Unplugged and Outdoors: Finding Balance, Caution, and Connection with Matt Landry

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🗓️ 31 March 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this thoughtful episode of Papa Bear Hikes, host Martin welcomes back fan-favorite Matt Landry. Together, they explore deeper topics tied to life on and off the trail. The conversation also turns toward the importance of adapting hikes as we age, recognizing personal limits, and practicing reasonable caution on the trail. Matt and Martin discuss how hiking can be a powerful tool for emotional resilience, including its role in suicide prevention and mental wellness. About the guest: Born an...

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0:00.0	We have a special guest joining us today, one of the members of the Papa Bear Hikes family.
0:04.0	Who am I talking about? Let's find out.
0:07.0	Today I'm welcoming him back.
0:16.0	Fellow hiker and author Matt Landry.
0:19.0	Matt, welcome back to Papa Bear Hikes. Thank you, Martin.
0:24.1	It's so good to be back. I had such a good time the first time. I thought, we're going to do this again.
0:30.6	It was. It was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed it. And yeah, so when the opportunity came along, I was like,
0:35.5	yes, let's get Matt back on his, he's a fun guest, and I really enjoyed speaking with you.
0:40.4	You've been busy, Matt.
0:41.4	I see that.
0:42.2	I see that you've been busy.
0:44.0	And so there's a couple things specifically I want to talk about here with you.
0:47.9	We're going to start with this, your hike for mental health.
0:52.1	Can you tell us a little bit about that? Yeah, it was, it was, it was, I'll back up a
0:58.0	little bit. I've always been a, an advocate for suicide prevention. I've always dealt with
1:03.7	the American Foundation for suicide prevention doing their walks every year. Um, and something,
1:09.2	it's been around for a while, but something new I was approached
1:12.0	with was the hike for mental health, which is actually not just done on one mountain. It's done
1:17.6	in several different states and several different places, several different times a year,
1:20.9	obviously. So I was very honored to be a part of that to hike up Mount Washington in
1:25.8	New Hampshire this year. It's a little different of a fundra of that to hike up Mount Washington in New Hampshire this year.
1:32.5	It's a little different of a fundraiser that I'm used to, and there's nothing wrong with the American Foundation for suicide prevention. This particular event raises money for not only suicide
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