Places to hike and the unknown and unexpected dangers lurking - some funny, some not. Stories from El Salvador, Palm Springs hiking trails, Palm Springs camping, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT Trail) and Oregon hiking trails.
Important things you’ll learn:
What damage can a rock from a slingshot really do?
What to say when you are attacked and have a machete held to your throat?
Are raccoons dangerous?
What do raccoons eat?
What’s a nighthawk?
How to escape.
Adventure Storytellers: Daniel Marlowe, Rob Zimmerman (NOBO), Rebecca Hamilton (NOBO)
From: Tacoma, WA, Truckee, CA, and Portland, OR.
Sponsors:
TERRITORY RUN CO. An independent trail running apparel brand, created to empower the wild hearted.
This episode is a direct result of your support on Patreon. Thank you!
Important things you’ll learn:
What damage can a rock from a slingshot really do?
What to say when you are attacked and have a machete held to your throat?
Are raccoons dangerous?
What do raccoons eat?
What’s a nighthawk?
How to escape.
Adventure Storytellers: Daniel Marlowe, Rob Zimmerman (NOBO), Rebecca Hamilton (NOBO)
From: Tacoma, WA, Truckee, CA, and Portland, OR.
Sponsors:
TERRITORY RUN CO. An independent trail running apparel brand, created to empower the wild hearted.
This episode is a direct result of your support on Patreon. Thank you!
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El Salvador, Palm Springs Camping, PCT
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This week's featured adventure stories
Daniel Marlowe's Adventure Story: Hiking in El Salvador
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Dad, Teacher, and known for saying yes to challenges.
Daniel shares his scary story of a very serious and scary attack while hiking in El Salvador. Follow Daniel Marlowe on Instagram
Rob "Danger Muffin" Zimmerman's (NOBO) Adventure Story
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Rebecca Hamilton's (NOBO) Adventure Story
Places to Hike > Oregon Hiking Trails > Oregon Hikes > Pacific Crest Trail (PCT)
- An Ohio native who found her heart out in Oregon. She likes to lift up rocks to see what's underneath.
- Started her hike solo & NOBO in Ashland, OR
- Joined up with two thru hikers after first encountering the nighthawks a little north of the Sky Lakes Wilderness off the Pacific Crest Trail and hiked together until Mt. Hood.
- Rebecca finished the last two days on her own to round out her 440 mile section hike along the PCT.
Nighthawks
In Rebecca's story, we heard her terrifying experience with nighthawks near the Sky Lakes Wilderness. She describes in detail the sounds they made and the fight or flight response the sounds triggered in her.
Rebecca says, "As I learned during my hike, nighthawks (Chordeiles minor) are not bears although they can make a profoundly disturbing and loud sound, called "booming," as part of their mating rituals. A reasonable person could easily mistake it for a bear. Nighthawks are not at all ferocious unless you are an insect; they are in fact quite small, about the size of a hard-shell taco, and also kind of cute."
Rebecca says, "As I learned during my hike, nighthawks (Chordeiles minor) are not bears although they can make a profoundly disturbing and loud sound, called "booming," as part of their mating rituals. A reasonable person could easily mistake it for a bear. Nighthawks are not at all ferocious unless you are an insect; they are in fact quite small, about the size of a hard-shell taco, and also kind of cute."
In male's courtship display flight, his wingbeats become even more stiff and choppy as he circles and hovers high in the air, calling repeatedly; then he goes into a steep dive, with a rushing or "booming" sound made by air passing through wing feathers at bottom of dive. Landing near female, he spreads his tail, rocks back and forth, and calls. Nest site is on ground or bare open soil, often in a sandy place; also on gravel roofs, sometimes on top of a stump or other raised object. No nest built, eggs laid on flat surface. ~ Audubon Society page about nighthawks
Learn more about nighthawks on the Audobon Society website.
Music: Free Music Archive
Ryan Little. West Coast. Attribution License 4.0.
When They Attacked by Bankrupt Bakery is licensed under a Attribution License.
Under Attack by Steve Combs & Delta Is is licensed under a Attribution License.
I Am Running with Temporary Success from a Monstrous Vacuum in Pursuit by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Attribution License.
We Are Not Bears, We Are Racoons by baz-gibbons is licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.
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I Am Running with Temporary Success from a Monstrous Vacuum in Pursuit by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Attribution License.
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