Episodes
Episode #175 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT (Mar 8-9)
Oct. 4, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infamo…
Episode #174 - Andrea Lani
Sept. 27, 2022
Andrea Lani is the author of (Bison Books, 2022). The book chronicles the 500-mile hike through the Rocky Mountains that she took with her husband and three kids, the hike on the same trail she and her husband took 20 years…
Episode #173 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT (Mar 4-7)
Sept. 20, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infamo…
Episode #171 - LiteShoe Tales of the AT (March 2-3)
Sept. 6, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infamo…
Episode #170 - 5th Tuesday - Jamie Neal (Lifetree Women Care)
Aug. 30, 2022
26 years ago, I was blessed to have Jamie Gregory as a student. She had the most open heart and the brightest of spirits and was a true joy to be around. As an adult, Jamie has put her gifts towards becoming a mid-wife, nurs…
Episode #169 - Suzanne DeGrasse
Aug. 23, 2022
After 14 years as a librarian, Suzanne left that field in 2013. She knew she still wanted to be of service but wanted to help animals rather than people- although she still helps people. Suzanne became licensed for small mam…
Episode #168 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT (Feb 28 - Mar 1)
Aug. 16, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training, and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infam…
Episode #167 Lagniappe - Celeste Queen
Aug. 9, 2022
Celeste Queen is, in her own words, "a retiree loving the hiking life, especially the slow and steady part!" She took up hiking at the young age of 67, finding it to be her happy place. She sets goals and completes them, inc…
Episode #166 - LiteShoe Tales of the AT #16-17 (Pre-Hike)
Aug. 2, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training, and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infam…
Episode #165 - Amy Edelstein
July 26, 2022
IPPY-award winner and #1 Amazon bestselling author, Amy Edelstein has a unique perspective on the relationship between the inner journey and outer change. Having begun her own meditation practice in 1978, and spending the be…
Episode #164 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT #12-15 (Pre-Hike)
July 19, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training, and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infam…
Episode #163 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT #10-11 (Pre-Hike)
July 5, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infamo…
Episode #162 - Diane Harsha (Sticks)
June 28, 2022
Diane "Sticks" Harsha is the author of the recently published (and now also available on Audible) Sticks and Stones: How to Hike the AT in 13 Years. This is the memoir of a Tennessee wife, mother, and FBI agent who section h…
Episode #161 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT #8-9 (Pre-Hike)
June 21, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training, and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infam…
Episode #160 Lagniappe - Introductions with Kim Weiler
June 14, 2022
Kim is the Co-Head Dame of the Georgia Chapter of Trail Dames and a member of the Trail Dames Board of Directors. Between her fantastic sense of humor and her tenacious strength, it is no coincidence that her trail name is …
Episode #159 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT #7 (Pre-Hike)
June 7, 2022
Why go on a long-distance hike?
Episode #158 - 5th Tuesday - Spirituality on the Trail (Panel Discussion)
May 31, 2022
We have a panel discussion for you today about spirituality on the trail. Who better than these three ladies to talk with on this fascinating subject? Anne Gardner Writer. Minister. Adventurer. After spending twenty-five yea…
Episode #156 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT #5 & 6 (Pre-Hike)
May 17, 2022
The mind is the last to know.
Episode #154 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT #4 (Pre-Hike)
May 3, 2022
More trail lessons as my friend, LiteShoe, tests out her gear, and pushes out of her comfort zone, getting closer to hitting the AT! Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she th…
Episode #152 - LiteShoe's Tales of the AT #3 (Pre-Hike)
April 19, 2022
Jan Leitschuh was bitten by the AT bug in 2002. With no real backpacking experience, she threw herself into learning, training and stomping down fears and questions that swirled around her preparations. She joined the infamo…