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This week we welcome back Chris Broughton Bossong, AKA Chris BB. Chris BB is an instructor at the SOLO Wilderness Medical School and also involved in various search and rescue team organizations. Chris will share some of his recent adventures and we will talk about outdoor education and safety. Plus the Appalachian Trail Fastest Known Time has been broken, we have a couple of stories of people getting lost in the wilderness while attempting life changing missions - one involves a lost grandpa in Scotland in search of the most remote pub in Scotland and another involves a gentleman who went on a Vision Quest in the North Cascades of Washington only to realize he should have brought some food. A lawsuit settlement over a Snowmobile crashing into a helicopter, some history from the Wonalancet Outdoor Club, Recent hikes on Mount Chocorua, Mount Prospect and Jennings Peak, plus search and rescue news from Mount Madison, Mount Tecumseh and Mount Percival.
This weeks Higher Summit Forecast
About Chris / SOLO
SOLO Classes
Wilderness First Aid
Topics
Mrs. Stomp reads the Forecast!
The Voice
Foliage Talk / Going to the fair / Reklis Event
Tara Dower Breaks the AT Fastest Known Time
Dafty Granda lost in the Scottish Highland trying to find a pint of beer
Guy gets lost trail running in the North Cascades - spent 30 days in the woods with no food
Grizzly Bears reintroduced to North Cascades
Snowmobile crashes into Blackhawk Helicopter
White Mountains History - Wonalancet Outdoor Club (WODC)
Recent Hikes on Mount Chocorua, Mt. Prospect, Jennings and Noon
Notable listener hikers
Guest of the week - Chris BB
Recent Search and Rescue news
Show Notes
Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
SLASR Merchandise
SLASR LinkTree
LELT Race Series
Pleasant Mountain Race
Foliage update
Grandpa survives 7 days after vanishing, trying to find Scotland's remotest pub.
Video of the Old Forge Pub - Inverie for a free pint in The Forge
Another person goes on a vision quest and ends up lost for 30 days - North Cascades
Reintroduction of Grizzly Bears into the North Cascades
Lawsuit over Snowmobile Driver hitting a Blackhawk Helicopter has been settled in favor of the Snowmobile Driver for 3.3 Million
WODC Newsletters
Story of the Heermance shelter on Mount Whiteface
Shout out to George Zink - former president of WODC
George Testified in congress in support of establishing the Sandwich Wilderness in 1984
Overnight rescue Mt. Madison
Hiker rescued, Percival Trail
Rescue on Mt. Tecumseh
Sponsors, Friends and Partners
24th Annual Seek the Peak
Fieldstone Kombucha
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