Episodes
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
A Chat with Chuck Hearon - AT Thru-Hiker Talks about his Incredible Journey
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
About this time twenty years ago Chuck Hearon was finishing up his thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail.
Gary and Mark chat with Chuck about his backpacking journey of close to 2,200 miles in 1999. Two decades later he remembers it like he just walked off the trail. Most people only dream about such an adventure and those who actually start the journey call it quits a few hundred miles in. Chuck is one of those who made it! Only a small percentage ever complete the entire trail.
Just in case you’re not all that familiar with the AT, the “long trail” starts at Springer Mountain, Georgia and ends at Mt. Katahdin, Maine – or you can hike north to south. It crosses 14 states in its journey and passes through multiple national forests, national parks, state parks, etc. Chuck can tell you it’s a mentally and physically challenging undertaking.
Today Chuck lives in Saluda, NC where most of our podcasts are recorded. Chuck is very active in the local community and even twenty years after his AT hike he’s still hiking and is a volunteer trail maintainer for FENCE, a nature center in Tryon, NC.
At the end of our podcast the Board of Trustees & Founders of “The Gary & Mark Podcasting University” presented Chuck with the very first Honorary BS in Podcasting with Honors (and extra honors) to Chuck.
Learn more about the Appalachian Trail at. www.appalachiantrail.org
This episode was recorded at Saluda Outfitters, a major sponsor of The Gary & Mark Show. Check them out at: www.saludaoutfitters.com.
And of course, follow The Gary & Mark Show at www.garyandmark.com as we keep finding our way.
Chuck Hearon
Gary after presenting Chuck with his diploma from "The Gary & Mark Podcasting University."
Chuck, Gary, and Mark
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Gary & Mark Podcasting University Graduates First Students
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
Wednesday Sep 11, 2019
We’ve squeezed a bunch into a relatively short podcast for you. Take a listen as Gary attempts to get out the name of our host location by trying every variation possible from the words in the official name. But all was forgiven as our first bit of news announces our official sponsorship by the place whose name we have struggled with for so long – Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill at Saluda Outfitters. That’s a mouthful, so Gary’s forgiven.
Next up hear about the very first graduates of The Gary & Mark Podcasting University. And without being forced to comply with any state or federal regulations we have achieved equal numbers of male to female students and international to domestic students. Most universities would drool over those demographics. Gary also gives us a short history lesson on the town our first international student is from.
Finally, with the University starting to show some growing pains – Gary brings up the new student store and some of the items the store will sell.
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Check out Saluda Outfitters at: www.SaludaOutfitters.com
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Saluda Outfitters Forgives All and Gives Us a Home!
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Sunday Sep 01, 2019
Big Eddie’s, no…make that Big Green’s, Green Eddy’s…no make that…okay…it’s… now what is it Gary?
After struggling with getting the name right for many episodes, we’re thrilled that Saluda Outfitters has actually come on board as a sponsor of “The Gary & Mark Show.” Yes indeed!
They didn’t even make us promise to get the name right…but for the record it’s “Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill at Saluda Outfitters in Saluda, NC.
In this episode Angela Nicholas joins us as she forgives all and welcomes The Gary & Mark Show to our new home base at Saluda Outfitters. We had already made it our de facto home pretty much from day one, but now we don’t have to hide in the shadows. We can broadcast on the expansive deck, in the tap room itself, on the front porch, the back porch…we didn’t ask about upstairs or from the bike shop in the basement.
Angela also sticks around and asks some questions sent in by our listeners. We’ve had a bunch and she starts with the first few.
So thanks Angela and Saluda Outfitters and Green River Eddy’s Tap Room & Grill. We’re happy to call your home, our home. And do know they aren’t limiting us to only podcast from the their location…we’re still free to roam the countryside with our mobile podcasting studio.Check them out at SaludaOutfitters.com.