Episodes - Page 4 | The Trail Dames Podcast

Jan. 30, 2024

Episode #244 - Fifth Tuesday - Bonnie Nork

Bio- Bonnie Nork lives in Southern Oregon with her husband, Mike, and daughter, Elaina. Her son, Ryan, is in college. Being active in the outdoors has always been a big part of Bonnie’s life. With adventurous parents, she was always out and about as...

Jan. 23, 2024

Episode #243 - Aaron Owens Mayhew (Back Country Foodie)

Bio- Aaron is a registered dietitian and backpacker with over twenty years of experience in the field of nutrition and in the backcountry. In 2017, she left her clinical dietitian career with dreams of thru-hiking the PCT and starting a business...

Jan. 16, 2024

Episode #242 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the AT (May 24-25)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Jan. 9, 2024

Episode #241 - Judy Young (Gray Jay)

Bio- Born on a dairy and tobacco farm, one of my chores was bringing in the cows for milking. I enjoyed walking over our 100 acres to get the cows, or just to be out in Nature. I had never heard of hiking trails…I followed the cow paths. After...

Jan. 2, 2024

Episode #240 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the Trail (May 22-23)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Dec. 26, 2023

Episode #239 - Heather Kelly (Heather's Choice)

Bio- I was born and raised in Alaska, where I still call home today. I was a two-time NCAA National Champion in women's rowing and was voted CRCA/Pocock All-American my senior year. I still consider myself an athlete and love everything from CrossFit...

Dec. 19, 2023

Episode #238 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the Trail (May 19-21)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Dec. 12, 2023

Episode #237 - Lindsay Wenndt - Healthy Knees for Hiking

Bio- Lindsay Wenndt is a nationally certified health coach and fitness instructor, with specialty certifications in weight management and orthopedic health (a.k.a. joint pain). She’s the founder of Break Free Fitness, a curvy women’s health and...

Dec. 5, 2023

Episode #236 - Katlin (Katie) Rhodes

Katie Rhodes is a mountain ultra runner, hiker, Wilderness Education Instructor and NYS Licensed Guide based out of the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. She's currently pursuing a Masters in Conservation Biology with a focus in alpine ecology...

Nov. 28, 2023

Episode #235 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the AT May 17-18

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Nov. 21, 2023

Episode #234 Lagniappe - The "P" word, the "A" word, and Making a Difference

Anna, aka Mud Butt, is the host of the Trail Dames podcast, the founder of Trail Dames, Inc, and the owner of Huthmaker Fine Violins in Atlanta, GA. And she has been bitten by the advocacy bug!! Guest Links- AHS Hike the Hill - State Environmental...

Nov. 14, 2023

Episode #233 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the AT May 15-16

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Nov. 7, 2023

Episode #232 - Suzanne Roberts

Bio- Suzanne Roberts is the author of the lyrical essay collection Animal Bodies: On Death, Desire, and Other Difficulties (Longlisted for the 2023 PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay), the award-winning travel memoir in...

Oct. 31, 2023

Episode #231 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the AT (May 13-14)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Oct. 24, 2023

Episode #230 - Melissa Goodwin aka Click

Bio- Melissa “Click!” Goodwin, a licensed outdoor guide and photographer. She is the founder of Girl Gotta Hike, which connects women with nature, confidence, and camaraderie, both online and on-trail through blog posts, podcast interviews, and...

Oct. 17, 2023

Episode #229 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the AT (May 11-12)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Oct. 10, 2023

Episode #228 Lagniappe - Christy Espy and the GEHC

Meet my amazing friend Christy…. between the tree houses, Stream Days and listening to the trees, she finds her joy in teaching others about the outdoors.

Oct. 3, 2023

Episode #227 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the AT (May 9-10)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Sept. 26, 2023

Episode #226 - Mingrey Wong

Part Three of Rose Vanderhoof's Mount Rainer Climb

Sept. 19, 2023

Episode #225 - Lite Shoe (Tales of the AT May 7-8)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Sept. 12, 2023

Episode #224 Lagniappe - Aleah Haugen

Part Two of Rose Vanderhoof's Mount Rainer Climb

Sept. 5, 2023

Episode #223 - Lite Shoe's Tales of the AT (May 5-6)

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 infamous Pack 31- a group of...

Aug. 29, 2023

Episode #222 - Fifth Tuesday - Kelly Howard (Fit is Freedom)

Kelly Howard is the Fitness Consistency Expert with a touch of Adventure and the author of FIT: Active & Ageless for Life! For over 25 years she has helped busy women prioritize their fitness so they can feel great and have more fun and energy for...

Aug. 22, 2023

Episode #221 - Rose Vanderhoof

Bio- I was born in San Diego, California, the 6th of 7 children. Five brothers and a sister. Attended elementary, Junior High, High School and Community College in San Diego. Married at 21 and we moved to Washington. We had two sons. I was a...