Interviews with Female New Hampshire Hikers
Two teenage all-season White Mountain hikers interview the women who hike New Hampshire's most rugged and beautiful peaks.
In this episode, four-season hiker Tammy Daugherty talks about surviving breast cancer, hiking with her daughter, her plans for The Grid, sexism when it comes to hiking, and much more.
Since Alex was at camp, Sage interviewed Tammy and edited this episode on her own.
Tammy Daugherty hiking with her daughter, Emma
For our sixth episode, we interviewed Allison Driscoll, creator of the Trail to 4K Challenge, avid four-season White Mountain hiker, local media marketer for Gossamer Gear, and 2014 John Muir Trail thru-hiker. You can read more about Allison and her adventures on her blog, www.trailtosummit.com.
In our interview, Allison speaks of her experiences hiking both here in the Whites and on the JMT, the creation of the Trail to 4K Challenge, her handling of sexism in the hiking world, and much more.
Hello everyone! We went on vacation with our dad for a few weeks and the timing of the interviews was thrown off a bit. This week, so we can release an episode on time, we decided to interview Trish Herr, our mom. After this episode, we will go back to interviewing other, non-family, female hikers.
Trish (Mom) is the person who has taken us hiking from the beginning. She's the one responsible for getting us out there; it is almost always the three of us when we hike, whether it's New Hampshire or the John Muir Trail or highpointing, etc. - she is and always has been the adult with us (though I, Alex, now go solo in the summer from time to time). Trish (Mom) has kept records of all our hikes on her website, www.trishalexsage.com.
Click on this link to download the mp3 of the interview -- Trish Herr, June 14, 2017
Portrait by Alexandra Herr (May 2017)
Any day now we hope to have the iTunes podcast account good to go. We've done what we need to do on our end...it takes time for the blog host name to transfer. If it hasn't happened by the end of this week then we'll start investigating. Right now though, the transfer process is still within the normal timeframe.
This episode features Paula Santucci, co-creator of the popular NH Women's Hiking Group on Facebook and avid White Mountain hiker. Highlights include learning how the NH Women's Hiking Group got started, how female hikers in the Northeast are providing such a strong atmosphere of support for other hiking women, and how Paula's wife almost stepped on a bear cub. (!)
Please note this episode was recorded via Skype. This was the girls' first recorded interview with someone over Skype and they are still learning how to deal with sound issues when recording in this format. Sound quality is good, but you will notice a slight echo from time to time.
Click here for the link to the mp3
[This is Trish posting this time around -- the girls interviewed Paula and created this episode a few weeks ago, before they left on vacation with their dad. I am posting the episode today on their behalf to keep with their goal of having one episode out every two weeks.]
We had the pleasure of interviewing
for this episode of GraniteGals. Samantha is a Search and Rescue volunteer and an avid four-season hiker, and she works at the Mt. Washington Observatory.
In this recording, Samantha talks about her favorite and least favorite 4Ks, the ups and downs of working on the Northeast's highest summit, her time with Backpacker Magazine's 2014 Get Out More Women's Tour, the rewarding experience of being a Search and Rescue volunteer, and more!
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Note: we will eventually offer GraniteGals as a traditional podcast. We need to change our blogger host first though, and in order to do that we must wait another three weeks (it's a technical issue with host licensing agreements).
For our second podcast episode, we had the pleasure of interviewing Pam Wilmot, four-season White Mountain hiker and Appalachian Mountain Club group hiking leader. We interviewed Pam at Common Cause Massachusetts in Boston, MA. In this interview, we discuss everything from Pam's favorite Four Thousand Footers to her experiences on Rainier to her enjoyment guiding groups both here in the Whites and overseas. It was a great interview, and we thank Pam for her time. Click on the following for the link to the mp3 --
Granite Gals, Episode Two: Pam Wilmot. April 27, 2017
