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Backpacking & Blisters: A Hiking, Backpacking, and Adventure Show

Backpacking tips and tales...with a sense of humor.

Episodes

Total: 357

Adventure athlete, podcast host and friend of the show Rowan Smith checks in and is ready to help yo

Outdoor adventure filmmaker Chris Smead joins the show to discuss backpacking gear that we both love

What are the deadliest trails on Earth? What makes them so dangerous? And how do we defeat them? Res

Who is the worst backpacker of all time? What are the characteristics of a terrible backpacker? This

Grim Granite (Gordon Crum) joins the show to discuss how to survive a zombie apocalypse…while backpa

On this Throwback Thursday episode Derek, Carl and Tupperware Mike discuss the small essentials. How

Justin Outdoors joins the show to discuss how to upgrade a gear setup and shave weight with $150. Ju

It's time to talk bears: the controversy of hanging food, how to avoid bear canisters, bear attacks,

Shug joins the show to talk about everything from hammocks to spam to trail food ideology. If you kn

New gear from the future, innovative updates and fun new snacks round out the discussion from this y

In the Season 7 Finale, Derek and Carl discuss the exact gear they plan to bring for the Desolation

Extreme Adventurer Ray Zahab joins the show to share some stories from the far side of the world. Wh

Doc from Hiker Trash Radio invited Carl to debate him on the world's toughest race. Doc says it's th

Doc from Hiker Trash Radio invited Carl to debate him on the world's toughest race. Doc says it's th

Yosemite Search and Rescue Operator Moose Mutlow joins the show! He might literally be the most inte

Devin Ashby from Backcountry Exposure joins the show as a guest host to discuss the top 10 overpacke

What is the worst decision you've ever made on the trail? Perhaps this episode will make you feel be

Derek and Carl discuss the recent Patreon trip to Red River Gorge. Carl shares the ‘strange but true

Derek and Carl discuss seriously overrated (and underrated) backpacking gear. What will make Derek’s

What happened when Derek and Carl took 10 others to Canyonlands? A lot! Surprising stories come out