Episode 53: 2021 Wrap up & Ted Foster on Hiking Challenges

On this episode: a 2021 wrap-up, jazz, and hiking-and-beer pairings. Our guest is Ted Foster who started hiking a few years ago and recently completed all 11 peaks in the New England Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge in 11 days.

Show Notes

01:00 – Saveria, Jason and Jeff wrap-up 2021 and our 2nd year of the Almost There Adventure Podcast
03:40 – Jeff, Saveria and Jason share their favorite 2021 podcast highlights
11:50 – Favorite 2021 adventures
22:50 – Planned 2022 adventures
30:00 – Introducing Ted Foster
32:00 – Hiking the Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge (with beer pairings)
36:49 – The Taco Slayer
38:00 – How Ted planned his peak-bagging trips
39:20 – Why Ted was wearing a tie for the podcast
42:00 – Hiking while listening to jazz
43:50 – How Ted got started hiking
48:40 – Hiking all 11 peaks in the New England Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge in 11 days
54:38 – Aspirations for multi-day backpacking trips (and how NOT to do it)
57:30 – Bucket list trips
63:23 – How do you make hikes
67:00 – Wrapping up

Mentioned in this Episode

Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge (Ted has completed the SoCal, San Diego, Arizona, NorCal and New England challenges)
Will Mattox aka @thetacoslayers

Connect with Ted online

Instagram: @tedfostermusic
If you’d like to help support the music program, visit www.challengercima.com

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Our Co-hosts

Jason Fitzpatrick – IG: @themuirproject
Saveria Tilden – IG: @adventuruswomen web: AdventurUsWomen.com
Jeff Hester – IG: @thesocalhiker web: SoCalHiker.net

Theme song by Opus Orange. Courtesy of Emoto Music.

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