The Adirondacks Pop takes you across the legendary Great Range Traverse — one of the most demanding, dramatic, and iconic single‑day routes in the East. This episode drops you into the dark forests of Keene Valley at 4 a.m. and carries you peak by peak across the rooftop of the Adirondacks: Wolfjaws, Armstrong, Gothics, Saddleback, Basin, and finally Mount Marcy.

This is a story about endurance — the kind you earn one slab, one ladder, one ridge, one breath at a time. You’ll move through root‑tangled forest, exposed rock, airy ridgelines, and billion‑year‑old alpine stone as the day unfolds in chapters. Along the way, we explore the human history of the High Peaks, the psychology of long‑form effort, and the quiet transformation that happens when you keep going long after your legs want to stop.

If you’re listening to this, you’re already the kind of person who seeks the bigger version of your life. The Adirondacks Pop is your invitation to step into it.

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US18 — The Great Range Traverse
A climb across the rooftop of the Adirondacks.
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If you’ve ever wanted to take on a big mountain day — a real Pop — but didn’t know how to train for it, this episode is your starting line. BIG DAY HIKE TRAINING is a free, outdoor‑only, community‑driven program designed to build the legs, lungs, and confidence you need for a big day in the next 3–6 months.

In this episode, we break down the full training system:
HIKE for aerobic base,
HIKE X for strength and durability,
HIKE MAX for weighted power and resilience.

You’ll learn why all training happens outdoors, why the weekend adventure is non‑negotiable, how periodization works, and how the program scales for beginners, intermediates, advanced athletes, and runners. You’ll also hear why runners must hike to stay injury‑free, and how to use this structure to grow into your Pop.

This is my personal training plan — the exact system I use — scaled and shared with the Blisterpop community. It’s self‑guided, self‑paced, and built on clarity, consistency, and your own judgment.

If you’re ready to train with purpose, join the Facebook group, pick your mountain, and start building your big‑day engine. Facebook Community: BlisterPop Adventurers

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The Catskills Pop is one of the most rugged, humbling, and quietly mythic traverses in the Northeast — a full day on Devil’s Path, where steep scrambles, moss‑covered ledges, and shadowed forest corridors test your presence as much as your legs. In this episode, we walk the steep, ancient spine of the Catskills from Prediger Road to Spruceton Road, moving through immediate hand‑over‑hand climbs, narrow ledges, atmospheric hemlock forests, and the iconic summits of Indian Head, Twin, Sugarloaf, Plateau, and West Kill.

This is a route that doesn’t care who you are — only how you show up. It’s a day shaped by humility: slowing down when the rock demands it, staying focused when the scrambles stack up, and finding your rhythm in the quiet, moss‑draped miles of the western Catskills. Along the way, we explore the human history of the range, the mood and mystery of the terrain, the logistics of a point‑to‑point traverse, and the psychological architecture that turns a hard hike into a story you carry.

If you’re listening to this, you’re already the kind of person who seeks meaning over ease. The Catskills Pop is your invitation to step into a bigger version of your life — one ledge, one breath, one ridge at a time.

Full route. Full honesty. Full humility.

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