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We are joined by "Crazy Jack" Northam.  Crazy Jack has earned his name by summiting Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the United States' lower 48) nearly 200 times, an endeavor he didn't begin until the ripe age of 50 years.  Today, jack now 72 years old and still going strong. He regales us with tales of his many ascents up his favorite mountain, why he chooses to summit the same peak, his yo-yo hikes on Whitney, his climbs beginning at the nearby town of Lone Pine, and how he stumbled into some seriously historic butter.  Chaunce and I close out the show by highlighting the top shelters on the Appalachian Trail, give an official ruling on the best Dorito flavor, do the Triple Crown of food items remaining in your bag when get to town, and get into a new recurring segment, Listener Poop Stories.           Backpacker Radio SoCal Road Trip Presented by Sawyer! Use code "ATDrink15" at GossamerGear.com to save 15%   Gossamer Gear The One  Gossamer Gear Gorilla Gossamer Gear Liteflex Umbrella   Sawyer Picaridin Packets We've surpassed 1,000,000 downloads!  We &lt;3 our listeners very much. 2020 Trail Correspondents Application 2020 Trek Ambassador Program The 2020 Badger Sponsorship QOTD: How do you tie your trail runners for backpacking?  How to tie your shoes with a heel lock   Interview with Crazy Jack Northam  How he got his trail name Why he continues to hike the same peak over and again His yo-yo hikes of Mt. Whitney Search and rescue missions on Mt. Whitney Jack's time in the Marine Corps Advice for older hikers   Trek Propaganda  The Top Tents on the Appalachian Trail: 2019 AT Thru-Hiker Survey by Mariposa   Triple Crown of food left in your bag when you get to town. Cinnamon Court (Jury Edition): Cool Ranch vs. Nacho Cheese Doritos Mailbag: How to convince your boss to give you five weeks off. Listener Poop Stories 5-star iTunes Reviews Intro Song: Walking Slow by Animal Years Intro beats: Pauly Boy Shallcross Check out Trail Correspondents  Have any praise, questions, praise, comments, praise or praise for Backpacker Radio?  Reach out to podcast@thetrek.co.  Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (and please leave us a review)! Download this podcast.  Find us on  Stitcher and  Google Play. Support us on Patreon to get bonus content. A super big thank you to our Chuck Norris Award winner(s) from Patreon: Andrew, Austen McDaniel, Cristopher Marshburn, Lance Whitley, S11N, Sawyer Products, Thomas Fullner, and Travis Smith. A big thank you to our Cinnamon Connection Champions from Patreon: Gregory Gardner, Jacob Northrup, Jeff LaFranier, Mark Snook, Michelle Pugh, Peter Leven, and Peter Ellenberg Follow The Trek, Chaunce, Badger, and Trail Correspondents on Instagram. Follow The Trek and Chaunce on YouTube. Follow Backpacker Radio, and Chaunce on Facebook. Follow The Trek on Twitter and  sign up for our newsletter.

We are joined by "Crazy Jack" Northam.  Crazy Jack has earned his name by summiting Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the United States' lower 48) nearly 200 times, an endeavor he didn't begin until the ripe age of 50 years.  Today, jack now 72 years old and still going strong. He regales us with tales of his many ascents up his favorite mountain, why he chooses to summit the same peak, his yo-yo hikes on Whitney, his climbs beginning at the nearby town of Lone Pine, and how he stumbled into some seriously historic butter.  Chaunce and I close out the show by highlighting the top shelters on the Appalachian Trail, give an official ruling on the best Dorito flavor, do the Triple Crown of food items remaining in your bag when get to town, and get into a new recurring segment, Listener Poop Stories. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/backpacker-radio/id1339028551?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iiacyqmtlnhu4z3vkaeskn4odga?t%3DBackpacker_Radio%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&amp;isi=691797987&amp;ius=googleplaymusic&amp;apn=com.google.android.music&amp;link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iiacyqmtlnhu4z3vkaeskn4odga?t%3DBackpacker_Radio%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5FO5edVqPbDcny0ja8kF4d?si=PwcNj15IQ_ubnDl05BNnMA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a> <ul> <li>Backpacker Radio SoCal Road Trip Presented by <a href="https://sawyer.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sawyer</a>!</li> <li>Use code "ATDrink15" at <a href="http://gossamergear.com?rfsn=2017538.0cd2c9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GossamerGear.com</a> to save 15% <ul> <li><a href="https://www.gossamergear.com/products/the-one?rfsn=2017538.0cd2c9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Gossamer Gear The One</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gossamergear.com/products/gorilla-ultralight-backpack-all-bundle?rfsn=2017538.0cd2c9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Gossamer Gear Gorilla</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.gossamergear.com/products/liteflex-hiking-chrome-umbrella?rfsn=2017538.0cd2c9" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Gossamer Gear Liteflex Umbrella</a></li> </ul> </li> <li><a href="http://www.avantlink.com/click.php?tt=cl&amp;merchant_id=e295c418-295a-447c-b265-734e25f82503&amp;website_id=34cea90b-01ac-4a2b-8c6f-965026e68282&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rei.com%2Fproduct%2F133911%2Fsawyer-picaridin-insect-repellent-lotion-package-of-7" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Sawyer Picaridin Packets</a></li> <li>We've surpassed 1,000,000 downloads!  We &lt;3 our listeners very much.</li> <li><a href="https://thetrek.co/trail-correspondents-2020-apply-join-team/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2020 Trail Correspondents Application</a></li> <li><a href="https://thetrek.co/join-our-team/apply-trek-ambassador/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">2020 Trek Ambassador Program</a></li> <li><a href="https://thetrek.co/announcing-2020-badger-sponsorship/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The 2020 Badger Sponsorship</a></li> <li>QOTD: How do you tie your trail runners for backpacking? <ul> <li>How to tie your shoes with a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IijQyX_YCKA&amp;" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">heel lock</a></li> </ul> </li> <li>Interview with Crazy Jack Northam <ul> <li>How he got his trail name</li> <li>Why he continues to hike the same peak over and again</li> <li>His yo-yo hikes of Mt. Whitney</li> <li>Search and rescue missions on Mt. Whitney</li> <li>Jack's time in the Marine Corps</li> <li>Advice for older hikers</li> </ul> </li> <li>Trek Propaganda <ul> <li><a href="https://thetrek.co/appalachian-trail/2019-appalachian-trail-thru-hiker-survey-top-tents-shelters/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">The Top Tents on the Appalachian Trail: 2019 AT Thru-Hiker Survey</a> by Mariposa</li> </ul> </li> <li>Triple Crown of food left in your bag when you get to town.</li> <li>Cinnamon Court (Jury Edition): Cool Ranch vs. Nacho Cheese Doritos</li> <li>Mailbag: How to convince your boss to give you five weeks off.</li> <li>Listener Poop Stories</li> <li>5-star iTunes Reviews</li> <li>Intro Song: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hY02JAB170k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Walking Slow by Animal Years</a></li> <li>Intro beats: <a href="https://headnodculture.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Pauly Boy Shallcross</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/trail-correspondents/id1451863637?mt=2" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Check out Trail Correspondents</a></li> </ul> Have any praise, questions, praise, comments, praise or praise for Backpacker Radio?  Reach out to <a href="mailto:podcast@thetrek.co">podcast@thetrek.co</a>. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/backpacker-radio/id1339028551" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes</a> (and please leave us a review)! <a href="http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/chtbl.com/track/8D135/traffic.libsyn.com/backpackerradio/Kevin_Nealon_Final_55.mp3" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Download</a> this podcast.  Find us on <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/backpacker-radio-by-the-trek/backpacker-radio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Stitcher</a> and <a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iiacyqmtlnhu4z3vkaeskn4odga" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Google Play</a>. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/backpackerradio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Support us on Patreon</a> to get bonus content. 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#57 | Crazy Jack Northam on Summiting Whitney ~200 Times, Listener Poop Stories, and The Top Tents on the Appalachian Trail

Crazy Jack has been climbing Mt. Whitney for over 20 years. He tells us how he got into the outdoors and some great stories from his summits of Mt Whitney, sometimes summiting twice in one day!Facebook TwitterInstagram The Outdoor Biz Podcast   Please give us a rating and review HERE    Show Notes Jack tells us how he got into the outdoors and some great stories from his summits of Mt Whitney, sometimes summiting twice in one day! First Exposure to the Outdoors I was in the Marine Corps from 1966 to 1970 and my wife and I got married in 68. I married into her family and she had two brothers and two more sisters so five kids. She was a preacher's kid so father Sadler who was his name, he would take church groups up into the Sierras and I mean it was quite an undertaking. I was invited obviously to go along and it's my first real experience in the Sierras and the backcountry. I remember hiking in my heavy heavy-duty boots, I had a 10 pound mummy bag, what an experience. I guess that opened the door. Things we talked about Whitney Portal Store, Doug Tompson Crazy Jack Adventure 16, John Mead Sierra Mountaineering, Kurt Wedberg Point Loma Nazarene University baseball Mark Fulton 8,000 Meter Challenge Advice, tips You could just start today by just putting on your walking shoes and walk around the block yes nothing else I mean people ask me all the time well how do you get in shape get off you know yeah you just have to go out and start you start so slow and then you know you progress and you feel good and then you might even need to check in with your doctor to make sure you know what you're trying to do but but still it's a matter of just getting up and getting going. I hope other people get out. If it's not the Sierras get somewhere else do something else. It's out there for us to adventure into and I hope that's something that they get from this . . . just go!  Other Outdoor Activities Bicycling, walking Favorite Books Mount Whitney- Mountain Lore from the Whitney Store, by Doug Tompson Best Gear Purchase under $100 Steri-pen  Connect with Crazy Jack Website- crazyjacknortham.com

Crazy Jack has been climbing Mt. Whitney for over 20 years. He tells us how he got into the outdoors and some great stories from his summits of Mt Whitney, sometimes summiting twice in one day!<a href="https://www.facebook.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/rick_saez" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a><a href="https://www.instagram.com/theoutdoorbizpodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> <a href="http://www.theoutdoorbizpodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Outdoor Biz Podcast</a>   Please give us a rating and review <a href="http://bit.ly/2t572XN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">HERE</a>   Show Notes Jack tells us how he got into the outdoors and some great stories from his summits of Mt Whitney, sometimes summiting twice in one day! First Exposure to the Outdoors I was in the Marine Corps from 1966 to 1970 and my wife and I got married in 68. I married into her family and she had two brothers and two more sisters so five kids. She was a preacher's kid so father Sadler who was his name, he would take church groups up into the Sierras and I mean it was quite an undertaking. I was invited obviously to go along and it's my first real experience in the Sierras and the backcountry. I remember hiking in my heavy heavy-duty boots, I had a 10 pound mummy bag, what an experience. I guess that opened the door. Things we talked about <a href="http://www.mountwhitneyportal.com/en-us/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Whitney Portal Store</a>, Doug Tompson Crazy Jack <a href="https://www.adventure16.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Adventure 16</a>, John Mead <a href="https://sierramountaineering.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Sierra Mountaineering</a>, Kurt Wedberg Point Loma Nazarene University baseball <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mf8kchallenge/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Mark Fulton 8,000 Meter Challenge</a> Advice, tips You could just start today by just putting on your walking shoes and walk around the block yes nothing else I mean people ask me all the time well how do you get in shape get off you know yeah you just have to go out and start you start so slow and then you know you progress and you feel good and then you might even need to check in with your doctor to make sure you know what you're trying to do but but still it's a matter of just getting up and getting going. I hope other people get out. If it's not the Sierras get somewhere else do something else. It's out there for us to adventure into and I hope that's something that they get from this . . . just go!  Other Outdoor Activities Bicycling, walking Favorite Books Mount Whitney- Mountain Lore from the Whitney Store, by Doug Tompson Best Gear Purchase under $100 <a href="http://bit.ly/2xlg2tQ" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Steri-pen</a> Connect with Crazy Jack Website- <a href="http://crazyjacknortham.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">crazyjacknortham.com</a>

045: Crazy Jack- Jack Northam has summited Mt Whitney over 150 times