7 P.M. CST for ASWF Saturday Night!

This week, AJ and Andrew have 2 special guests: * theroar.com.au football writer Mike Tuckerman talks Socceroos, World Cup qualifying and this season's A League * Adam Collins (from ABC Grandstand, Guardian sport and everywhere else) joins in to discuss Ashes cricket, both women's and men's * and much more! Make sure you rouse on us on twitter via @asd_radio, and get in touch at facebook.com/asportingdiscussion. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/asportingdiscussion/message

We’re  psyched to have our friend Ken Lubin join us this week - he is the consummate badass, dad, friend, husband and athlete - In addition to being a fomer collegiate alpine and Nordic skiing national champion, Ken is the Death Race Champion, served on a World Champion Spartan Obstacle Race Team, came in first place in the Tuckerman’s Inferno, and earned a top 3 finish in the World’s Toughest Mudder. Support the show (https://www.milestonemind.com/donation)

Our friend Nick sits in the Co-pilot seat and we have a ton of fun! Bass Fishing while kids are at camp Tuckerman’s Brewing Company Fish in the News Stump the Fish Nerds There’s a new Fishing Podcast on the Internet, Livewell Podcast The Livewell is a podcast about fishing and the outdoors. It is based in Minnesota, but features the sport nationwide. Hosted by Andy Petterson and Justin Moen. _Please Head to Itunes or Stitcher and subscribe. Take a listen and tell Andy and Justin what you like and more importantly what you want to hear. They are brand new and feedback is important. Shout out to Gerry Hansel - He’s a fan who visited NH this week from the Midwest and grabbed some lifelist fish while he was here. News http://www.menshealth.com/health/flesh-eating-sea-bugs-attack?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebutton http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nature-studies-pulse-fishing-is-the-marine-equivalent-of-fracking-a6930671.html http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/deep-sea-snailfish-species-video-spd/ Stump the Fish Nerds 607-378-FISH Karl Hayes Why are scallops so much money? CaptShawn Tibbetts Scallops are primarily caught far offshore. The quotas are small and supply and demand gets big dollars for them http://www.pressherald.com/2017/01/14/maine-scallop-prices-have-surged-to-a-record-high/

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-365 – Steve Hailstone – Heart Attack  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4365.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends, this is Chris, your host, and welcome to episode 4-365 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we chat with our friend Steve Hailstone about his experience as a runner having a heart attack.  I wanted to get Steve on and talk through his experience because I thought we might be able to save some lives.  Seriously.  It's well known that we endurance athletes think that we are indestructible.  This is not the case.  We are typically healthier and fitter over the long arc of our lives but we are still susceptible to the same risks everyone else is, including heart disease.  In section one I talk about how it's not that much of a leap to go from a marathon to an ultra and give you some thoughts on how to do that.  In section two I talk about how we get into and out of mental slumps.  One of the things about mental slumps, whether you are religious or not, is the concept of will.  You have free will.  You are free to think what you want.  With the free will comes the responsibility to know what it is that you are going to do with that free will.  You've been invested with this great gift.  It's up to you to Use it. It's been a couple weeks since we last talked.  I believe I was headed into Groton Road Race Weekend last time we talked.  We got a beautiful spring day.  The races went off without a hitch.  Since I was not race director this year I had the choice of either running in the morning at 6:00 AM with the race director's cut of the race (that I invented 10 years ago!) or actually running the race itself.  The 10k goes off in the early afternoon.  I couldn't really decide.  Then I had a brain storm that I would just run both!  Of course when I told the other folks in the club this they all rolled their eyes and told me they knew I was going to do both all along.  Since we opted to hold the race on the 30th we were a week or so later in the spring.  It really made a difference.  The course was beautiful.  That extra week allowed the course to green up just enough.  Groton is a really pretty town. Coming out of a strong spring cycle and not really going hard at Boston I was able to perform well in both of my 10K's.  Maybe I'll invent a new thing – the Groton Double.  Still I was a bit beat up after doing all that manual work setting up the race and racing twice over the weekend.  Monday I felt a bit like I should have more naps in my life.  I'm a white collar worker and it made me consider that I'm getting soft.  I need more general labor in my life.  After Groton, I wanted to start in with the mountain climbing plan that Teresa and I came up with.  Unfortunately, I didn't calculate that you can't really get into the White Mountains of New Hampshire until June.  You can get into them, but only if you're going to be skiing!  Washington still has 30 feet of snow in Tuckerman's ravine!  It's a very dangerous time to hike.  I've just been doing a lot of trail running and trying to stay fit.  I've been taking Teresa out with me when I can and we signed up for a race this weekend in CT that I will talk more about in the outro.  … One of the books I'm reading is “The Magic of Thinking Big!” By David Swartz.  This is a classic breathless self-help book from 1959.  It's great.  It's full of all the old-timey storytelling and phraseology of the era.  It's basically a self-authored book from this guy's speeches and programs that went viral in those days.  One of the quaint things he talks about is people who are suffering from ‘excusitis'.  Everyone has an excuse as to why they can't be successful or live the life they want.  They are too old, or too young, or under-educated, or inexperienced.  He calls this excusitis! He talks about how that's all in your head and how to flip it over and make those excuses strengths.  He talks about what I would call ‘feeding the good dog' – meaning reinforcing those positive thoughts so your subconscious acts on them.  I also read through a series of early excerpts on government.  You might wonder why.  One of my daughters was recycling some text books and one of them was “The Great Works” a bit of a survey on great writing.  I rescued it.  (I always have 3-4 books going at a time) I read Aristotle on why government is not what we want but a natural emergence of a bargain to trade independence for security.  I read Thomas Hobbes on the natural rights of man, written in the 1600's, and then the Declaration of Independence that cribs heavily from that with its rights to ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. Of course, they never meant total equality.  They meant political equality.  To get to total equality you'd have to force everyone to a middle state by hobbling the exceptional and lifting the less exceptional and this would bring civilization to a grinding halt.  That's the dynamic we still work with today.  Where do we draw that line between independence and equality?  I also read a piece by Alexis de Tocqueville on how Americans are never happy with what they have.  That is true.  It's our strength and our weakness. As I get older I am getting better at being happy with what I have.  Even in stressful times I'm quite content.  I picked up an old notebook and found that I had been listing things that I was grateful for as an exercise.  The first entry read, Friends and mentors Books Sweat My Daughters My old dog Buddy We've all got a lot to think about.  But we've all got a lot to be grateful for.  Feed the good dog – Fertilize the positive.  What are five things that you are grateful for today? On with the show! … I'll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don't have to listen to yet another Blue Apron or Hello Fresh ad.  As a matter of fact, stop being lazy and go shop for your own food.  We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member's only audio. I'll also remind you that I have started raising money for team Hoyt for my 2017 Boston Marathon.  I would appreciate any help you can give.   The fundraiser is on Crowdrise (so I don't have to touch any of the money) it goes straight to the Hoyts and supports acquiring equipment and supporting others who want to participate like the Hoyts do.  … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Yes, we are still working on setting up the separate podcast feed for the member's content.  Most recently I recorded and uploaded the first chapter of the zombie novel I've been writing for 30 years.  Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro's, Outro's, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3's you can download and listen to at any time. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Stepping up to a 50K from a marathon Voices of reason – the conversation Steve Hailstone Husband and father of 3. US Air Force veteran. California native transplanted in Pennsylvania. Reconnected with running in 2012. Heart attack survivor since early 2016. Seeking to understand Insulin Resistance as related to heart disease. Recently adopted Maffetone Method of running to ensure healthy retraining of heart. Section two – Getting out of a mental slump Outro Ok my friends, you have stumbled, clutching your chest, through to the end of episode 4-365 of the RunRunLive Podcast. You may have noticed that this episode was a week late.  I apologize.  I'm working with a startup out of California now and my time to write and produce has been significantly impinged.  I'm not traveling as much, but, paradoxically that means less writing.  Planes were always my quiet space.  I may have to take a vacation from the podcast this summer, maybe just drop some ancient podcasts from the past on to the feed for a few months while I get some breathing room. Teresa and I are heading down to Connecticut tomorrow to run a trail race.  She's going to do her first trail race and her first ½ marathon distance.  I'm going to attempt the 50K.  I don't have a CT marathon yet and I was a bit at loose ends so I jumped on this.  We'll see how it goes.  Although the New England weather made its traditional leap from 50 to 95 in one day this week, it's only going to be in the 70's tomorrow.  It looks like a nice 10K loop course with some technical bits and a lot of elevation.  I'm just planning to hike it.  Would be thrilled to get in under 7 hours.  It will be my first 50K.  I'm thinking about taking a step back from racing and training this summer.  I'm leaning towards doing a 30 day program of just running 5 miles in the woods every morning for breakfast.  I think it would be a nice challenge and give me some more free time to boot. I carted my old motorcycle out to the Honda fix-er-up place this week.  Had to roll it into the back of my truck and strap it in – which was a bit dicey.  I made the service managers day dragging in a 33 year old motorcycle – seriously, they were excited to work on it.  Here's the commercial from 1983, pretty cool huh? … So my friends, as we roll into the dog days of summer. What are your plans?  What great mountains are you going to climb?  What fabled beasts are you going to slay?  What frozen hearts are you going to melt?  Think about it.  Send me an audio.  I'll play it if it isn't too horrible.  I had some Silicon Valley type ask me in a meeting “If you had all the money in the world, what would you do?”  Not sure what that self-important prick, sorry did I say that out loud? I'm not sure what my west coast brother was looking to elucidate, but my answer was that I'd drop everything and run across the country.  But, I'd like to add to that answer.  I'd drop everything and grab a bunch of my friends and run across the country! That includes you. Meet me out back at the Winnebago and we'll get started. And I'll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

The RunRunLive 4.0 Podcast Episode 4-365 – Steve Hailstone – Heart Attack  (Audio: link) [audio:http://www.RunRunLive.com/PodcastEpisodes/epi4365.mp3] Link MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks - Hello my friends, this is Chris, your host, and welcome to episode 4-365 of the RunRunLive Podcast.  Today we chat with our friend Steve Hailstone about his experience as a runner having a heart attack.  I wanted to get Steve on and talk through his experience because I thought we might be able to save some lives.  Seriously.  It’s well known that we endurance athletes think that we are indestructible.  This is not the case.  We are typically healthier and fitter over the long arc of our lives but we are still susceptible to the same risks everyone else is, including heart disease.  In section one I talk about how it’s not that much of a leap to go from a marathon to an ultra and give you some thoughts on how to do that.  In section two I talk about how we get into and out of mental slumps.  One of the things about mental slumps, whether you are religious or not, is the concept of will.  You have free will.  You are free to think what you want.  With the free will comes the responsibility to know what it is that you are going to do with that free will.  You’ve been invested with this great gift.  It’s up to you to Use it. It’s been a couple weeks since we last talked.  I believe I was headed into Groton Road Race Weekend last time we talked.  We got a beautiful spring day.  The races went off without a hitch.  Since I was not race director this year I had the choice of either running in the morning at 6:00 AM with the race director’s cut of the race (that I invented 10 years ago!) or actually running the race itself.  The 10k goes off in the early afternoon.  I couldn’t really decide.  Then I had a brain storm that I would just run both!  Of course when I told the other folks in the club this they all rolled their eyes and told me they knew I was going to do both all along.  Since we opted to hold the race on the 30th we were a week or so later in the spring.  It really made a difference.  The course was beautiful.  That extra week allowed the course to green up just enough.  Groton is a really pretty town. Coming out of a strong spring cycle and not really going hard at Boston I was able to perform well in both of my 10K’s.  Maybe I’ll invent a new thing – the Groton Double.  Still I was a bit beat up after doing all that manual work setting up the race and racing twice over the weekend.  Monday I felt a bit like I should have more naps in my life.  I’m a white collar worker and it made me consider that I’m getting soft.  I need more general labor in my life.  After Groton, I wanted to start in with the mountain climbing plan that Teresa and I came up with.  Unfortunately, I didn’t calculate that you can’t really get into the White Mountains of New Hampshire until June.  You can get into them, but only if you’re going to be skiing!  Washington still has 30 feet of snow in Tuckerman’s ravine!  It’s a very dangerous time to hike.  I’ve just been doing a lot of trail running and trying to stay fit.  I’ve been taking Teresa out with me when I can and we signed up for a race this weekend in CT that I will talk more about in the outro.  … One of the books I’m reading is “The Magic of Thinking Big!” By David Swartz.  This is a classic breathless self-help book from 1959.  It’s great.  It’s full of all the old-timey storytelling and phraseology of the era.  It’s basically a self-authored book from this guy’s speeches and programs that went viral in those days.  One of the quaint things he talks about is people who are suffering from ‘excusitis’.  Everyone has an excuse as to why they can’t be successful or live the life they want.  They are too old, or too young, or under-educated, or inexperienced.  He calls this excusitis! He talks about how that’s all in your head and how to flip it over and make those excuses strengths.  He talks about what I would call ‘feeding the good dog’ – meaning reinforcing those positive thoughts so your subconscious acts on them.  I also read through a series of early excerpts on government.  You might wonder why.  One of my daughters was recycling some text books and one of them was “The Great Works” a bit of a survey on great writing.  I rescued it.  (I always have 3-4 books going at a time) I read Aristotle on why government is not what we want but a natural emergence of a bargain to trade independence for security.  I read Thomas Hobbes on the natural rights of man, written in the 1600’s, and then the Declaration of Independence that cribs heavily from that with its rights to ‘Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”. Of course, they never meant total equality.  They meant political equality.  To get to total equality you’d have to force everyone to a middle state by hobbling the exceptional and lifting the less exceptional and this would bring civilization to a grinding halt.  That’s the dynamic we still work with today.  Where do we draw that line between independence and equality?  I also read a piece by Alexis de Tocqueville on how Americans are never happy with what they have.  That is true.  It’s our strength and our weakness. As I get older I am getting better at being happy with what I have.  Even in stressful times I’m quite content.  I picked up an old notebook and found that I had been listing things that I was grateful for as an exercise.  The first entry read, Friends and mentors Books Sweat My Daughters My old dog Buddy We’ve all got a lot to think about.  But we’ve all got a lot to be grateful for.  Feed the good dog – Fertilize the positive.  What are five things that you are grateful for today? On with the show! … I’ll remind you that the RunRunLive podcast is ad free and listener supported.  What does that mean? It means you don’t have to listen to yet another Blue Apron or Hello Fresh ad.  As a matter of fact, stop being lazy and go shop for your own food.  We do have a membership option where you can become a member and as a special thank you, you will get access to member’s only audio. I’ll also remind you that I have started raising money for team Hoyt for my 2017 Boston Marathon.  I would appreciate any help you can give.   The fundraiser is on Crowdrise (so I don’t have to touch any of the money) it goes straight to the Hoyts and supports acquiring equipment and supporting others who want to participate like the Hoyts do.  … The RunRunLive podcast is Ad Free and listener supported.  We do this by offering a membership option where members get Access to Exclusive Members Only audio and articles. Yes, we are still working on setting up the separate podcast feed for the member’s content.  Most recently I recorded and uploaded the first chapter of the zombie novel I’ve been writing for 30 years.  Member only race reports, essays and other bits just for you! Exclusive Access to Individual Audio Segments from all Shows Intro’s, Outro’s, Section One running tips, Section Two life hacks and Featured Interviews – all available as stand-alone MP3’s you can download and listen to at any time. Links are in the show notes and at RunRunLive.com … Section one – Stepping up to a 50K from a marathon Voices of reason – the conversation Steve Hailstone Husband and father of 3. US Air Force veteran. California native transplanted in Pennsylvania. Reconnected with running in 2012. Heart attack survivor since early 2016. Seeking to understand Insulin Resistance as related to heart disease. Recently adopted Maffetone Method of running to ensure healthy retraining of heart. Section two – Getting out of a mental slump Outro Ok my friends, you have stumbled, clutching your chest, through to the end of episode 4-365 of the RunRunLive Podcast. You may have noticed that this episode was a week late.  I apologize.  I’m working with a startup out of California now and my time to write and produce has been significantly impinged.  I’m not traveling as much, but, paradoxically that means less writing.  Planes were always my quiet space.  I may have to take a vacation from the podcast this summer, maybe just drop some ancient podcasts from the past on to the feed for a few months while I get some breathing room. Teresa and I are heading down to Connecticut tomorrow to run a trail race.  She’s going to do her first trail race and her first ½ marathon distance.  I’m going to attempt the 50K.  I don’t have a CT marathon yet and I was a bit at loose ends so I jumped on this.  We’ll see how it goes.  Although the New England weather made its traditional leap from 50 to 95 in one day this week, it’s only going to be in the 70’s tomorrow.  It looks like a nice 10K loop course with some technical bits and a lot of elevation.  I’m just planning to hike it.  Would be thrilled to get in under 7 hours.  It will be my first 50K.  I’m thinking about taking a step back from racing and training this summer.  I’m leaning towards doing a 30 day program of just running 5 miles in the woods every morning for breakfast.  I think it would be a nice challenge and give me some more free time to boot. I carted my old motorcycle out to the Honda fix-er-up place this week.  Had to roll it into the back of my truck and strap it in – which was a bit dicey.  I made the service managers day dragging in a 33 year old motorcycle – seriously, they were excited to work on it.  Here’s the commercial from 1983, pretty cool huh? … So my friends, as we roll into the dog days of summer. What are your plans?  What great mountains are you going to climb?  What fabled beasts are you going to slay?  What frozen hearts are you going to melt?  Think about it.  Send me an audio.  I’ll play it if it isn’t too horrible.  I had some Silicon Valley type ask me in a meeting “If you had all the money in the world, what would you do?”  Not sure what that self-important prick, sorry did I say that out loud? I’m not sure what my west coast brother was looking to elucidate, but my answer was that I’d drop everything and run across the country.  But, I’d like to add to that answer.  I’d drop everything and grab a bunch of my friends and run across the country! That includes you. Meet me out back at the Winnebago and we’ll get started. And I’ll see you out there. MarathonBQ – How to Qualify for the Boston Marathon in 14 Weeks -

The Tuckerman Inferno Pentathlon is a race that covers many miles through the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Participants can compete in individual legs as part of a larger team or show off prowess in various disciplines and compete as an individual. A few friends and I competed in the race as a team: I did the 8.3 mile running leg before my teammates took over for the kayak, bike, hike and ski legs. When I looked at the results, I saw that the winning individual did the running leg 4 minutes faster than I did my running leg. He then went on to finish the race in 3 hours, 53 minutes, 41 seconds, beating our team by about 30 minutes. That man is Andrew Drummond.

Amanda Rinderle and Jonas Clark are the co-founders of Tuckerman & Co, a clothing company which makes high-quality workwear that’s better for people and the planet. Tuckerman's first products are a collection of high-quality dress shirts made from organic cotton, Italian fabric, and manufactured in Fall River, Massachusetts. Founded in 2014 as a Benefit Corporation, they also became a Certified Benefit Corporation in 2015. Learn more about Tuckerman & Co by visiting: http://www.tuckerman.co/ Produced by Liana Epstein, in conjunction with City Atlas: New Haven. February 2016.

The presentation provided an overview of the Language Learning Space, a web-based platform offering resources and services to support teachers and students in Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese language classrooms in Australia. There has been a strong acceptance of the platform within the primary and secondary language teaching sectors. (this video combines thier Presentation with sections from their Workshop 2 presentation)

Every day, our invisible God spreads a lavish banquet for our five senses. Every day He does that. The invisible God and the created world lays out a lavish feast. The pleasures of sight. I have seen, driving across this country, unforgettable scenes of beauty. I remember driving across South Dakota and seeing the rolling grasslands there as far as the eye could see, undulating hills covered with grass that was just swaying back and forth in a breeze as though it were an ocean. I'd never seen anything like that before, never anything so large. And continuing on in Montana, they call it "the big sky country," and I saw the big sky there, and a valley as far as the eye could see, and an electrical storm, and lightning flashing from one side and going all the way to the other side of the sky, just like Jesus mentions will be at the time of His second coming, but I saw it there. Unforgettable. And I've also seen a sunset over the Grand Canyon. The purples, and reds, and oranges, and way down below, a silver thread, the Colorado River, glistening in the last light of the day. I've seen that, too. Last week, nothing so grand and dramatic, but I saw my daughter Daphne with a look of joy on her face run across the lawn to greet me home. And that was a feast for my eyes, and probably more special than the others. I've seen these things, and it was God that's laid out that feast for my eyes. And how also for the ears. This morning, we've listened to beautiful music. Hard for me to preach after that last song. You know, I just pull myself together, but the beauty of the music, I've heard that. I've heard Handel's Messiah done skillfully at the Duke Chapel, and just the soaring sounds united with Scripture verses pointing to Christ and how beautiful that was. I've heard what I considered to be a three-dimensional sound. I remember, I used to go camping with my father, Tuckerman's Ravine up in Mount Washington, it's a deep bowl carved by some glacier some time ago. And this wind would blow across, it was like 1:00 in the morning, and it sounded, like I said, a three-dimensional sound, a deep blowing of the wind through that bowl. It was a feast for my ears, and God laid it out. Now how about the pleasures of taste? A couple of weeks ago, we were talking about honey and how God in Proverbs commands that we should eat honey because it's good, it tastes good. And it was God that made it taste good. And I'm not going to go on much about food right now because it will hinder the preaching. But God lays out feasts of flavors. The world is full of them, and He made it that way right from the very beginning, when He didn't just put one fruit tree that they could eat from but a whole array of them in the Garden of Eden, all different kinds of pleasures of taste. And then the pleasures of smell. Or shall we say more delicately, "fragrance." The delicacy, let's say, of spring flowers, or this time of year, when you walk through the woods and there's that musty fall smell, you know? As you hear the crunch of the leaves under your feet in the woods and you can just smell, it's just a fall aroma, and it's beautiful to me. Or the smell of a baby that has been bathed and smells of that gentle fragrance that babies do when they're so clean, and oh, it's a beautiful thing. And how about the sensations of feel? I remember buying a bolt of silk for Christie when I was in Pakistan, and I remember feeling it, it was so shimmery and so smooth. And then, the rougher feeling of leather, or of a tree trunk on one end, or finely polished furniture on the other. All of these sensations are part of the sensory world that God has put around us, and God made them. All of them. And He made them good, He declared that they were good. We live in a physical world, and He desires to give us pleasure through these senses. And this world proclaims the greatness of the invisible God that made all of those things. And we as Christians are uniquely able to trace those physical sensations back to the God, the invisible God, who made them, and say, "This is what my God is like. This is how great He is, how good He is, how loving, how wise." We are able to do that. Now, according to the Apostle Paul in 1 Timothy 4:1,” it is the doctrine of demons to deny the goodness of the physical world that we live in, the doctrine of demons to deny it.” To treat the physical body with its five senses as though it were intrinsically evil and something we had to get away from in order to be saved. It's a doctrine of demons. In his classic allegory in the Christian battle for salvation, the holy war, John Bunyan likens the human soul to a city, a walled city, which he calls "Man-soul." And he says, "Man-soul has five gates, five gates by which things can enter: An ear gate, eye gate, mouth gate, nose gate, and feel gate." These are the five senses. Now, Satan has marshalled his wicked attack on our souls through those gates. But it is foolishness for us to brick over the gates, brick them up so that nothing evil can enter in. That is the doctrine of demons, and that is not the approach to healthy living in this physical universe. But neither is it the approach to tear down the wall entirely so that there is no protection whatsoever and any and everything can come into the soul. But that's not right either because it says in Proverbs 25:28, "Like a city whose walls are broken down is a man who lacks self-control." In other words, if you lack self-control, you're like a city that has no walls at all, anything can get at you. Therefore, in our holy war, what Bunyan calls "our holy war," we are constantly tempted to go to one extreme or the other, either to brick up the five gates through extreme asceticism, or to tear down all the walls through gluttony. By that, I don't just mean eating, but I mean just glutting on sensory life. Martin Luther likened the constant struggle that the people of the world have with sin to a drunken peasant trying to ride on a donkey, and he leans too far one side and falls down on the mud, and remembering that, gets up and leans too far the other side and falls down on the other side. And so we constantly are struggling for balance in the Christian life. On September 15th of this year, I was reading about a 30-year-old man in China, Guangzhou, China, who died in a cyber café after a three-day gaming binge. He spent over 80 hours playing online computer games and dropped dead at the end of it. Now here is a man that found something that he liked, something he loved, he couldn't control it anymore, it controlled him and it killed him. On the other end of the spectrum, back in 1999, there was an interesting New Age movement led by a former Australian business woman named Ellen Greve. She changed her name to Jasmuheen, and she had a kind of a spiritual cleansing program involving extreme fasting. And a young woman named Verity Linn died from fasting too much. And so you have the other extreme, thinking that she could be purged from all the pollutants of the world, she went to extreme fasting and it killed her. So you almost get a picture of a third rail, a live rail, on either side and there's death either way. Extreme asceticism or extreme indulgence, either way, it can kill you. So we need some wisdom from God, don't we, on this? In Ecclesiastes 7, a book of wisdom, says this, "Do not be over-righteous, neither be over-wise. Why destroy yourself? Do not be over-wicked and do not be a fool. Why die before your time? It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other. The man who fears God will avoid all extremes." So there's some wisdom from God. Now, we're not pressing that the details of the word "over-righteous" and all, basically, it's don't go to extremes when it comes to the matters of spiritual discipline on the one side or indulgence of the good things of life on the other. If you fear God, if you know Him, you're going to avoid those extremes. The Bible alone therefore teaches the proper balance in the use of physical pleasures: Of food, of drink, of clothing, of entertainment. Now, the balance is extremely difficult to achieve, because John Piper says the human heart is like a desire factory, it's always cranking out desires. He writes in his book, Future Grace, "The human heart produces desires as fire produces heat. As surely as the sparks fly upward, the heart pumps out desire after desire for a happier future. The state of the heart therefore is shown by the things that satisfy its desires." In other words, you want to know the state of your heart? What is it you want? What do you go after? What are you looking for? What makes you happy? And so your desires actually perform a certain kind of diagnostic on the state of your soul. So this is a very important issue as we come to the end of Colossians chapter 2 and try to understand a balanced life in a physical world that we live in. Now let's get our bearings in Colossians. The problem in the Colossian church is that they are facing the onslaught of some heretical teaching and so Paul takes up pen to write to a church that he'd never visited, he didn't know them, he hadn't planted the church. Complete in Christ Christ is Complete, We are Complete in Him And so he wants to write to protect them from false doctrine. And the way that you protect people from false doctrine is by true, pure orthodox doctrine, right teaching. And he starts in Colossians 1 by a beautiful focus on the person of Jesus Christ. "He is the image of the invisible God,” He is “the first-born over all creation.” The physical stuff was made by Jesus. And in Him, it was created, and in Him, it all holds together, the greatness of Christ, the foundation of all healthy Christian doctrine. And then he links it to them, in effect, he says, "Because Christ is complete, you are complete in Him. In Christ", he says in Colossians 2, "all the fullness of the deity dwells in bodily form, and you have been given fullness in Christ." Oh, you ought to delight in that fullness if you're a Christian. It's a gift to you, to be a full person in Christ. And it's based on His deity in human form. And therefore, some Gospel truths just flow out of this and they're so refreshing to us. We are full in Christ, we have been fully circumcised spiritually. We are fully alive. Once we were dead, now we are fully alive, and we will live forever and ever. We are fully forgiven. He forgave us all our sins, the delight of that word, "all." Fully forgiven. We are fully free from the law and its condemning power. It has no power to condemn our souls. We're free from that, and we're fully triumphant over Satan and all of his minions. Satan’s Intimidating Voice: “You are Incomplete!” We are free, we are full in Christ, but then Satan comes with his intimidating voice, with false doctrine, and tells us that we are somehow incomplete. We're somehow empty despite all of that. And so we have to have some additions. We need to add philosophy, human wisdom and insights. We need to add legalism, human religious works. We need to add mysticism, those human religious experiences. And in this section, we need to add asceticism, human religious self-denial. Now we've already seen a rejection of human philosophy, look at verse 8 of chapter 2, "See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ." So that's rejected. We've seen the intimidation of legalism in verses 16 and 17, he says, "Do not let anyone judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to religious festival, the new moon, celebration, or a Sabbath day. These are a shadow of the things that were to come. The reality is found in Christ." So we're free from that legalistic lifestyle. Last time, we looked at mysticism, the worship of angels. And these false teachers, it seems, were teaching that these angelic beings, these emanations, spiritual emanations, were there to be spirit guides to you to lead you out of your physical, miry kind of physical experience, and get up into the spiritual realms with them. And Christ is one of those emanations, so they taught. And all of this is rejected, this bad mysticism, in verse 18 and 19, it says, "Let no one disqualify you, insisting on asceticism and worship of angels and going on in great detail about visions, puffed up without reason by a sensuous mind, and not holding fast to the head from whom the whole body nourished and knit together through its joints and ligaments grows with the growth that is from God." Those are the intimidations we've already looked at, we've looked at those dangerous elements. The Intimidation of Asceticism The fourth and final one is this issue of asceticism. Look at verses 22, 23 again. "Since you died with Christ to the basic principles of this world, why, as though you still belong to it, do you submit to its rules? Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch. These are all destined to perish with use, because they are based on human commands and teachings. Such regulations indeed have an appearance of wisdom, but they're self-imposed worship, false humility in their harsh treatment of the body but they lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence." Colossian Heresy: The Evil of the Body Addressed by Asceticism The Colossian heresy at its core taught that the body is evil, the evil of the body. And here, it seems that that evil is addressed by asceticism, by a harsh treatment of the body, by self-denial in an extreme sense. Now, Paul mentions here the basic principles of the world, the Greek is interesting, "stoicheia," from which we get an English word which means to, "Stoichiometry," to break apart the compounds of a chemical or the elements of a chemical compound, find out what's in there. You get the idea in the Greek word of something in a line like alphabetical order, basic building blocks of the world. Here, it's speaking, I think, of ideas and concepts, "Why, as though you still belong to the world, do you submit to these basic rules and regulations of philosophy and religion? You're past all that, you've grown up." These basic principles, I think, at least included some elements of Jewish ceremonial law and legalism and all that, but other things as well. And he uses a strong word here, "why do you submit to these rules?", "dogmatismo," from which we get dogmatic, "why are you being dogmatised by this? These teachers are coming in and putting some dogma over you, and they're telling you what you must do in order to be saved. These regulations are not coming from Christ." And it's interesting, what he says, "Why, as though you still belong to the world, do you submit to it?" Isn't that interesting? What does that imply about us? We don't really belong to this world. Jesus Himself said that. He said, "They are not of the world any more than I am of the world." We are supernatural beings. We are miracles of grace! We have been resurrected from spiritual death, and we will never die. There's been a permanent separation in some sense between us and this worldly system, not the physical world I was describing at the beginning of the message, but the world system with all of these kind of rules and regulations. We don't still belong to that; we died to all that. We are supernatural. And therefore we can look at the body and life in the body the way God does, we have the mind of Christ. We can stand above it and and look down and say, "What is my life in this body and in this world supposed is to be about? How am I to spend my time? How am I to live?" We have graduated, friends. We're not going back to elementary school and to these elementary principles; we will spend eternity in the presence of God. Now, as we've already sung about and thought about this morning, we will spend eternity in a physical body. We will be in our flesh and we will see God. We will walk on a new Earth and we will see with our own eyes, our Savior. And He will still be in the same resurrection body in which He appeared to His disciples in that upper room. And you remember how He spoke of that in terms of His physical presence. That same physical body that Christ had is a pattern for our resurrection bodies as well. We are not heading towards some kind of ethereal, out-of-body experience, so therefore we can experience life and think about our lives here on Earth, the remainder of our lives here on Earth, in Christ-like spiritual terms. We have the mind of Christ. We've grown up. That's what he's saying. Now, the Colossian heretics were teaching freedom from bodily drives by asceticism. "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch," these rules and regulations. Paul says that these rules are destined to “perish with use,” why? Because they're not part of God's new order. They're not coming from God, so they're wrapped up in this world system, and this world system and all of its ways are passing away. They will perish. They're on their way out. They seem wise, they seem holy, these people seem to have an aura about them. They're a holy people, you can barely touch them. They haven't eaten in weeks. And you can't carry their shoes. They just seem to have an aura about them. There's an appearance of wisdom, but the reality is very different. At the core, there is pride. And apparently, based on verse 23, at the core, there's still lust. It's still there. It's not been slain, because these rules lack any value in restraining sensual indulgence. Definition of Asceticism Now what is asceticism? What do we mean by that? Well, it's a harsh treatment of the body for spiritual reasons, specifically the denial of God's good gifts like food, clothing, and shelter, in the assumption that such prolonged self-denial will make you increasingly pleasing to God. Now as I've said, intrinsic to the Colossian heresy is the idea that the body is evil, and so therefore, any time you didn't eat, or drink, or sleep, or do anything that was comforting to the body, you are somehow a little bit holier as a result. Now look at the statements in verse 21, "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch." Verse 23, "The regulations have an appearance of wisdom with their," listen, "self-imposed worship, their false humility, and their harsh treatment of the body." Asceticism’s Long History Now this has been going on a long time, asceticism. Pretty much every world religion has its ascetics. Every world religion has its people that go into extreme self-denial, and seem to float above the rest of humanity as a result. Certainly Hinduism has those that sit in the lotus position, and meditate, and just don't eat for extended periods of time. Buddhism seeks to achieve enlightenment in similar manner. Even Christianity has had its share, some of it led by God, obviously Moses had a 40-day fast on the top of the mountain. Jesus himself fasted for 40 days. John the Baptist lived out in the desert and wore camel's hair with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts, but he also had that honey, alright? So the honey will sweeten the locusts, alright? It's all about the recipe, how to put it together, I guess. But clearly, here is a man who is not living for the stomach. Elijah lived in the desert with little bits of food that ravens brought, again, not a man living to eat. But in the same pattern afterwards, after the New Testament era, Christian monks started to desire to live the ascetic life. And this is especially true in history after the Roman persecutions died down, but there was still a vivid memory of them. And the position of a martyr was held to be in great honor. If you could go out of this world as a martyr, having shed your blood for Christ, they wanted that. They wanted to be warrior for Christ, but now that was gone. So they turned to the desert, they turned to the cave, they turned to extreme fasting, if they could somehow mortify the flesh in that way and become perhaps a spiritual martyr, bloodless martyr, and in this way, attain Heaven. And so, they would take to extreme treatment of the body. And all of this was self-imposed. Athanasius wrote of Anthony, who is the founder of Western monasticism, who never changed his shirt or washed his feet. And then there's Simeon Stylites, who's pictured on the cover of the bulletin, you wondered who that man is sitting on the pillar, sitting cross-legged while, I don't know what's going on behind him, I didn't draw the picture, but it looks like the world is burning, and he's got his back to it, and he's meditating up on his pillar. Now, Simeon was born in 390 AD at Cilicia in modern-day Syria. He was a devout person, he taught the only way that you could achieve true happiness was through prayer and fasting. Much of his life therefore is spent in those pursuits. But then he started practicing other forms of extreme self-denial. After spending years in monasteries, he began a regimen of discipline so harsh it almost killed him. He ate once a week, he used to lash his body around with cords and pulled them so tight that they would cause the skin to bleed. And frankly, after he was healed from that, those wounds, the abbot of the monastery ordered him to leave. He thought he was sick in his approach, and so he ordered him to leave, and I think he was ready to leave at that point, he wanted to be alone anyway. And so he went out in the desert, he was in a cave for a while, he was on a mountain top, he literally chained himself to the top of a mountain to keep from roaming or wandering. But then he had an insight, and he discovered that he didn't need the chain; all he needed was a strong self-will. So he went to another place and just with his strong self-will, carrying on the same practice as well. A man like that out in the desert is attractive to some kinds of people. And so they went out to listen to him preach. And it seems he didn't like that too much, so after a little while, he put himself up in a 12-foot high pillar. I don't think that the devotees took that personally because they kept coming. But he's trying to get away from them, and he's there for four years, and after a while, he builds a higher pillar, and then an ever higher one, and a higher one. At the end of his life, he's on a 60-foot high pillar. And friends, not ravens, but friends, would bring him little amounts of food and he'd pull it up in a bucket, and that's how he spent his life. That's extreme asceticism. It wasn't just him, Martin Luther went through similar things in the days before his conversion, sleeping without a blanket on the floor of the cell in the Augustinian monastery, where he was. George Whitfield, a couple centuries later. He was part of the holy club that eventually lead into Methodism, John and Charles Wesley and all that. And a number of those folks really gave themselves over to extreme fasting and other things like that. And they will all testify, this is before any of them really understood the Gospel, before they understood evangelical Gospel. And Whitfield, it got so bad that one of his hands turned black. He spent the whole night out in a winter storm without any covering at all. By the end of that whole period of his life, he was so emaciated, he couldn't get upstairs; he had to crawl upstairs. He almost killed himself. Extreme asceticism. Now all of this comes, I think, from the belief that extreme asceticism will subdue the flesh and make the person somehow more acceptable to God, and the idea that the physical body is somehow intrinsically evil. Even worse than all this is the forbidding of marriage to the clergy, I think, of the Roman Catholic church, they're linking "Do not handle, do not taste, do not touch," and then Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7, "It is good for a man not to touch a woman." And so they looked on procreation, marital relations, as intrinsically evil as well. The Roman Catholic Church enforced clerical celibacy at the Council of Elvira, basically all of their clergy had to abstain from marital intercourse, had to abstain from marriage itself. And again, I think, fundamental to this doctrine is a tinge of a Colossian heresy and a distaste for the body. Saint Jerome, who translated the Bible into Latin, and that became their Bible until the Reformation, the Latin Vulgate is the Bible of the West, he was probably the leading teacher of the essential uncleanness of marital relations. And he wrote this, "Let us turn back to the chief point of the evidence. It is good", he says, "for a man not to touch a woman. If it is good not to touch a woman, then it is bad to touch one. For there is no opposite to goodness but badness. But if it'd be bad and the evil is pardoned, then the reason for the concession is to prevent worse evil. The truth is that in view of the purity of the Body of Christ, all sexual intercourse is unclean." And he said this, "He who loves his wife too ardently is an adulterer." Well, does that seem skewed to you? Does that seem off to you? And even in the 1 Timothy 4 passage, he talks about those who forbid marriage. And that's what happened in the Catholic Church. Now Martin Luther was delightfully able to cut through all this nonsense long after his conversion and after his role as a leader in the Reformation. He didn't want to get married because he thought he was going to get martyred at any moment, but finally, he aided in the escape of 12 nuns from a convent, they were in barrels on the back of cart, I think that's just a.great image from church history. But there are all these women in barrels in a merchant taking them through the gates. And he committed himself, Luther did, to getting a husband for each of these women until finally there were just two left, one of whom was Katie Von Bora. And all his friends are pressing on him, and finally he ends up marrying her, shocking everyone, especially the pope. And I think that was part of what he was intending. Actually, Roland Bainton said that, he just wanted to annoy the pope and the devil. And so he married her for that reason. He turned his back on his monastic vow, she turned her back on hers, and they got married and had a wonderful family. He said, "It's a strange thing to wake up with pigtails on the pillow next to you." And so, it was just a whole different kind of life. And after him, most Protestants had at least a healthy view and an esteem for marriage as a good gift of God. But still the Christian church has dealt with this. Asceticism’s Great Danger Now what are the dangers of asceticism? Well, first of all, it's grounded in a false understanding that the material world is intrinsically evil. Furthermore, it misunderstands salvation, as though Jesus' blood shed on the cross is not enough for us. We have to add our own suffering somehow. It produces pride. Paul mentions, the NIV has it, I think, false humility. This really does produce pride. "If you're not doing what I'm doing, you're of a lower order of Christian than I am." It also calls the good gifts of God bad. Listen to that 1 Timothy 4 passage that I've mentioned. Listen to this, 1 Timothy 4:1 through five: "The Spirit clearly says that in later time some will abandon the faith and follow deceiving spirits and things taught by demons, doctrines of demons. Such teachings come through hypocritical liars whose consciences have been seared as with a hot iron. They forbid people to marry and order them to abstain from certain foods which God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth." Listen, "For everything God created is good." Do you hear that? "Everything God created is good. And nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the Word of God in prayer." And 1 Timothy 6:17 says, "God richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment." Food is a good gift of God, and it is to be received with thanksgiving. Marriage is a good gift of God, and it is to be received with thanksgiving. Sensual pleasure, whether beautiful sights of spectacular fall foliage, or the sound of a baby cooing, or the aromas coming from the kitchen on Thanksgiving Day, or the feeling of a warm jacket on a cool, crisp fall afternoon, all of those things are good gifts of God and they are to be received with thanksgiving, every one of them. Pleasure itself is a good gift of God, and it is to be received with thanksgiving. Satan is not the god of pleasure; Satan is the god of hatred. And he hates it when we feel pleasure. He's willing to trade a little pleasure at the beginning of a sin habit in order to get you hooked, but he wants to get you off that pleasure as soon as possible. It is God who says, "In My presence is the fullness of joy and pleasures forever more at My right hand." That's where we're heading, friends. We are heading toward eternal pleasure in the presence of God. And finally, asceticism just doesn't work, friends. It lacks any value in restraining sensual indulgence, they burn with lust just as much out in the desert as they do in a brothel. But let's be honest now, shall we? Are you tempted to become an ascetic? Oh, come on now, be honest. Have you been wrestling with this? Do you know any ascetics? I don't mean from church history, now; I mean, do you personally know anyone living like this? Asceticism vs. Gluttony: Balance Found in Christ Let's talk about other third rail, shall we? Gluttony. Oh, no, pastor, now you're meddling. Okay. Well, the Word of God is delightful happy to do that. I'm not meddling; I'm under the Word just like you are. We are surrounded, I believe this is a true statement. No generation in the history of the Christian church has been surrounded by so many lawful pleasures as a distraction to the kingdom work than we are. That's what we're facing. We're facing a river, an avalanche of blessing from God, and we can't have them all. They are not all good all the time for us as we glut on them. We live in an age and a culture where people specialize in finding things that people like and dripping them down in a distillery until they are 200-proof and then pouring it down our souls, whatever it might be. Take music, for example. Before recorded music, you had to go some place where musicians were playing, or you play an instrument yourself. But then Edison discovered the wax cylinders and the ability to record sound. Somebody actually said it's the most original invention in history. No one was working on capturing sound, no one ever thought it could be done, but he did it. The first sounds ever recorded were the lyrics to a song, Mary Had a Little Lamb. It was the number one hit because it was the only song there was at the time. That's all there was. That was the first one. Shortly thereafter went the flatter disks, and recorded music came in. Along with it, Marconi invented the radio, and pretty soon you were able to listen to music any time, if you have one of those huge piece of furniture radios that they had way back when. And that was the problem, you had to listen to it there and you didn't get to choose the music, but you could listen to it in that way. But it wasn't long after that that the transistor radio came, and you were able to carry around the transistor radio and listen to music anywhere you wanted. You didn't have to plug in, you could listen to it. But you still couldn't choose the music; the disk jockey chose it for you, although there were call-in shows. Alright? But then came the Walkman, and you could put cassette tape in and you could listen to your song of your choice wherever you wanted as much as you wanted. But that's troublesome because you have to have all this cassettes with you. Now what do we have? We have the iPod. And we have websites where you can go and download your favorite songs or song, and listen to it 600 times in a row if you want to glut yourself on it like that. You can kill it for yourself. You can kill yourself with it! You can glut yourself on your favorite songs all the time. And they're tiny, too, just clip on them and there it is. And it's not just music; try spectator sports. With ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN Classic, that's four, and they've got competitors. And so if you've got the money and the time 24/7, you can glut on spector sports. As soon as one season ends, I've noticed, another begins. It just keeps on rolling. And you could spend your life that way. Should you? Should I spend my life like that? Under some drip that somebody is dripping down into my soul, distilling out pleasure in that way? And then there's food. America struggles with gluttony, with obesity. We struggle with it. We have a hard time knowing when to say “enough,” to push away from the table. Even Baptists struggle with this. That right there is rhetorical technique. You can go find out what it is, but I don't know what it is, but even Baptists struggle with eating too much, too much of a good thing. And then all of these points to the need for self-control. God told us, "Eat honey, for it is good," but He also said, "Don't eat too much or you'll vomit." Paul says, "Everything is permissible for me, but not everything is beneficial. Everything is permissible for me, but I will not be mastered by anything." Application Praise God for your Fullness in Christ Now how do we find the balance between asceticism and gluttony? The balance is found in the cross of Christ. Jesus Christ gave Himself as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. We don't know how to navigate to Heaven. We don't know how to get there. We are the drunken peasant falling off, trying to find the balance. Instead the Gospel is this, that Jesus lived the only perfectly balanced life there ever has been. The only perfectly balanced, and His righteousness can be yours as a gift. I prayed that today someone would be here who had not yet trusted in Christ. This is your moment, if you're that person. Look to Christ, the One who shed His blood on the cross. Trust in Him, not in your own works. Because you can't figure this out. You'll go too far one way or too far the other, you'll not be able to figure it out. Let God give it to you as a gift through faith in Christ. But if you've already come to Christ, then let's begin here, celebrate your fullness in Christ. You are full in Christ, you don't need to glut yourself on anything. Neither do you need to prove yourself by becoming a spiritual athlete. You're already acceptable in Christ. Celebrate that. And be on your guard against these dangers: Philosophy, legalism, mysticism, asceticism, they're still around. I do not say to you that they are the only threats to the Gospel. But they are four that Paul deals with here. Already we've mentioned gluttony as another threat to the Gospel, and so it is. Be Satisfied in God more than Earthly Pleasures But concerning the pleasures of this world, enjoy them, as God leads. Enjoy them in the path of His commands. Marital relations is good because they are marital relations, not outside the boundaries that God has set. Food is good. When the stomach is full, stop. And by the way, I've noticed a lag time, you still feel hungry and you're still eating, slow down, then. We don't need to overeat. There's some practical wisdom here. Celebrate your life in a physical body. You are going to be given a body that will last forever and ever. The body is good, celebrate it. But this body is not purely good; it's called the "body of death." Therefore, you have to be a bit careful with it. Paul says, "I beat my body and make it my slave.” I can't just give into whatever drive I have, I have to be careful. And therefore, a fruit of the Spirit needs to be, and is, self-control, so that I'm not like “a city with walls broken down.” Practice Fasting without Embracing Asceticism And be willing to give up pleasing food and pleasing experiences for the service of the Lord. We could start just with fasting and prayer. It is a good thing to fast; it is a bad thing to become an extreme ascetic. But fasting itself is a good thing. To give up eating for a day so that you can dedicate yourself to prayer. Even better to give up a comfortable lifestyle here in the West and go to some unreached people group. And reach them with the Gospel, knowing full well your standard of living will go down. The food you eat will not be as appealing to you, you'll never have such-and-such experience again, you'll never see the physical beauty of the land like America. You're purposely going to some place were most people don't want to live. And you're going there, and you'll just have to remember the physical beauty you've seen and look ahead to the new Heaven and new Earth, but you're here to minister to those who need to hear the Gospel. You're willing to give up on comfort and pleasure for the sake of the Lord. But when you fast, put oil on your head, wash your face and pray to your Father unseen. And Father sees what is done in secret, He'll reward you. Don't parade the sacrifices you're making. Don't become arrogant or prideful. Your righteousness is Christ, and Christ alone. Close with me in prayer.