This outings program is a visit to the WildLink program, a partnership between the Yosemite Institute and the Sierra Nevada Wilderness Education Project. This is the first follow-up to our original program on ethnic diversity among wilderness users. WildLink is a program to expose teens from low-income, ethnically-diverse families to a wilderness experience. Nina Roberts, Ph.D, assistant professor at San Francisco State University, explains why a program like WildLink is necessary. Steve visited one of WildLink’s family weekends in November of 2005. He goes on a day hike to the Tuolumne Grove of giant sequoia trees, and talks to: Mandy Vance, the director of the WildLink program. Lawrence, a WildLink student from Sanger, CA. Lawrence’s mother. Lawrence’s sister, Christella. Jonathon, a WildLink student from Traver, CA. In the bonus interview segment, linked below, Mandy Vance talks about the origin of WildLink, why she thinks minorities are under-represented in the wilderness, and her thoughts on how others can help her efforts. Show number 76 [MP3 format; length 9:58; 2,395,766 bytes] Show number 76, extended high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 10:31; 10,112,589 bytes] Show number 76 script Bonus interview segment, Mandy Vance [MP3 format; length 9:28; 1,137.604 bytes]

Sheep Watering Holes
This wild places program looks at a proposal to provide artificial water sources for California desert bighorn sheep. Are we going to have to ruin a wilderness to save them? We hear from Steve Tabor, who taught us desert backpacking skills in edition 34, and helped introduce us to the Sheephole valley Wilderness in edition 81. Steve mentions a plan to build roads and dams in the Sheephole Valley Wilderness to provide water for desert bighorn sheep. Dan Abbe, a wilderness specialist from the Needles office of the Bureau of Land Management, explains these artificial watering holes for the sheep, which are called big game guzzlers. Brent Schoradt, the deputy policy director for the California Wilderness Coalition, explains why he thinks this plan is a bad idea. What do you think? Will it ruin this wilderness to save the sheep? We’d love to hear your comments. Show number 84 [MP3 format; length 9:55; 2,378,734 bytes] Show number 84 script

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WildeBeat Promo Clip
This is a 45 second promotional clip about the show.WildeBeat Promo [MP3 format; length 0:45; 792,815 bytes]

VirtualSailboatShow: CapeHorn Self-Steering
TSC interviews CapeHorn’s Eric G linas at the 2005 US Sailboat Show in Annapolis, MD. Eric gives TSCC a firsthand look at this unique self-steerer designed by his famous uncle, Yves G linas, for his record-breaking 1983 circumnavigation aboard an Alberg 30 sloop. The CapeHorn places the self-steering quadrant inboard and enables […]

Backcountry Home Cooking
This skills program illustrates how easy it is to prepare your own home-cooked meals in the backcountry. Though the commercially-packaged foods are very convenient, you could save money and get exactly what you like by making your own. Steve demonstrates how to make one of his favorite pre-packaged dried meals, a vegetarian spaghetti. We also hear from: John Garrett of Enertia Trail Foods. Roberta Cobb, who also appeared in our edition number 2, A Gathering of Long Distance Hikers. Mary Howley Ryan, the nutritional advisor for the National outdoor Leadership School (NOLS). She also appeared in edition numbers 51, 52, & 64. See the supplemental information link, below, for the text of that recipe, and links to sources of dried ingredients. If you’re looking for more recipes, Backpack Gear Test reviewed backcountry cookbooks in our edition number 9, Backpacking Cookbook Reviews. Show number 65 [MP3 format; length 9:58; 2,396,648 bytes] Show number 65, extended high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 10:49; 10,388,822 bytes] Show number 65 script Supplemental information

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Reprise: Staying On Top of the Snow
This skills program is a reprise of our February 2nd, 2006 introduction to avalanche safety. Gary Bard, an avalanche safety instructor for Mountain Adventure Seminars, talks about easy ways to stay out of avalanches, and describes a rescue. Brandon Schwartz of the Sierra Avalanche Center talks about avalanche forecasting and the Snow Condition Report. Tom Murphy, of the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), talks about avalanche safety education. There’s a lot of additonal information about avalanche-related organizations, and avalanche safety, under the To find out more… link, below. Show number 74 [MP3 format; length 9:57; 2,389,645 bytes] Show number 74, extended version [MP3 format; length 12:55; 6,203,212 bytes] Show number 74 script To find out more…

Sunsail/Paradise Found #11: Green Key and The Indians
All of our cruisers come together for a visit to Green Key off of Little Jost Van Dyke. During a stroll down the beach, there are lots of stories to share. Next, there is snorkeling at The Indians: four rocks that rise from the ocean floor to a height of 90 feet. Located next to […]

Indoor Snow camping
This skills program presents a way to try snow-camping without actually sleeping on the snow, but rather in a rustic backcountry ski hut. Steve starts out at a volunteer maintenance work-party at the Sierra Club’s Bradley Hut in the Tahoe National Forest. We hear from Dick Simpson, the volunteer coordinator for the four huts in the Sierra Club’s system. Steve then talks to Howard Weamer, the Hut Master of the Ostrander Lake Hut in Yosemite National Park. He wraps up by talking to Ben Dodge, the Executive Director of the Tenth Mountain Division Hut Association in Colorado. Ben mentions Vance’s Cabin as being a typical hut in the system. Show number 69 [MP3 format; length 9:53; 2,373,823 bytes] Show number 69, extended high-fidelity stereo [MP3 format; length 11:35; 11,123,274 bytes] Show number 69 script

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