A day hike that turned into a frigid, soggy overnight ordeal on the Eagle Creek Trail in the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon and an attempt at a solo adventure in the Central Cascades of Washington State that went from disappointing to breathtaking after a chance encounter with a young stranger.


Adventure Storytellers: Aaron Hubbs, Ellen Bayer
From: Portland, OR & Poulsbo, WA
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Music: Maricz, Dan Lebowitz, Endless Love
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This week's featured adventure stories

Aaron Hubb's Adventure Story:
Unexpected Overnight Campout on Eagle Creek

Aaron Hubbs, Naturopathic Doctor at Dreaming Tree Clinic. Also a hiker who gets stranded in the woods and lives to tell about it.

Aaron Hubbs​

• Main sport is cycling
• In August 2018 he was a crewmember at the Bigfoot 200 where he was doing everything from cooking and driving to cleaning their feet which he says gave him an immense new-found respect for ultra runners.
• Aaron’s favorite part about outdoor activities is sharing them with his children. In fact, the story he tells in this week's episode was originally told in front of his eleven year old son’s class. ​

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Follow Aaron Hubbs at Dreaming Tree Naturopathic Clinic

• Dreaming Tree Medicine Website, Portland, OR
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/draaronhubbs/​

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More about Eagle Creek Trail in the Columbia River Gorge, OR

NOTICE: This trail is closed until further notice because of damage from the 2017 Eagle Creek Fire. Please check the list of Columbia Gorge trail closures before you plan for a hike.

The Eagle Creek Trail is a stunner! Full of waterfalls and we had the chance to hike it in 2015 because it's also the PCT alternate trail. We hope it will reopen soon because it was one of the prettiest things we saw in all of Oregon!

Please do not go on this trail while it is closed for your safety and out of respect for the land. For updates you can check back at OregonHikers.org.

If you're reading this and have found that the trail has been reopened, please drop us a line so we can update this page of our website. 

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Ellen Bayer's Adventure Story:
Mount Rainier Through The Eyes of A Child

Ellen Bayer, literature professor and ultra runner

Ellen Bayer

• Literature Professor at UW Tacoma
• Harvey Manning Wilderness Challenge enthusiast
• Expert storyteller ​​

Other episodes of the Boldly Went Podcast featuring stories by Ellen Bayer

• Holding Your Own. Ep. 17
• Field Notes 34: Don't Give Up!
  
• Field Notes 36: Season 1 Highlights Part 2
  
• Field Notes 50: Discovery. 
  

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Harvey Manning Wilderness Challenge 
Pratt Lake, Granite Mountain, Pratt Mountain area

• Granite Mountain trail
• Pratt Lake trail​
• Harvey Manning Wilderness Challenge - a route linking 18 peaks in the Central Cascades
  

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Music

Maricz. Ukelele Jam
Dan Lebowitz. Parkside
Endless Love. Natural

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