Using podcasts for hiking motivation and bear attack prevention in the Canadian Rockies and surviving three day treks through torrential rain in Phong Na Ke National Park, Vietnam.

Adventure Storytellers: Laura Kinney, Megan Averell

From: Poulsbo & Seattle, WA

Music: Maricz, Endless Love, Chis Haugen
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This week's featured adventure stories
Hiking, Canadian Rockies, Phong Na Ke National Park

Laura Kinney's Adventure Story:
Canadian Rockies Circuit

Laura Kinney 

• Laura joined us at Poulsbo, Boldly Went but she hails from Tacoma, WA.
• Set achieved her personal goal of hiking 100 miles! (Congratulations, Laura!)
• She's credits her colleagues at the Tacoma REI with inspiring her and encouraging her to get outside.
• In this episode Laura told us about the difficult hike up Opal Hills near Maligne Lake in Jasper.

Laura's trip in her words:

I was gone from home for 23 days of which 14 were solo, drove 3,520 miles, and hiked 56 miles. I camped with some friends in Glacier NP Montana for a few days then I continued into the Canadian Rockies.

I did mostly front country camping but also mixed in lodgings at an Airbnb cabin, a wilderness hostel, and a fairly fancy hotel. That broke up the camping sections and gave me a chance to not have to set up camp and also sleep on a real mattress.

I went to Kootenay NP, Bugaboo Provincial Park [check out Episode 90 for more Bugaboos adventure], Yoho NP, Glacier NP BC, Mount Revelstoke NP, Banff NP, the Columbia Ice Fields Parkway, and Jasper NP.

I would typically do a few mile hike or a couple very short hikes at different areas in these parks to check out waterfalls, scenic vistas, glaciers, etc. In the afternoons, I’d frequently read or lounge in my hammock. I went to 3 different hot springs. ~Laura Kinney, badass hiker

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Megan Averell's Adventure Story:
Phong Nha Ke National Park Caving

Megan Averell was designated by the audience judges as The Most Boldly Went and this won her the shitty prize. As you can see, she's stoked about it!

Phong Nha Ke Bang National Park

• In Northeast Viet Nam
• Located within the Annamite Mountain Range in Quang Binh province
  
• Borders Laos
• Unesco World Heritage Site
• Known for its vast network of caves and underground rivers
• Rich biodiversity

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Doing the White Girl Thing

Megan talked about how she went to Vietnam and did the "white girl thing." She's a woman, and she's white, so that automatically makes everything she does a white girl thing. Although, I prefer calling it the white woman thing. No diff! 

Now's a good time to bring in some different perspective and visit how to avoid dirt cheap entitlement when backpacking in Vietnam. Here are excellent tips by Corinne Elyse about how to be respectful and joyful dirtbags in your backpacking trips around Vietnam that we found on one of our favorite travel blogging sites, Temporary Provisions.

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Music

Maricz. Ukelele Jam
Endless Love. Licorice Song.
Chis Haugen. Sunshine Samba.

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