PUDs Podcast
The “Pointless-Up-and-Downs” Podcast! A podcast about hiking and everything you talk about while hiking! Mostly centered on the White Mountains of NH!
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It's the end of the road for the PUDs boys for now...for a multitude of reasons we will be taking a break from the PUDs Podcast and moving onto different projects. Maybe we'll be back from time to time if the podcast beckons. Listen in to hear why on this thanks-for-listening-to-us-across-seventy-eight-episodes episode of the PUDs Podcast!
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Paul and Nick get the opportunity to sit down with Mike Cherim, a modern-day "Renaissance man" who has been hiking and climbing since tackling the "Rock Pile" at the young age of four! Mike is the owner and founder of Redline Guiding up in Intervale, New Hampshire, as well as an instructor, guide, and even a Justice of the Peace!
Paul tackles Adams and Madison and tries not to get blown...
Paul steps in as an "intern" on the PUDs Podcast without Josh and joins as a full-co-host with Nick to chat with Lyla "Sugar" Harrod! Lyla; commonly known by her trail-name "Sugar", is the first transgender woman to become a Triple Crowner, and she recently created and hiked the incredible "Divide to Crest" route!
Nick takes the long ride to Jay Peak where there&apos...
Nick did a thing and finished his Winter 48 with an epic out and back of the Bonds, and the boys learn all about painting the mountains purple for Alzheimer's with their friends Cindy and Paul from the Alzheimer's Association 48 Peaks!
Nick has a podcasting "false start" before diving into "story time" about his hike from Lincoln Woods to Bondcliff, Bond, and West Bond to fini...
It's a full-on hiking recap this week as friend-and-listener-of-the-podcast Paul sits in with the boys and trades stories from his latest trip to the Whites with Nick who just got back from a trip to the Adirondack High Peaks!
Josh looks like Steve Wonder or perhaps more accurately Scott Zolak, Nick doesn't know who Scott Zolak is, Paul works the Boston Outdoor expo and meets some prominent figur...
This week the boys are excited (especially Nick!) to sit down with hiker and photographer Corey (AKA @coreyoutoors and "Corey O.") and discuss his journey becoming a full-time photographer in the Whites, his background in the outdoors, love of hiking, and more!
Josh has been on vacation and takes a trip to Mystic Aquarium with the family, everybody remembers touching their first stingray, there a...
Nick has had a crazy week with a family illness and Josh is all tied up, so Ash sits down with Nick to bang out a quick S(mall)PUDs episode! The forever-hiking buddies discuss their journey, experiences, and challenges (thus far) hiking with their daughter from the age of 2 weeks to nearly 2.5 years!
Local hikes in Rehoboth at 2 weeks with Daddy, summit dances on Mount Willard, many ascents of Mount Wachus...
Nick is back from bagging Mount Isolation for Winter with a great group of folks, and the boys catchup with Nick Higgins, James Leitner, Lynn Swezey on the other side of The Lincoln 100!
Josh may be drinking too much seltzer, the boys discuss snow cleanup strategies at length, be careful taking your kiddos to the Fall River Children's Museum if you're looking to avoid sickness, Nick bags his #45 ...
This week Nick and Josh welcome thru-hiker, peak-bagger, and manager of The Notch Hostel Tricia Case (also commonly known by her trail-name "Pearl") and learn all about The Notch Hostel up in North Woodstock, New Hampshire, as well as her own pursuits hiking Vermont's Long Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and her experience cranking out a Single Season Winter 48 Four-Thousand Footers!
Josh is ...
Pinkham Notch or bust! Nick has been continuing his quest to finish bagging the Winter 48 along with an overnight at Zealand Falls Hut! It's time to rundown hikes of the Carters, 'Cats, Zealand, and more!
Josh is freezing in the basement and Nick makes him turn off his space-heater because of background noise (spoiler, we realized this was because Josh's laptop mic was coming throu...
The boys are stoked this week to sit down with friend and listener of the podcast "daveshitsinthewoods"! We take a walk on the bushwhack-y side of things and hear about some of Dave's adventures off-trail; including his recent completion of the New Hampshire Hundred Highest (NHHH) along with his creation of a brand new New Hampshire hiking list: the New Hampshire Inappropriate Sixty-Nine (N...
Bundle up and get ready to move as the boys are joined by Nick Higgins and James Leitner! The pair are preparing to attempt 100 miles on a ~3.2 mile loop in 24 hours, starting on January 16th, 2025 in the heart of the Whites; Lincoln, New Hampshire, in honor of the late Christoper Roma and to raise money for the non-profit Mission Clean Water!
Josh tries to make Nick feel awkward with dead air, J...
Hope you all had a great Christmas, Happy Holidays, and New Year's! The holidays are over, and the boys are back with a fresh episode for 2025!
Josh questions what kind of Taco Bell item Nick is, the boys recap their holiday celebrations, Josh visits the "Boston Museum of Illusion" and stays in Waterville Valley over New Year's and gets our for a few hikes; including Big Pines...
Happy New Year everyone!!!
We've got a special hiking podcast crossover episode for the holidays! On this episode of the PUDs Podcast, we kick it back to the first time Nick appeared as a guest on the Sounds Like A Search And Rescue (SLASR) Podcast Episode 157 back in June of this year!
Nick is Josh-less in Rehoboth while Mr. Rogers is up hiking with family and hanging out in New H...
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays y'all!
This week the boys are joined by friend and Hiking Buddies 501(c)(3) Secretary; Lynn Swezey! Josh and Nick chat with Lynn on her hiking background, learn all about the Hiking Buddies organization, and Nick and Lynn give a rundown refresher on cold-weather hiking as we move into "official" winter in the Whites!
Nick bags Pierce for ...
Nick and Josh are excited to sit down and chat with fellow podcasters and hosts of the "Sounds Like A Search And Rescue Podcast", AKA the "SLASR" Podcast; Mike and Stomp!
The boys have to reschedule podcasting plans due to inclement weather, Nick is back from Las Vegas and had fun looking at "The Sphere" all week, Josh sees Bristol Santa, Stomp is special, Mike needs...
It's the "Pulp Fiction" of podcast episodes as Nick and Josh conclude a busy week of pre-Thanksgiving recording, and sit down with one of their favorite hikers to follow; Gwenn Stratton!
Turkeys have been acquired, Nick bags Tecumseh for "Fall" as well as all four seasons and revisits Cascade Path in Waterville Valley, Josh plans another New Year's Eve visit to the W...
Josh and Nick sit down and get into everything herbal with Rachel Warnock! Rachel is the Founder, CEO, and Lead Herbalist of the PUDs Podcast's newest sponsor; Impact Botanicals!
Josh is changing angles and podcasting locations, it's a microphone revolution, a throwback to "Steamin' Up the Hams", pod-plaques, the Mike Tyson and Jake Paul fight was lackluster, Nick gets re...
Nick and Josh recap their past weekend up in New Hampshire! The boys "bro-out" and sandwich attending (and Nick performing at) the Rek'-Lis Full Conditions event with a few hikes!
Nick misses Josh but Josh isn't reciprocating, the boys talk Thanksgiving turkey strategy, the smell of burning popcorn lingers, singing all sorts of tunes with friends-of-the-podcast Paul and Deanna...
Nick made the most of a long weekend; including getting up north for the Lakes Region Search and Rescue (LRSAR) 5K, hiking with the family around Franconia Notch, trekking up to 52-with-a-View peak Hedgehog Mountain, and then making a trip to the northwestern corner of Massachusetts to (finally!) get up to the state's highpoint: Mount Greylock!
Josh ponders what words are podcast appropriate...
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