This wild places program presents a guidebook author’s favorite places to snowshoe in California. Yeah, it’s spring, but there’s still a lot of nice snow up there. Mike White, author of Best Snowshoe Trails of California, tells us what he actually thinks are the very best snowshoe trails in California. He picks trails that start at this trailhead, and at this trailhead. Mike introduced us to snowshoe hiking two weeks ago, in our edition number 129, A Snowshoe Primer. Mike also mentions the option of staying overnight in a backcountry hut; one of the places we mentioned in our edition number 111, a reprise of Indoor Snow camping. Show number 131 [MP3 format; length 9:58; 2,397,070 bytes] Show number 131, extended version [MP3 format; length 11:18; 5,426,443 bytes] Show number 131 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

Urban Girls Gone Wild
This skills program is an introduction to how life-long urbanites can discover camping. What happens when you take a city girl to the woods? Steve interviews Heather Menicucci, the author of Let’s Get Primitive, The Urban Girl’s Guide to camping. Heather talks about the boyfriend who seduced her with the outdoors, how she made the transition from neurotic New Yorker to nature girl, and some of the things you need to know to get out of the concrete jungle and into the primeval forest. What is pastoral paranoia, and how do you cure it? Heather Menicucci says that it’s all in getting a dose of nature and discovering what you’ve been missing. Heather invites you to share your fears about getting out of the city and into the wilderness at her blog, Let’s Get Primitive. We invite you to share your story about how you got out of the city and discovered camping and nature by calling our toll-free comment line at 866-590-7373. Show number 114 [MP3 format; length 9:54; 2,380,451 bytes] Show number 114, extended version [MP3 format; length 15:15; 7,326,689 bytes] Show number 114 script Show number 114 script, extended version JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

Scared Indoors, part 1
This wild places program asks how mass media might be affecting people’s interest in getting into the wilderness. They came, they saw, they almost bought it; are these the kind of stories that inspire you to get into the wilderness? Steve explores this question with the help of: Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods. Raymond Garcia, a summer visitor to Yosemite National Park. Fitz Cahall, creator and producer of the podcast, the Dirtbag Diaries. Ryan Jordan, founder and publisher of Backpacking Light Magazine, and participant in the Arctic 1,000 Expedition. Andrew Skurka, noted long-distance hiker, the first to hike the 6,875 mile Great Western Loop. We’d like to include some of your comments in next week’s part 2. Can you give us examples of mainstream media you’ve read, listened to, or watched that scared you away from trying what you saw? Better yet, how about examples of mainstream media describing wilderness adventures that seemed completely within your reach and looked like a good time? Let us know by calling our toll-free comment line at 866-590-7373. Next week, in part 2, we’ll try to answer the question that this week’s program asks. Our thanks to Fitz Cahall for supplying the recording of his interview, and for permission to use an excerpt from his show, No Big Deal. Show number 126 [MP3 format; length 9:58; 2,395,812 bytes] Show number 126 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

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Reprise: Sierra Backcountry Ski Trails
This skills program is an interview with Marcus Libkind. This is a reprise of our program number 21 of December 1, 2005. Marcus wrote the most comprehensive and widely used trail guides for backcountry ski tours in the Sierra Nevada: Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 1: Lake Tahoe Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 2: Carson Pass, Bear Valley, Pinecrest Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 3: Yosemite, huntington and Shaver Lakes, Kings Canyon, Sequoia Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada, Volume 4: East of the Sierra Crest Ski Tours in Lassen Volcanic National Park Marcus has moved these guides online to his Ski Tours in the Sierra Nevada web site. He will add tours to this site one by one as soon as they are field checked for updates. The whole site is about your participation—he invites you to explore his routes and then submit updated information about the ski tours from his books. Also, you can suggest new tour routes for this online guide. If you want to get started exploring the backcountry on skis, Marcus recommends getting lessons and practice at groomed-track cross-country ski resorts first. The Cross Country Ski Areas Association has a directory of cross country ski trail systems. One good beginner’s guide to winter backcountry skills is Allen & Mike’s Really Cool Backcountry Ski Book. Show number 121 [MP3 format; length 9:51; 2,366,049 bytes] Show number 121, extended version [MP3 format; length 10:34; 5,076,623 bytes] Show number 121 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

Baking in the Sun
This skills program is a piece of cake. Well, really it’s about baking a cake, in camp, without a fire or a stove. Steve returns to visit the kitchen of backcountry cooking author Linda Frederick Yaffe. Ms. Yaffe is the author of the books Backpack Gourmet, Solar Cooking for Home and Camp, High Trail Cookery, and The Well Organized Camper. Our guest backpack gourmet gives us an introduction to baking a cake with a homemade solar oven. Without fuel or fire, she bakes a delicious gingerbread cake. Find out how you can make these kind of fun foods yourself on your backcountry trips. She offers to tell us about a more packable solar oven in a future program. Ms. Yaffe mentions the non-profit organization, Solar Cookers International, which she recommends as a source for appropriate cook pots and pans. Follow the supplemental information link below to get the complete recipe and pictures of her cooker and the cake. Show number 117 [MP3 format; length 9:51; 2,369,058 bytes] Show number 117 extended stereo version [MP3 format; length 10:23; 9,981,774 bytes] Show number 117 script Supplemental information… JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

Calling for Help Revisited
This skills program is an overview of some of the ways you can call for help from the wilderness. Have you ever thought about how you’d get help if you needed it? Out of all the different ways you could let somebody know about your situation, some of them work better than others. This is an updated version of our program number 37 of April 13, 2006. Steve talks about simple signaling techniques, like whistles, signal mirrors, and smoke signals, and then discusses various phones and radio technologies. He talks to Caroline Semerdjian at Sprint-Nextel. She mentions a page to find out their network coverage by zip-code. We replay a comment by Sgt. Phil Caporale of the Fresno County Sheriff’s search and rescue unit from A Winter Storm Warning (our editions #15 & #16), where he talks about problems with satellite phones. Steve talks to Bill Jeffrey about amateur (or “ham”) radio. Bill created and maintains a web site called the Pacific Crest Trail Repeater Guide. Amateur radio is still the primary choice for most volunteer search and rescue organizations. We also hear about Personal Locator Beacons (PLBs) from Doug Ritter, a survival skills consultant and journalist who operates the Equipped to Survive Foundation. Laurel Boyers, who recently retired as Yosemite National Park’s wilderness manager, talks about how easy access to rescue services makes the wilderness less wild. Finally, we hear from Tim Kovacks of the Mountain Rescue Association. Links to more information about a number of these communication and signaling options are listed in the pages linked below, under To Find Out More… Show number 122 [MP3 format; length 9:57; 2,393,099 bytes] Show number 122, extended version [MP3 format; length 10:32; 5,059,684 bytes] Show number 122 script To find out more… JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

camping Together
This skills program provides some ideas on how to have a romantic camping trip. outdoors folks have this image of being tough, and of facing risky challenges in adverse situations. But there’s also a softer, warmer type of outdoor adventure. Steve talks with Michelle Waitzman, the author of the book, Sex in a Tent: A Wild Couple’s Guide to Getting Naughty in Nature. Michelle talks about how to look for an outdoorsy partner. She tells the story of author Kathleen Meyer’s search for the perfect match. How do you get a less outdoorsy sweetie into your tent? And what are some of the benefits to your relationship if you do? Michelle retells some of the stories she gathered for her book. We had to edit out some of the interview from this G-rated version. WildeBeat members can download those portions from our WildeBeat Insiders web pages. Michelle invites you to share your stories about romance in the wilderness on her blog, Love in a Tent. We invite you to share your wilderness love stories by calling our toll-free comment line at 866-590-7373. Show number 116 [MP3 format; length 9:53; 2,373,759 bytes] Show number 116, extended version [MP3 format; length 11:31; 5,531,133 bytes] Show number 116 script JOIN NOW — Help us help more folks to appreciate our wild public lands.

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