Looking Back: Gratitude, Reflections, and A Walk in the Woods

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🗓️ 4 January 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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As we kick off the new year, Martin takes a moment to reflect on the incredible adventures, stories, and insights shared on Papa Bear Hikes over the past year. He extends heartfelt thanks to Outdoor Vitals for their continued support, making it possible to inspire and connect with the hiking community week after week.In this episode, Martin also offers a brief review of the film A Walk in the Woods, based on Bill Bryson’s humorous and heartfelt memoir. From its stunning Appalachian Trail scen...

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0:00.0	It's the end of 2024, and the big question for me is, what have I done?
0:10.2	Okay, we did it. We made it to the end of another year.
0:14.4	This is the last episode of 2024, and what have I done?
0:19.3	I've got to say, I'm a little disappointed. I didn't get to do as much as I wanted to
0:23.9	didn't get any two week or three week backpacking trips in to no long bike rides but I've got a feeling
0:33.6	2025's going to be a lot more fun what do do you have planned for 2025? Why don't you
0:40.8	drop me an email, Papa Bear Hikes at gmail.com, where you can instant message me. I'm on Facebook
0:48.8	and I'm on Instagram. Just go to the website, popbearhearts.com, and check the link in there.
0:55.7	Give me a message.
0:56.8	I'd like to know what you're going to do in 2025.
0:59.9	Before I go any further, I want to thank our good friends at Outdoor Vitals for the gift they sent me.
1:05.2	I got a lot of holiday wishes from Friends of the Podcast, some of our past sponsors and current sponsors and past
1:13.8	guests. Too many of the list. But Outdoor Vitals actually sent me a nice little gift. They sent me a
1:19.5	nice hat. It's a quick dry type of hat. And I took it out with me on my run the other day and like everything I have ever
1:29.1	bought or received from Outdoor Vitals, top quality, really love it. I love you guys. I ran another
1:35.2	5K. Did it on Christmas Eve. This one felt a little bit more like an authentic 5K though.
1:42.0	The last one I ended up turning into a virtual 5K, and that was just really weird.
1:47.2	It was right after the hurricane, after Hurricane Mitchell. I just felt weird running through
1:51.8	these neighborhoods where the hurricane had hit. We didn't get hit very hard over here,
1:56.9	but some neighborhoods did have some flooding and some minor damages to their property but i just thought
2:04.1	you know i'll just do the virtual one and it to me it just felt like i went out and then another run i
2:08.3	measured off 5k which i've done from my house and then i have an area that i know where i turn around
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