Until next time, we’ll see you out there (Outdoor Diary)
May 30, 2024
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They say spending time in nature can change your life. But in a world packed with indoor life pressures, how can you make getting outside just a part of who you are?
Welcome to the Humans Outside podcast, where we explore life in the great outdoors from our perch in Alaska, all while hearing from fascinating outdoor-minded guests.
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When the doctors told her she couldn’t do anything because of her rare brain disease, she decided to instead do everything. After all, if she was going to be working through its fallout, why not work through it outside?
Crystal Gail Welcome didn’t grow-up looking at nature as nature, per se. But after a grounding experience in a park with a friend, she made the dramatic decision to become a thru-hiker even though she had never hiked in her life and was dealing with her disability. The result is thousands of miles hiked and becoming the first known Black thru-hiker of the 1,500 mile Florida trail.
Hear Crystal’s incredible story and the inspiration she has for you on just getting out there to see where nature takes you in this episode of Humans Outside. Listen now.
[2:24] Crystal Gail Welcome’s favorite outdoor place
[4:06] Crystal’s outdoor story
[8:35] Why feeling disconnected from your body is relatable
[9:48] How many miles has Crystal hiked?
[11:14] How the rare brain disease impacts Crystal’s hikes
[14:11] How the death of George Floyd impacted Crystal
[19:36] Why the Florida Trail?
[23:31] Why the Florida Trail was the most challenging trail Crystal has ever done
[29:44] What Crystal has learned about people from her hike
[37:03] What Crystal hopes people will learn from her journey and experience
[38:55] Crystal’s favorite outdoor moment
It’s that moment where you know something big is coming — maybe not what, maybe not what will happen — but you can feel it coming in your soul.
It is standing on the edge of something large, the moment before the leap, or the wave’s crash or when you simply take flight.
I just made a huge life decision, and it has me contemplating how this moment before the action feels and looks.
[:30] A song quote
[1:05] Standing on the edge of something large
[1:20] How the waves teach me this
[2:02] What this looks like for life
[2:36] How the outside helps with the something large
[3:37] Something large in my work life and a big change
Taking kids outside? Then you know the struggle. No matter how fun the thing you’re planning is likely to be, getting the crew out the door with all of the necessary belongings and good attitudes intact is a real challenge. So what are some strategies to get kids out into nature all year long without the fun unraveling into a fight?
In this episode of Humans Outside mom and creator of the All Weather Adventure kit line joins the podcast to talk about her best tips and tricks for getting h
[3:52] Holly Horch’s favorite outdoor space
[4:32] How Holly became someone who likes to go outside
[5:30] How nature became a part of their family culture
[8:49] Yes, the struggle is real
[9:26] How they’ve built outdoor time into their daily schedule
[11:04] Why we like nature so much as parents
[13:41] All about Holly’s All Weather Adventuring kits
[19:44] The secret art of marketing
[21:03] A philosophical pondering about kids and understanding fun
[22:06] Why group suffering matters
[25:00] The best way to make everyone happy
[29:04] The art of taking care of parental overwhelm
[37:07] Holly’s favorite outdoor moment
A new feature-length documentary streaming and airing on PBS nationwide and showing in some theaters is all about mental health and healing from trauma — and it features me and my family and follows our life in Alaska. Want to see it? Here’s how.
[:40] I know it’s wild, but here it goes
[1:00] What the movie is about
[1:30] Some words from the director
[2:40] Why I think you should watch it
[3:14] Here’s what I hope you take away
[4:25] All the ways you can see the film
Sometimes the best way to understand the importance of connecting to your place in the world is through wandering away from it. And when we pair that with spending time in the wild outdoors, we might also learn that things aren’t quite as wild as they seemed from the outside. Maybe what you think of as “wild” others simply consider “home.”
John Messick, author of the new book Compass Lines, is currently grounded in Alaska — but his life hasn’t always looked that way. In this episode he talks about the importance of belonging in relation to the world, how he found that in his travels and how you might be able to find it too. Listen now.
[2:23] John’s favorite outdoor space
[5:15] How he became someone who likes to go outside
[10:02] The idea of wild
[14:03] How does traveling the world impact that idea
[18:27] How many countries has he visited?
[20:23] What was he looking for during his travels?
[21:21] A diversion to “Gathland”
[27:13] Tip for finding a grounding where you are
[30:31] John’s favorite outdoor space
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