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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Today we're going to talk about the Catskill 3500 and I have with me not one but two returning

guests.

I have John Coral, who did an episode with us on running and Dar, Pika Brew, New

Sally, who talked about mountain biking with us.

So here we are, we are avid beer drinkers with a hiking problem.

So I'll get started.

I'm Pop Bear, I'm a hikaholic and I haven't hiked in five days, oh guys.

So let's talk a little bit about what is the Catskill 3500.

Well, it's a little bit different than when we started because when we started it meant

climbing the Catskill 35 highest peaks that were over 3500 feet.

In this past year, that's changed a little bit, it's 35 minus 2, it's actually just

the 35, the peaks that are over 3500 feet.

But when we started to get the initial recognition, there's two recognitions, there's a winter

one and the regular one, you climbed the 35 peaks in the spring, summer and fall and then

you had to go back and climb four others in the winter.

It was a panther, balsam lake, slide and blackhead, it was just balsam, it was just balsam

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