Day Fire Podcast

09/08/2024

A morning reshare ; Ep. 231: Laura’s Journeys With Laura Killingbeck // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Laura Killingbeck. Since age 18, Laura has traveled tens of thousands of miles by bike, foot, thumb, and boat; listening to peoples’ stories, moving through landscapes, and seeking to understand patterns of human nature.

In between journeys, she lived and worked for 13 years in experimental communities in the U.S. and Central America. For most of that time she lived in tiny houses, usually off-grid or low-grid, without WiFi or running water.

She now works as a writer and visual storyteller. She often writes while hiking or biking long distances around the world. We zoom in on her recent 5,000 plus mile journey riding to the start of the tour divide in NM and riding north up into Canada. But this conversation is about life, tips on the bike, funny stories and Laura who is an amazing person and wonderful soul.

Laura is the creator of Laura’s Stories https://www.laurasstories.live , a unique, thoughtful newsletter to spark your spirit of adventure. You can also follow her adventures on Instagram or Facebook.

Tune in and let’s go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-231-laura-killingbeck-lauras-journeys/

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09/08/2024

A morning reshare ; Ep. 231: Laura's Journeys With Laura Killingbeck // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Laura Killingbeck. Since age 18, Laura has traveled tens of thousands of miles by bike, foot, thumb, and boat; listening to peoples’ stories, moving through landscapes, and seeking to understand patterns of human nature.

In between journeys, she lived and worked for 13 years in experimental communities in the U.S. and Central America. For most of that time she lived in tiny houses, usually off-grid or low-grid, without WiFi or running water.

She now works as a writer and visual storyteller. She often writes while hiking or biking long distances around the world. We zoom in on her recent 5,000 plus mile journey riding to the start of the tour divide in NM and riding north up into Canada. But this conversation is about life, tips on the bike, funny stories and Laura who is an amazing person and wonderful soul.

Laura is the creator of Laura’s Stories https://www.laurasstories.live , a unique, thoughtful newsletter to spark your spirit of adventure. You can also follow her adventures on Instagram or Facebook.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-231-laura-killingbeck-lauras-journeys/

Sponsored by: Site Seven Campers, Mountain View Auto Group.

08/08/2024

The things you see in the woods

30/06/2024

Woke this bear up this morning. We surprised each other

25/06/2024

Currently 1st female in tour divide race!!! A reshare —— Ep. 243: Shifting Gears With Meaghan Hackinen // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Meaghan Hackinen. Meaghan is a Kelowna-based writer and ultra-cyclist whose two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Meaghan loves to compete and doesn’t shy away from pushing her limits. She is a Trans Am Bike Race, Transcontinental Race, NorthCape4000, and Paris-Brest-Paris brevet finisher.

In 2023, Meaghan placed first overall in the Silver State 508, the Buckshot and Lost Elephant bikepacking races, established an overall course record on the Log Driver’s Waltz as an Individual Time Trial, and set a women’s FKT with her second-place finish at the Dark Divide. Meaghan has an MFA in Writing and is the author of two books: South Away: The Pacific Coast on Two Wheels and Shifting Gears: Coast to Coast on the Trans Am Bike Race.

We focus our podcast on her Book Shifting Gears, a Coast to Coast race across the United States. Meaghan is an amazing woman who is pushing her boundaries on a bicycle. Join us as she shares her journey and her insights from her coast to coast race. I have read the book, “Shifting Gears”, and it is a book that everyone will enjoy reading.

Tune in and let’s go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-243-shifting-gears-with-meaghan-hackinen/

25/06/2024

Currently 1st female in tour divide race!!! A reshare —— Ep. 243: Shifting Gears With Meaghan Hackinen // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Meaghan Hackinen. Meaghan is a Kelowna-based writer and ultra-cyclist whose two-wheeled adventures have taken her from Haida Gwaii to Mexico’s high plateaus, across Canada and the United States, and from North Cape to Tarifa along some of Europe’s highest paved roads. Meaghan loves to compete and doesn’t shy away from pushing her limits. She is a Trans Am Bike Race, Transcontinental Race, NorthCape4000, and Paris-Brest-Paris brevet finisher.

In 2023, Meaghan placed first overall in the Silver State 508, the Buckshot and Lost Elephant bikepacking races, established an overall course record on the Log Driver’s Waltz as an Individual Time Trial, and set a women’s FKT with her second-place finish at the Dark Divide. Meaghan has an MFA in Writing and is the author of two books: South Away: The Pacific Coast on Two Wheels and Shifting Gears: Coast to Coast on the Trans Am Bike Race.

We focus our podcast on her Book Shifting Gears, a Coast to Coast race across the United States. Meaghan is an amazing woman who is pushing her boundaries on a bicycle. Join us as she shares her journey and her insights from her coast to coast race. I have read the book, "Shifting Gears", and it is a book that everyone will enjoy reading.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-243-shifting-gears-with-meaghan-hackinen/

16/06/2024

Smokys have been a Park for 90 years

04/06/2024

Be your best you.

02/06/2024

Resharing Tim’s podcast. Great guy that does so much well. Ep. 222: Tim Bell - The Jumping Man // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Tim Bell. Tim was a multi-time TN state champion in Track and Field (Decathlon and High Jump) and SEC High Jump Champion and 2 time NCAA All-American and Captain of University of Tennessee SEC and NCAA Championship Track Teams 2001 - 2002 (4 titles during that time period). Tim was an avid Rock Climber after college (that is what brought him to CHA - V12 and 5.13c) then started Road Cycling in 2010 (cat 5 to cat 2 in 3 months). Tim was run over by a car in 2012 (and got into MTB more seriously). After that he started commentating events in 2013 (River Gorge crits, etc). Tim has now commentated on Hincapie Gran Fondos in multiple locations from ME, to PA, to SC, and of course here in CHA... Seven Bridges Marathon, Chattanooga Marathon, Chattanooga Chase, Cam Run 5k and Magnum Mile, Asheville Turkey Trot, Stump Jump 50k and 10 miler, TN State Cyclocross championships, and a number of criteriums around the south. We will do another show with Tim soon. He has so many great stories.

Tune in and let’s go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-222-tim-bell-the-jumping-man/

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02/06/2024

Resharing Tim’s podcast. Great guy that does so much well. Ep. 222: Tim Bell - The Jumping Man // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Tim Bell. Tim was a multi-time TN state champion in Track and Field (Decathlon and High Jump) and SEC High Jump Champion and 2 time NCAA All-American and Captain of University of Tennessee SEC and NCAA Championship Track Teams 2001 - 2002 (4 titles during that time period). Tim was an avid Rock Climber after college (that is what brought him to CHA - V12 and 5.13c) then started Road Cycling in 2010 (cat 5 to cat 2 in 3 months). Tim was run over by a car in 2012 (and got into MTB more seriously). After that he started commentating events in 2013 (River Gorge crits, etc). Tim has now commentated on Hincapie Gran Fondos in multiple locations from ME, to PA, to SC, and of course here in CHA... Seven Bridges Marathon, Chattanooga Marathon, Chattanooga Chase, Cam Run 5k and Magnum Mile, Asheville Turkey Trot, Stump Jump 50k and 10 miler, TN State Cyclocross championships, and a number of criteriums around the south. We will do another show with Tim soon. He has so many great stories.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-222-tim-bell-the-jumping-man/

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25/05/2024

Roaring fork valley, Jake Wheeler photo

21/05/2024

Great Stories , Want a sampling of our podcasts? Ep. 210: Stories Around the Day Fire! // This week Dawson and Clint dig through the 2023 episodes and pull out a handful of their favorite stories to reshare with you! Enjoy!

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/...

21/05/2024

10/05/2024

Reshare ; Ep. 226: Heather Kelly/Heather’s Choice // Clint and Dawson this week sit down with Heather Kelly. Heather was born and raised in Alaska, where she still calls home today. A two-time NCAA National Champion in women’s rowing and voted CRCA/Pocock All-American her senior year, she still considers herself an athlete and loves everything from CrossFit to weight training to long walks in the woods. While studying at Western Washington University she earned a degree in Evolutionary Nutrition and went on to study at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating to become a certified eating psychology coach. Heather believes we all have a relationship with food, and that it’s important to cultivate a healthy, satisfying relationship with our diet for long-term health. She is the founder and CEO of Heather’s Choice® which produces healthy, lightweight, packable meals and snacks for adventurers worldwide. Every product is handmade in their dedicated gluten-free kitchen in Anchorage, Alaska. The Heather’s Choice mission is to put good food in everyone’s pack, no matter where their adventures may take them. One fun fact about Heather is she has rafted the Grand Canyon six times since 2011 and won’t say no to a river trip.

Tune in and let’s go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-226-heather-kelly/heathers-choice/

10/05/2024

Reshare Friday. Ep. 226: Heather Kelly/Heather's Choice // Clint and Dawson this week sit down with Heather Kelly. Heather was born and raised in Alaska, where she still calls home today. A two-time NCAA National Champion in women’s rowing and voted CRCA/Pocock All-American her senior year, she still considers herself an athlete and loves everything from CrossFit to weight training to long walks in the woods. While studying at Western Washington University she earned a degree in Evolutionary Nutrition and went on to study at the Institute for the Psychology of Eating to become a certified eating psychology coach. Heather believes we all have a relationship with food, and that it’s important to cultivate a healthy, satisfying relationship with our diet for long-term health. She is the founder and CEO of Heather’s Choice® which produces healthy, lightweight, packable meals and snacks for adventurers worldwide. Every product is handmade in their dedicated gluten-free kitchen in Anchorage, Alaska. The Heather’s Choice mission is to put good food in everyone’s pack, no matter where their adventures may take them. One fun fact about Heather is she has rafted the Grand Canyon six times since 2011 and won't say no to a river trip.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-226-heather-kelly/heathers-choice/

02/05/2024

a re-post of one of my favorites. we had some coding trouble with this podcast and was off line for a while. Ep. 39: Pt.3 Music of the Cumberlands
We are very excited about this podcast! This is the third of three episodes with Bobby Fultcher and it’s on the music of the Cumberland Mountains. The longtime Tennessee State Parks Manager and historian of Tennessee folklore, Fulcher has received state awards, local recognition, and NOW, a National Heritage Fellowship!!!! — the nation’s highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Follow along as we listen to a number of songs and learn about their history. This podcast is my all time favorite. So good! Tune in and let’s go: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AUuyAxraikiFvVHw8gh09?si=Uu6MBf7eRoCofYG2oe21Jg

02/05/2024

a re-post of one of my favorites. we had some coding trouble with this podcast and was off line for a while. Ep. 39: Pt.3 Music of the Cumberlands
We are very excited about this podcast! This is the third of three episodes with Bobby Fultcher and it’s on the music of the Cumberland Mountains. The longtime Tennessee State Parks Manager and historian of Tennessee folklore, Fulcher has received state awards, local recognition, and NOW, a National Heritage Fellowship!!!! — the nation's highest honor in folk and traditional arts. Follow along as we listen to a number of songs and learn about their history. This podcast is my all time favorite. So good! Tune in and let's go: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AUuyAxraikiFvVHw8gh09?si=Uu6MBf7eRoCofYG2oe21Jg

25/04/2024

Sharing one of our favorites Ep. 137: Brad DeVaney/Leading By Design:
This week Dawson and Clint sat down with Brad DeVaney Head of Product Development at Litespeed Bicycles. Brad's life on the bike began at 5 and at eight years old he went from top regional BMX racer to national level talent, traveling the country on a national circuit as a factory team rider for Schwinn. As DeVaney grew, so too did his love of riding; if there was a start line and finish line, DeVaney was in. He raced for a road team in the mid ’80s that provided the team with used Team 7-Eleven bikes—providing DeVaney his first experience riding a titanium bike. In the late ‘80s, he discovered a penchant for triathlon, and mountain bike racing.

While working in shops, doing wheel builds and even his own custom frame painting job on the side while in college in the late 1980s, DeVaney would occasionally build show bikes for Litespeed in Chattanooga. The work led to a part-time gig, and with a mind full of concepts and ideas, he challenged the company—during an era of pretty staid round-tubed designs— on how to change the shape of titanium tubes in the interest of improved performance. It wasn’t long before Litespeed offered him a full-time job on the design team.

It wasn’t long before Litespeed—and DeVaney—became in-demand with in-the-know pros. DeVaney was the man in charge creating many of the rebadged Litespeed bikes that riders like Lance Armstrong were riding under different auspices. Once passing muster of the pros (and DeVaney), many of his progressive designs made their way into production and came to define the point of differentiation between Litespeed and any other titanium bike manufacturers.

“I was creating benchmarks, and always wanted to do something remarkable with titanium,” DeVaney says of his job. ”And I still do.”

Tune in and let's go: https://open.spotify.com/episode/24zGaOCSUzI1e6PqEMzR9D?si=YvIR08bpQm-CRRUU7-zkwg

18/04/2024

A good one from May of 2023. Ep. 202: Rigging, Cameras, Climbing with Chris Watford // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Chris Watford. Chris grew up in a very outdoors oriented family. His family owned an outdoor outfitting shop in Roswell, Georgia called Call Of The Wild. The business was established in 1978 by his father. He grew up in this family business and took it over after graduation from college and operated it until 2005. Chris's primary passion has always been rock climbing, having gone for the first time on a Boy Scout trip at 11 years old in 1976. He started in earnest in 1978 or 79.

Chris has authored and published 5 editions of a rock climbing guidebook series called the Dixie Cragger's Atlas, which cover climbing areas in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee.

While operating the retail shop, he was also a vendor of climbing and safety equipment for industrial users, high rise window washers, Fire and Rescue departments as well as the film and video industry. This led to quite a bit of work on film, television and commercial sets, doing everything from camera safety to assisting with stunt rigging.

In 1996, he was fortunate to connect with the primary specialty television camera supplier for the Olympic Games in Atlanta Ga. That relationship exists to this day, and Chris has traveled the world working at large sporting events; World Cup soccer, European Cup soccer, Summer and Winter Olympics, The Summer and Winter Asian Games, the Commonwealth Games and others. Chris leads a team of climbers that are responsible for setting up all of the high angle aerial cameras for broadcast.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-202-rigging-cameras-climbing-chris-watford/

18/04/2024

Awesome 👏

11/04/2024

Ep. 249: Chapter 2 // This week Clint and Dawson discuss plans for a new format being Fall 2024. In the meantime we will pull podcasts from the vault of over 255 episodes. And we will dol a few podcasts when possible. Our goal is to develop a new show format and also do a whole lot of adventuring this Spring, Summer and Fall.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-249-chapter-2/

07/04/2024

One from the vault:::: Ep. 198: Catey McClary - Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont // This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Catey McClary. Catey is President and CEO of the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont. Catey joined Tremont as President and CEO in the Fall of 2018. A Tennessee native, Catey formed an early connection to the outdoors and first attended Tremont Institute in the sixth grade with her school.

Inspired by her time in nature, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Environmental Biology from Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. After graduation, she completed an internship with the Fisheries Department in Great Smoky Mountains National Park and then hiked 400+ miles of the Appalachian Trail through Virginia.

Catey has worked in non-profit administration for nearly 20 years, previously as SOAR’s Chief Financial Officer. She is strongly committed to conservation, having served on the Conservation Trust of North Carolina and their Future Leaders Conservancy advisory board. She has also served as a board member for Alliance For Better Nonprofits. She is currently serving as Board Treasurer for SOAR, Inc.

Her certifications include CPR, Wilderness First Aid, and PADI Open Water Diver. Catey enjoys climbing and paddling and is working on completing all 800 miles of trails in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

Catey shares with us the mission and programs of Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, stories, learnings and their partnership with the National Park. Clint even gets a few questions answered about Fireflies!!!

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-198-catey-mcclary-great-smoky-mountains-institute-at-tremont/

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05/04/2024

About to start. Stop by and say hello 👋 to Jim.

It's alive

01/04/2024

Podcast Announcement with Dawson and Clint!

26/03/2024

Ep. 248: Dawson is Back // Dawson is back in the studio and he has put together 4 short stories from a few recent episodes that he really likes! So - give them a listen and share!

Story 1: Episode 242 - A Couple Screws Loose / Cameron Muilenburg

Story 2: Episode 236 - Chris Joice / Single Speed

Story 3: Episode 243 - Shifting Gears With Meaghan Hackinen

Story 4: Episode 238 - Jay Curwen: Let’s Race

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-248-dawson-is-back/

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21/03/2024

From the top of Highland Bowl. Aspen Co. a Jake Wheeler photo.

21/03/2024

This is a great class and free if you live near by.

19/03/2024

Ep. 247: The Mission of SORBA with Jason Finnell, Philip Darden and Jen Flavin // Dawson is out this week and we were fortunate enough to have Jason Finnell step in and co-host with Clint. Jason is an avid outdoor enthusiast and has been on Day Fire multiple times. Jason invited some of his friends from SORBA (Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association) to join us in-studio. Philip Darden - Executive Director and Jen Flavin - Development Director, stopped by and we talked about SORBA's mission, the challenges, the opportunities, their successes, and much more! It was a fun conversation and as you would expect - included stories and laughter!

More about SORBA from their website www.sorba.org. Since 1989, The Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association has worked to ensure that our public lands offer fun, challenging and sustainable mountain biking for all mountain bikers. As the leading mountain biking organization in the southeast, we believe everyone should have access to the social, physical, and mental benefits that mountain biking provides.

Through advocacy, education and resource sharing, SORBA and its forty-seven chapters envision a future where mountain biking is at the center of healthy, economically vibrant, and environmentally sustainable communities throughout the Southeast, with well-planned, accessible, and progressive trail systems.

SORBA relies on our generous members to carry out our mission. Our volunteers donate thousands of hours each year to advocate for trail access, raise funds for trail development, build trails, and maintain trails. Please support our cause Join SORBA today! Or donate!

SORBA and its Chapters are 501c organizations. SORBA has chapters in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. All contributions are tax deductible.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-247-the-mission-of-sorba/

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11/03/2024

Ep. 246: Mitchell Connell / Two Bikes Chattanooga //
This week Clint and Dawson sit down with Mitchell Connell. Mitchell is an avid cyclist who splits his time on the bike between commuting, touring, and riding roads, trails, and gravel. As long as Mitchell’s riding bikes with his friends, he’s happy.

Mitchell works as a bicycle nonprofit professional and freelance photographer and writer. Mitchell is the founder of Two Bikes Knoxville, Two Bikes Chattanooga and is a contributor to The Radavist.

Mitchell has helped grow Two Bikes from a small grassroots nonprofit to a regionally-leading organization that has provided more than 1,000 bikes to underserved community members, more than 50 paid internships to at-risk youth, and helped lead more than 100 community-focused group rides.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-246-mitchell-connell-/-two-bikes-chattanooga/

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04/03/2024

Ep. 245: Bike Packing the Annapurna Circuit // This week Clint and Dawson sat down with three guests, Luke Swab, Matt Schweiker and Michael Kohn . In December 2023, these three friends from Chattanooga Tennessee, packed their bags and bikes for a trip to Nepal to tackle the Annapurna Circuit on bike. Nepal is renowned for being the home of the world’s highest mountains, the Himalayas. The route climbs 33,776 feet over 240 miles and reaches a high point at Thorong La Pass at 17,769 feet. Matt, Luke and Michael came back with stories of battling high altitude, freezing temperatures and the remarkable culture and hospitality of the Nepalese people. Join us as we listen, learn and laugh as they share stories about their adventure and each other.

Tune in and let's go: https://www.dayfirepodcast.com/ #/ep-245-bike-packing-the-annapurna-circuit/

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