

Papa Bear Hikes
Papa Bear Hikes
Papa Bear Hikes is a Podcast for Nature Lovers & Outdoor Enthusiasts. Network/Artist: Martin Armitage is the author of Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail, and recipient of the WHITNEY YOUNG, JR. AWARD. *Presented By: Buzzsprout* Producer: Wendy A. Lawrence *Host: Martin Armitage *Edited By: Big Bear Studios *Show Notes: Wendy A. Lawrence *For Media Inquiries email: wendy@avalonbusiness.org *The Papa Bear Hikes podcast is a GLOBAL iTunes fan favorite in multiple categories and has a Global Ranking in the top 1%!
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Dec 27, 2021 • 48min
We Are One on the American Perimeter Trail
The episode We Are One on American Perimeter Trail is part 3 of a 3-part series and features Rue McKenrick Rue McKenrick is a professional backpacker, triple crowner, and originator of the American Perimeter Trail Conference.The vision of the American Perimeter Trail Conference is to create a protected corridor of land and natural resources available for recreational use roughly tracing the contiguous United States. The American Perimeter Trail seeks to connect the land, resources, people, and communities.About the Trail – American Perimeter TrailMembership – American Perimeter TrailSupport Our Work – American Perimeter TrailRue McKenrick (@ruemckenrick) • Instagram photos and videosLike and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle Store Avalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 22, 2021 • 11min
Transitioning from Fall to Winter Hiking Gear
Like and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StorePlease consider supporting my work, so I can continue bringing you excellent content:https://www.patreon.com/papabearhikesAvalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 20, 2021 • 50min
Award-winning filmmaker, motivational speaker, ultrarunning "athlete", and comedian Jeffrey James Binney
While sitting in a hospital waiting room waiting for his mother to die of heart disease, a 33-year-old obese comedian reads a running magazine article and decides to avoid his mother's fate by running one of the world's most difficult 100-mile ultramarathons.Watch Once Is Enough | Prime Video (amazon.com)JJB | Runner Speaker Comedian (@jeffreybinney) • Instagram photos and videosIG — Funny Motivational Speaker | Jeffrey James Binney (jjb.life)Funny Motivational Speaker | Jeffrey James Binney - YouTubeJeffrey Binney (@JeffreyBinney) / TwitterLike and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StorePlease consider supporting my work, so I can continue bringing you excellent content:https://www.patreon.com/papabearhikes Avalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 17, 2021 • 15min
Gear Economics 101
Like and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StoreAvalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 13, 2021 • 51min
Horsepower
In one Calander year, Brandon "Horsepower" Weis conquered the triple crown and then continued on to do the Arizona trail for a total of 8,292 miles hiked in 2021. AT ‘21 PCT ‘21 CDT ‘21 AZT ‘21 MST ‘20Brandon Horsepower Weis (@naturalhorsepower) • Instagram photos and videosLike and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StorePlease consider supporting my work, so I can continue bringing you excellent content:https://www.patreon.com/papabearhikes Avalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 10, 2021 • 57min
Stan Sutter: Appalachian Trail in 2022
Papa Bear chats with Stan who is training to hike the Appalachian trail in 2022.Stan is a NY native and frequently stops out west. Stan Sutter (@stanthemanhikes) • Instagram photos and videosStan the Man Hikes - YouTubeLike and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle Store Avalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 10, 2021 • 49min
International Travel Tips from Dr. Ola Abbas Consultant. Mentor. Travel Entrepreneur
Dr. Ola Abbas is full-time critical care and acute medicine consultant in the NHS and a travel entrepreneur owning an international travel franchise.Ola is passionate about wellbeing through travel, she believes that burnout from a job doesn’t have to be the end of it. She is on a mission to empower burnt-out professionals to start an online travel business so they can rekindle their spark, live more freely and create a legacy income.Her vision is to help people grow and fulfill their potential. Ola believes that we are divine beings with unlimited personal strength, Ola’s mission is not only to show you it can be done but also how it can be done.Her target is to empower and impact 10,000 people in the next two years to travel more, experience more, and add value to their lives.Her background living in a war zone has equipped her with the survival tools necessary to grow and create something from nothing, she has carved her way through life and built a career and a business from scratch.Ola frequently gets asked if anyone can achieve their dreams and desires and she says “If I immigrated from under gunshots, bombs, and terror attacks and ended up where I am now, then you can have anything.If you want to change your life, you have to work for it, and what you work for you will get.”Dr. Ola Abbas Consultant. Mentor. Travel EntrepreneurOn a mission to help burnt-out professionals start an online business, create a second income & travel the world (5) Ola Abbas | FacebookOla Abbas (@elevatewithola) • Instagram photos and videosHome | Elevate with OlaLike and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StorePlease consider supporting my work, so I can continue bringing you excellent content:https://www.patreon.com/papabearhikesMartin Armitage - Fundraising For American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (afsp.org) Avalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 8, 2021 • 7min
Papa Bear's Solo Episode
Like and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StoreAvalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 6, 2021 • 37min
Seasonal Jobs in the National Parks!
Papa Bear Hikes welcomes back guest favorite, Anne Berent. This time, Anne shares her incredible experience at Yellowstone National Park.Anne shares that after 35 years with the Sidney Central School District she decided to retire and start the next chapter her life by seeking seasonal employment opportunities as a way to travel and enjoy our National Parks. Hope you are inspired by Anne's insight. https://www.buzzsprout.com/1467697/7507567What's New - CoolWorks.comXanterra Work Apply (xanterrajobs.com)Like and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StorePlease consider supporting my work, so I can continue bringing you excellent content:https://www.patreon.com/papabearhikes Avalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/

Dec 3, 2021 • 39min
2022 AT Thru-Hiker Justin Tucker
Justin Tucker 🏳️🌈 (@trailheadjustin) • Instagram photos and videosOvernight Backpacking In The Dolly Sods Wilderness | Appalachian Trail 2022 Shakedown #2 - YouTubeTrailhead Justinallmansright (@allmans.right) • Instagram photos and videosLike and SUBSCRIBE TO: Martin Outside - YouTube*If you found this episode of Papa Bear Hikes entertaining, informative, and/or interesting please leave a review on Apple iTunesPapa Bear Hikes on Apple PodcastsAmazon.com: Switching Gears: Rediscovering the Meaning of Life, Love, and Happiness While Backpacking Vermont’s Long Trail eBook : Armitage, Martin: Kindle StorePlease consider supporting my work, so I can continue bringing you excellent content:https://www.patreon.com/papabearhikes Avalon Publicity & Business Services Increasing the Digital Footprint of Content Creators via Modern Publicity and Social Media ServicesSupport the showGet outside, have fun and be safe!Martin Armitage, Host of the Papa Bear Hikes Podcasthttps://www.papabearhikes.com/https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/papa-bear-hikes/id1541491746https://www.instagram.com/papabearhikes01/