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Outdoor Diary: Welcoming Back the Light In the Midst of the Hard

Are you ready to welcome back the light in the season of hard and dark? This week Amy and the family visited another state park cabin as they celebrated Winter Solstice — the darkest and shortest day of the year — and contemplated the challenges and gifts that the darkness can bring.

Some of the good stuff:

[:30] The feelings of winter

[1:00] The test of winter in Alaska

[1:30] Another weekend at a cabin

[2:20] The lack of motivation and SAD

[3:17] The celebration of Winter Solstice

[4:00] This week’s outdoor hero: the Luci inflatable solar lantern

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The state park cabin they used: Rainbow Trout cabin

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Outdoor Diary: Hitting 1,200 Days Outside, and a ‘Smooshing’ Race

How do you make holiday memories outside and power through the dark days of December and winter? In this week’s Outdoor Diary Amy talks about her favorite annual outdoor festival in her small Alaska town and marks her latest milestone, 1,200 days in a row going outside for at least 20 consecutive minutes

Some of the good stuff:

[:35] Big things in Amy’s outdoor fun

[:50] What’s up with Amy’s little town and why it matters

[2:25] What is “Colony Christmas”

[2:45] The “smooshing” race

[4:20] Why hitting 1,200 days in the winter is important

[5:05] More about The Pants (yes, again)

[5:55] Some housekeeping stuff you should hear

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Outdoor hero: Black Diamond Stance Belay Pants

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Outdoor Diary: A Retreat With a Side of Outside

Sometimes you just need to make space for a big idea to come. Check out this installment of Amy’s outdoor diary to find out how she did just that. Plus, hear how she got outside this week!

Some of the good stuff:

[:26] How Amy gets good ideas

[1:48] Amy’s retreat

[2:22] What she accomplished

[3:52] What Amy did outside this week

[4:53] This week’s Outdoor Hero

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Read about Amy’s first “Mastermind” retreat in this OG Humans Outside blog post.

Check out the cabin where Amy just stayed in Seward

Learn about Lowell Point, Alaska

A video tour of Seward, Alaska in the winter (also embedded below)

Outdoor hero: Smartwool skirt

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The Secrets to Making the Best Coffee Ever Outside (Tim Gravel)

If you’ve followed Humans Outside for ever a millisecond, you know how incredibly important we think coffee is. We might be a little obsessed. But there’s just something about a hot cup of coffee by the campfire, in a mug on a cold day, brewed at the top of a mountain, sipped over a walk on a beach, or happily enjoyed basically anywhere outside that’s just entirely perfect.

Luckily we’re not the only people who think that. Tim Gravel, co-owner of the Alaska-based Kaladi Brothers doesn’t just know good coffee, he knows good coffee outside. And in this episode he helps us dial into the best ways for brewing coffee outdoors.

Some of the good stuff:

[1:48] Tim Gravel’s favorite outdoor space

[3:51] Tim’s outdoor story

[4:57] Why outdoor challenges matter

[7:36] Exactly what Tim means by “challenging snow conditions”

[11:52] Why Alaska is so magical

[14:57] About Kaladi Brothers coffee

[19:36] Tim’s favorite coffee tricks

[27:25] Coffee in the backcountry

[28:42] What about instant coffee?

[35:00] Coffee when car camping

[42:05] Tim’s favorite outdoor gear

[43:07] Tim’s most essential outdoor gear

[44:10] Tim’s favorite outdoor moment

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Outdoor Diary: The Making of a Tradition

How do you create a new tradition or know a new tradition worth keeping? Hear how Amy and her family spent Thanksgiving outside and whether it was as bad as she thought it would be.

Some of the good stuff:

[:30] How it all started

[1:50] How did it go?

[2:11] What you need to bring for Thanksgiving in a cabin

[3:40] Outdoor Hero

[3:53] The next Bushatz cabin trip

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Outdoor Diary: The Danger of Early Planning and a Giveaway Code

Ever made plans for the winter in the summer? All sounds like a good idea when it’s sunny outside. So here we are in November, and it’s time to enjoy the plans we made six months ago.

Some of the good stuff:

[:40] What you could win!

[:58] Second-guessing plans

[1:48] Bushatz Thanksgiving adventure

[2:58] How you can win a pair of Goodr sunglasses!

[3:40] How to keep up with Humans Outside

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A Gift Guide for Outdoor Fans and a Bunch of Giveaways

When was the last time you knew exactly what to buy every single person on your holiday shopping list? And that’s why we created this special edition of the Humans Outside podcast, a 2020 holiday gift guide with items picked not just because they make good gifts, but because we really, really like them.

Even better? Seven of them are a part of our 7 Giveaways in 7 Days, with giveaways opening for entries Nov. 19 to 25.

Hear Amy talk to two special guests — husband Luke Bushatz and ‘running wife’ Rachel Gernat – in this hilarious gift guide. And please ignore the part where we wander into a discussion about what an ascot is and the various really silly ways Luke wears hats.

Some of the good stuff:

[:32] Luke joins us to talk about gifts
[2:03] All about the Noxgear Tracer360 Visibility vest
[6:26] About Combat Flip Flops
[8:41] All about SCOTTeVEST
[10:35] ‘Running wife’ Rachel joins us
[11:23] Why we like trekking poles
[14:45] Why we love Klean Kanteen
[17:59] Our biggest obsession: Goodr
[22:07] Luke comes back to talk about stocking stuffers
[22:19] Talking about Honey Stinger and UnTapped
[24:48] All about liner gloves
[28:33] What is a ‘buff?’
[29:49] An ascot that is not a hat, and why Luke wears hats that are ridiculous

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See all of the 7 Giveaways in 7 Days
Win a Klean Kanteen TKwide 16 oz. bottle (Nov. 19 to 21)
Win a Noxgear Tracer360 Visibility Vest (Nov. 20 to 24)
Win 3 pairs of Balega socks (Nov. 21 to 23)
Win a pair of Combat Flip Flops (Nov. 22 to 24)
Win a SCOTTeVEST 101 Vest (Nov. 23 to 25)
Win a pair of Goodr sunglasses (Nov. 24 to 26)
Win Humans Outside swag (Nov. 25 to 29)
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Outdoor Diary: We’re Sick, But the Outside Is Still Safe

Amy and her family are under quarantine and battling through COVID-19. But they’re still headed outside every day for at least 20 minutes, and know that doing the same is key to staying safe, sane and getting healthy.

Hear more on this week’s episode of the Humans Outside podcast.

Some of the good stuff:

[:35] Humans Outside is quarantined!

[:45] How everyone’s feeling

[1:20] Why getting outside is still important

[2:00] How the Bushatz family is getting outside

[3:08] What’s coming up on Humans Outside

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The Best Advice for Getting Outside During COVID-19

The Humans Outside 2020 Holiday Giveaways

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Why How We See Ourselves Outside Matters, Plus How to Work From Anywhere (Esther Inman)

Do you think of yourself as “outdoorsy?” Nature lovers and “outdoorsy” people aren’t just folks who scale mountains or go on long runs — despite what the outdoor industry and even this podcast might (accidentally) have you believe. Instead, outdoor users come from all perspectives, backgrounds, sizes, shapes and interests. Like plants? Enjoy listening to birds? Appreciate coffee on the porch? Make going outside a part of your life? You’re a nature-lover. It’s as simple as that.

But getting to the point where you see yourself that way is a journey — even for people who have mastered building their lives around making more time for what they enjoy. In this week’s episode digital nomad Esther Inman talks about the power of learning to see yourself as outdoorsy, how she built her life to give her more time for what she wants to do and how she helps other people do the same.