As you may know, we spent a fantastic week on the AT in April and met some interesting folks in the woods. You'll meet 'Blue' & 'Evergreen' and the infamous 'Sticker'. Sound quality on the trail was a bit rough but you should have no problems.

Toothless shares some emails from around the world. Old Winter checks in from the UK with questions about flora and fauna.

This episode was long so we decided to break it up into two parts. Part 2 will air in 2 weeks so stay tuned.

Please let us know your comments. You can contact us at athiking@gmail.com with questions and show suggestions. Keep those great emails coming.

As always, special thanks to the Podsafe Music Network, Freja and her Bluegrass Band and Jon Zachary.

See you on the trail,
Toothless

Better late than never, grandma used to say! I've been out of the saddle with a bad case of bronchitis. It developed while on a 7 day hike in Virginia last month. Lots of excitement while helping with a search and rescue mission of a lost hiker.

Our good friend Jason Klass shares another great TIP with us. You can have some fun making your own fire starters for the trail with everyday items found at home.

Please let us know your comments. You can contact us at athiking@gmail.com with questions and show suggestions. Keep those great emails coming.

As always, special thanks to the Podsafe Music Network, Freja and her Bluegrass Band, Jon Zachary and Jason Klass www.jasonklass.blogspot.com

See you on the trail,
Toothless

This episode is what I call a ‘Two ‘fer’. This is the second episode for the month of March. You know, two for one! We spent some time tracking down Tagless and Tag-along on the Appalachian Trail and wanted to share that interview with you while they were fresh on the trail. Catch up with their thru-hike adventure at www.trailjournals.com and search 'Tagless'

Our good friend Jason Klass shares another great TIP with us. You can save some dough by making your own trekking poles. Get on eBay and then head to your tackle shop.

I wander a bit about GPS units but find my way back on track thanks to my new GPS unit... no pun intended, somehow I got lost in my thoughts!

Please let us know your comments. You can contact us at athiking@gmail.com with questions and show suggestions. Keep those great emails coming.

As always, special thanks to the Podsafe Music Network, Freja and her Bluegrass Band, Jon Zachary and Jason Klass www.jasonklass.blogspot.com

See you on the trail,
Toothless

This episode is packed with lots of interesting trail stuff. Toothless interviews Tagless and Tag-along just before they start there thru-hike and learns about last minute details. Catch up with their thru-hike adventure at www.trailjournals.com and search 'Tagless'

Toothless also welcomes Jason Klass, gear aficionado, to the 'TIPS' segment of the podcast as a regular contributor. Jason will tell us about alcohol stoves. Jason can be found on the web at www.jasonklass.blogspot.com. It's a very informative website on gear and hiking.

Good hiking friend, Tony Whetstone, shares 'The Appalachian Trail Song' with us. You can learn more about Tony at http://www.soundclick.com/lonesomeswordfishwww.soundclick.com

As always, thanks to the Podsafe Music Network and the Freja Bluegrass Band and my good buddy Jon Zachary for serving up the music.

Don't hesitate to contact us at athiking@gmail.com  . You can also visit us on www.youtube.com and search 'athiking1'.

See you on the trail,
Toothless

ATHiking has received a lot of listener emails and in this episode Toothless shares some of them with you. Great ideas, suggestions and tips are discussed.

Spring is coming so it's time to start preparing for 'opening hike' by preparing ahead of time so your time on the trail will be a great experience.

As always, your emails, to ATHiking@gmail.com help make the podcast 'listener driven'. Let us know your thoughts.

Special thanks to The Podsafe Music Network, the Freja Bluegrass Band and our good buddy Jon Zachary for serving up the music.

See you on the trail,
Toothless

Happy Anniversary ATHiking...the podcast. Yes this is the start of the second year and officially our anniversary. It's been a great ride, I mean hike, and more is planned for 2009. Thanks to all our faithful listeners for your emails and encouraging words.

In this episode, Toothless talks with Curly Perzel who is nearing her completion of the CDT. This accomplishment will complete the three big ones, AT, PCT & CDT for Curly. The Triple Crown is just around the corner.

Please remember that ATHiking is listener driven...without your show suggestions we'd be lost in the woods so keep 'em comin'.


Your emails and comments about ATHiking are always welcome. Contact athiking@gmail.com or visit us on iTunes... just search hiking in the Podcast section.

Thanks again to Jon Zachary for his ‘finger pickin’ good tunes’ and to the Podsafe Music Network and the Freja Bluegrass Band.

Good hiking,
Toothless

Great to be back in the saddle after a wonderful Christmas and outstanding New Year (gotta be better than 2008). We're celebrating our one year anniversary with this episode (more about that on our next episode).

This time, we find Toothless, talking with the World Famous 'Ed Speer' of Speer Hammock fame. Ed tells us how he got his start in the hammock business as well as how the use of hammocks is growing on the AT.

You can visit on the web at www.speerhammocks.com or contact him at his email address   ed@speerhammocks.com   or call him at 828-724-4444. Ed's is always more than happy to answer all of your questions.

Toothless also opens the 'TIPS Vault' for some more helpful tidbits.

Your emails and comments about ATHiking are always welcome. Contact athiking@gmail.com or visit us on iTunes.. just search hiking in the Podcast section.

Thanks gain to Jon Zachary for his ‘finger pickin’ good tunes’ and to the Podsafe Music Network and the Freja Bluegrass Band.

Good hiking,
Toothless

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Listen in while Toothless talks with ‘Tinny’ from Mini Bull Design. MBD manufactures a variety of interesting lightweight backpacking stoves at affordable prices since 2004. MBD uses some innovative and creative design features in their products. Weight conscious hikers should listen up. Tinny brings his great personality and love of his craft to the product as well.

You can visit MBD at www.minibulldesign.com . Make sure you check out the videos on all of Tinny’s products. He has a unique way of using video. Contact him directly at  tinny@minibulldesign.com  .

Your emails and comments about ATHiking are always welcome. Contact athiking@gmail.com or visit us on iTunes.. just search hiking in the Podcast section.

Thanks gain to Jon Zachary for his ‘finger pickin’ good tunes’ and to the Podsafe Music Network and the Freja Bluegrass Band.

Good hiking,
Toothless

Episode 10 takes you to Virginia and onto a beautiful 65.9 mile section of the AT from Catawba to the Blue Ridge Parkway. 15 hikers, in 2 teams, northbound and southbound spend a week on the trail. This episode is the first of two on this trip.

Join Toothless as he interviews the hosts of 'Southeastern Backpackers' and listen in as 'The Medicare Pastor' shares her story on the trail. Our regular 'TIPS' section has some good ideas too!

Your input is critical to the success of ATHiking so we'd like to hear from you with any show suggestions, tips, or comments. Email Toothless at athiking@gmail.com

Thanks to the Podsafe Music Network for their help, Freja's Bluegrass Band and especially Jon Zachary who contributed to the music used on this podcast. Jon's song "Fingerville" can be found on his CD entitled 'Turning on a Point'. Visit www.cdbaby.com to order

See you next time... on the trail!

Toothless