Episode One: Jen and Elle’s First Adventures

About This Episode:

Jen and Elle discuss intros to their first overnight backpacking experiences in Nepal and Yosemite when they were just wee explorers. Join them in their tales of the outdoors, major goofs on gear and other hilarious mishaps, learning experiences, and general chats about life on the trail.

While Jen and Elle are avid outdoors people, this is their first podcast and subsequently first time publicising their adventures. The podcast was recorded over several sessions and there is much to learn in the process of recording and editing. The little glitches you hear and notice are just part of the learning the curves and hurdles of first time podcasting.

Acknowledgments from Jen and Elle:

We will be going back in time and talking about Base Camp area of Everest (Chomolungma) and we pay our respects to the Nepalese people and their connection to land. We recognise the impact tourism has had on the people of Nepal, as well as the land, and our intent is never to minimise this impact or dismiss these struggles.

We will also be talking about Yosemite (Ahwahnee) which is land that belongs to Southern Miwuk people; the Ahwahnechee people, who were living on this land for over 7000 years before colonisation. This land was taken from the Ahwahnechee people and turned into to one of the largest tourist sites in California today. We pay our respects to the Ahwahnechee people past, present, and emerging.

Hi Bear! Podcast is recorded on the land of the Wurunjeri Woi Wurrung and Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our deepest respects to First Nations people here in Australia and all of the world and recognise their continual struggle for respect, land, and reconciliation. First Nations people of Australia have pioneered this earth for over 80,000 years and we need to act in solidarity as allies and accomplices in their battle for basic human rights and in the fight to preserve land, water, and connection to earth.

Song Credit:
"Lost Tracks" by Nicko Lunardi

Artwork:
Jen McHay