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The Backpacking Podcast presented by Outdoor Vitals

Be prepared to listen to great stories, hear from incredible guests, and laugh until your stomach hurts. Jeremiah Stringer and John Kelley share from experiences and knowledge from the trail while bringing the fun back to backpacking podcasts. The main goal here is to make you smile, and you'll quickly realize that Wednesdays are the best day of the week.

312 JK Hates Hammocks?!?!?!?!?!

55 mins; March 27, 2026

311 Worst Meals, Cabin Break-ins, and Squeaky Backpacks - a BPP Q&A

61 hours 41 mins; March 20, 2026

310 Camping in THUNDERSTORMS and Silly UL Gear

44 mins; March 13, 2026

309 He Left His Girlfriend in the Woods to DIE!!!!

58 mins; March 06, 2026

308 - Surviving the Bubble Guts in the Backcountry

64 hours 51 mins; February 27, 2026

307 Over 2000 Arches to Discover with Steven Martin

59 mins; February 20, 2026

306 FISHNET FLEECE? Layer Up For the Cold!

57 mins; February 13, 2026

305 Better Sleep on Trip: Hotel or Back of an SUV?

67 hours 35 mins; February 06, 2026

304 Snowpocalypse 2026

79 hours 28 mins; January 30, 2026

303 Kevin Estela

60 hours 40 mins; January 23, 2026

302 Lions and Children and Bears...BACKPACKING!!!

64 hours 33 mins; January 16, 2026

301 Backcountry Mullets, Shady YouTubers, and the BPP Hall of Fame!

49 mins; January 09, 2026

300 - A Triple-Century Mark and Look FORWARD to the FUTURE.

67 hours 7 mins; January 01, 2026

299 All I Want For Christmas is.......

60 hours 52 mins; December 24, 2025

298 Do We Have an INTERNATIONAL CRISIS in Our National Parks?

69 hours 50 mins; December 19, 2025

297 Backpacking + Marathons + Gardening = ELITE ATHLETE with Jamie McCracken

66 hours 39 mins; December 12, 2025

296 The Painful Reason Why You Don't Eat Burritos on Trail.

55 mins; December 05, 2025

295 Be A BACKPACKING SANTA with These Gear Shopping Lists

33 mins; November 28, 2025

294 Bionic Legs, Floating Backpacks, and All Trails Hates Us!

42 mins; November 21, 2025

293 Favorite Gear, Nature's TP, and Free Time Hobbies

60 hours 43 mins; November 14, 2025

292 Backcountry Fines, Expensive Parking, & Braindead Hikers

62 hours 45 mins; November 07, 2025

291 Every Backpacker's WORST NIGHTMARE!!!!

46 mins; November 02, 2025

290 Lying About Trails, Paying to Park, and LIGHTSABERS!!!!

69 hours 1 min; October 24, 2025

289 Finishing the Trail w/ a BROKEN HIP and hitting the SOS with Bronwyn Preece

61 hours 30 mins; October 17, 2025

288 - Inappropriate Things People Say On Trail

51 mins; October 11, 2025

287 Bags of Poop, Stools & Showers: Trail Life Unfiltered

59 mins; October 02, 2025

286 Snake Killing, Yellow Jackets, and BSA Rescues a Senior Citizen

49 mins; September 26, 2025

285 $700 Sleeping Bags, New Backpacks, and 4 Day Old Tuna Packets

73 hours 45 mins; September 19, 2025

284 Psychedelics Are A BAD IDEA In The Backcountry

49 mins; September 13, 2025

283 Conquering the AT w/ Metro On The Move and Kriz Akoni

55 mins; September 04, 2025

282 Dirty Secrets of the Backcountry

47 mins; August 28, 2025

281 Blinded by EXPLODING WATER BOTTLES!!!

44 mins; August 21, 2025

280 Crocs, and Hippos, and Wolves...Oh My! with Moose Mutlow

60 hours 36 mins; August 14, 2025

279 Escaping Wild Fires On Trail With Tim Buckley

60 hours 59 mins; August 07, 2025

278 There are 268 Mistakes Hikers Make with Ben McMillen

61 hours 7 mins; July 31, 2025

277 Bear Attacks A Sleeping Hiker On The AT

35 mins; July 24, 2025

276 Giant Spiders, International Travel, and A Pick-Ax Trowel with Adam Roy

59 mins; July 17, 2025

275 95 Degrees with No Shade or 25 With The Wrong Gear?

40 mins; July 10, 2025

274 MORE Hot Takes from the Backcountry!

51 mins; July 03, 2025

273 Hot Takes from the Backcountry

42 mins; June 26, 2025

272 Has All-Trails Lost Their MINDS?!?!?! 🤬

59 mins; June 19, 2025

271 Cartels, Rednecks with Guns, and a Taste of Americana with Lucy Barnard

63 hours 15 mins; June 12, 2025

270 Underworld of Sleeping Bags & Quilts with Chad Houghton of UGQ

59 mins; June 05, 2025

269 Tackling Tornadoes & Wrong Turns on Trail

50 mins; May 29, 2025

268 Trading a Heat Wave for Snow Capped Mountains with Steven Smith

67 hours 27 mins; May 22, 2025

267 Follow the Yellow Brick Cairn?

65 hours 25 mins; May 15, 2025

266 Feeding Grizzly Bears Bacon In The Backcountry

64 hours 45 mins; May 08, 2025

265 The Greatest CONTROVERSIES of the Last Year

62 hours 18 mins; May 01, 2025

264 Will Logging Destroy National Forests?

60 hours 24 mins; April 24, 2025

263 Never Trust a TSA AGENT on Your Way To ARKANSAS

56 mins; April 17, 2025

262 Too Much Food, Too Little Warmth, and Not Enough Sleep with Devin Ashby

63 hours 40 mins; April 10, 2025

261 Backpacking On A Budget with WoodAllTrails

70 hours 16 mins; April 03, 2025

260 Broken Ankle Redemption with Jason Waugh

61 hours 59 mins; March 27, 2025

259 National Forests are Burning Down.....sorta

59 mins; March 20, 2025

258 Could Tariffs Shut Down Cottage Companies?

63 hours 10 mins; March 15, 2025

257 Ride Along, Search and Rescue, and Landscaping

62 hours 41 mins; March 06, 2025

256 Car Camping Gourmet, Bidets, and Colonic Viruses

61 hours 56 mins; February 27, 2025

255 HIgh Quality H2O: The WATER Episode

64 hours 34 mins; February 20, 2025

254 It's ILLEGAL to HIKE into CANADA from the USA

36 mins; February 13, 2025

253 R-Value is For Sissies!!!!

45 mins; February 06, 2025

252 When The Stupid Cold Becomes the Unexpected

39 mins; January 30, 2025

251 Treadhead Money Scams

42 mins; January 23, 2025

250 HOAs are EVIL! So are Privacy Fences and Stray Dogs

55 mins; January 16, 2025

249 Winter Backpacking Is For Insane People

42 mins; January 09, 2025

248 Hiking Bibs, Tree Stands, and Abnormal Backpacking Food w/ Mr. Backpacking with Jason, Sir!

84 hours 11 mins; January 02, 2025

247 Backpacking Gear UPGRADES w/ Johnathan Woodall

57 mins; December 26, 2024

246 When AI Teaches Us How To BACKPACK!

42 mins; December 19, 2024

245 Our FAVORITE BACKPACKING GEAR For 2024

48 mins; December 13, 2024

244 All I Want For A BACKPACKING CHRISTMAS

41 mins; December 12, 2024

243 How to ALMOST DIE, Then COME BACK for More with Gordon Crum

60 hours 45 mins; November 27, 2024

242 Microspikes, Ramen Noodles, and Conquering the CDT with Ben Minegar

61 hours 37 mins; November 20, 2024

241 Hypothermia, Survival Failures, and Taking Celebrities Snowmobiling with Brent Fuchs

62 hours 0 mins; November 13, 2024

240 Saving Lives While Almost Losing His Own - John May

68 hours 36 mins; November 06, 2024

239 The BPP Halloween Special

62 hours 22 mins; October 30, 2024

238 Turkey Pew Pews & Baby Doo Doos

63 hours 45 mins; October 23, 2024

237 Epic Camp Food, Northern Lights and Hiking with Your Kids w/ Phillip Barker

75 hours 32 mins; October 16, 2024

236 New Food, New Gear, New Life with Devin Ashby

66 hours 26 mins; October 09, 2024

235 Pee In Bottles, Poop In Bags & Hiking For Mental Health with Woody Ellis

66 hours 33 mins; October 02, 2024

234 50 Year Old Gear on a 50 Year Old Trail with Jared Champion

59 mins; September 25, 2024

233 Two Guys, One Bronco, Driving in a Lake! David Gray and Jeremy Rodeffer

57 mins; September 18, 2024

232 Going to Maine with Sally Chaffin Brooks

68 hours 45 mins; September 11, 2024

231 National Park Reviews Gone WRONG!!!!

32 mins; September 04, 2024

230 Caves are BORING and Bears BITE!

58 mins; August 28, 2024

229 Beef Jerkey, Salted Nuts, and Iodine

63 hours 26 mins; August 21, 2024

228 Which LONG TRAIL Would You Hike?

64 hours 4 mins; August 14, 2024

227 The Guide To Ruining Peoples Backpacking Trip

52 mins; August 07, 2024

226 How To Make Your Friends ANGRY On Trail

34 mins; July 31, 2024

225 More DIRTY SECRETS Of Backpacking

65 hours 25 mins; July 24, 2024

224 Dealing With A Softball Sized Ankle with Jason Waugh

42 mins; July 17, 2024

223 Broken Ankle On Jeremiah's Recent Trip... Backpacking With Jason

36 mins; July 11, 2024

222 Jeremiah Puts JK To The TEST!!!!

52 mins; July 03, 2024

221 The SHELTER SYSTEMS We Love!

49 mins; June 26, 2024

220 Offroading with Dad, Shelter Systems, and Jeremy Hates Bugnets

45 mins; June 19, 2024

219 What Backpacks Do We Actually Use?

44 mins; June 12, 2024

218 The Redemption Hike

34 mins; June 05, 2024

217 Solo Hiking with an ORV Rager!

51 mins; May 29, 2024

216 We Found a Toilet That Can Fold Flat

44 mins; May 22, 2024

215 Backcountry Bocce and Horses In Your Campsite with Carl Mandrioli

60 hours 59 mins; May 15, 2024

214 Climbing Mountains, Catching Trout and Holding Back Prairie Dogs with Jason Huckeba

57 mins; May 08, 2024

213 Working Outdoors Lifestyle, Overcoming Fibromyalgia on Trail w/ Melissa (Unlikely Hiker)

58 mins; May 01, 2024

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