#57 | Crazy Jack Northam on Summiting Whitney ~200 Times, Listener Poop Stories, and The Top Tents on the Appalachian Trail
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Zach Davis
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🗓️ 8 January 2020
⏱️ 137 minutes
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We are joined by "Crazy Jack" Northam. Crazy Jack has earned his name by summiting Mt. Whitney (the highest peak in the United States' lower 48) nearly 200 times, an endeavor he didn't begin until the ripe age of 50 years. Today, jack now 72 years old and still going strong.
He regales us with tales of his many ascents up his favorite mountain, why he chooses to summit the same peak, his yo-yo hikes on Whitney, his climbs beginning at the nearby town of Lone Pine, and how he stumbled into some seriously historic butter. Chaunce and I close out the show by highlighting the top shelters on the Appalachian Trail, give an official ruling on the best Dorito flavor, do the Triple Crown of food items remaining in your bag when get to town, and get into a new recurring segment, Listener Poop Stories.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by the trek we are joined by Crazy Jack Northam |
| 0:08.5 | Crazy Jack has earned his name by summiting Mount Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48, nearly 200 times. |
| 0:16.4 | An endeavor he didn't begin until the ripe age of 50 years. |
| 0:20.4 | Today, Jack is now 72 years old and still going strong. |
| 0:25.0 | He regales us with tales of his many ascents of his favorite mountain, |
| 0:28.6 | why he chooses to summit the same peak over and over |
| 0:31.4 | versus finding new hikes, his yo-yo hikes on Whitney, his |
| 0:35.2 | climbs beginning at the nearby town of Lone Pine, and how he stumbled onto some |
| 0:40.5 | seriously historic butter. |
| 0:43.6 | Chants and I close out the show by highlighting the top shelters on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:48.2 | give an official ruling on the best Dorito flavor, do a triple crown of food items remaining in your bag when you get to town |
| 0:56.2 | and get into a new reoccurring segment, listener Poop Stories. |
| 1:00.7 | This is a beefcake show to get your 2020 off to a good start. |
| 1:05.0 | But first, if you listen to Back Packer Radio, you know that both Johnson I are big fans of Gossamer |
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| 1:25.8 | Gossamer gear is changing the perception of delicate ultralight gear. |
| 1:30.3 | Chonson I are both users of Gossossamer Gears packs and shelters. I use the |
| 1:34.6 | guerrilla, their 40 liter pack on the PCT and have rocked the Light Flex |
| 1:39.2 | hiking umbrella on many hikes including our trans Catalina trail hike. |
| 1:43.2 | Chaunts through hike the AT, drink, using Gossamer Years |
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