Episode 79 - Shawn Mahoney And The Legendary Larry The Log

Oct 21, 2022

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Welcome to the Sounds Like a Search and Rescue Podcast! Also known as SLASR. Join an experienced search and rescue volunteer and his friend as they discuss all things related to hiking and search and rescue in the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

This week we are joined by hiker extraordinaire, Shawn Mahoney. Shawn is known as the crazy guy who hikes with one of the biggest hiking celebrities in the region - Larry The Log. Shawn has been hiking with his 30 lbs log across all the northeast's highest peaks and they even completed the Appalachian trail this year. Shawn will talk about carrying Larry, we will dig into his experience hiking in NH and we will dive into the Appalachian trail. All this and some recent search and rescue news. 

Correction notice: We had some audio issues, drop offs. Stomp worked hard on the edit but there are a couple of spot we lost audio. Apologies for any issues. 

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Topics

• Welcome Shawn Mahoney and Larry the Log
• Stomp explains Stick Season
• True Crime Case
• Hunting Etiquette
• Cheating Fisherman and Cheating Scandal for fattest bear contest
• Bear Attacks are happening everywhere
• Hiking Apps
• Cut your own Christmas Tree in the White Mountains and impress your significant other
• Pop Culture Talk
• Stomp has failed his Sober October attempt
• Glen Boulder Isolation
• Webster on Squam Lake 
• Guest of the week - Shawn Mahoney
• Recent Search and Rescue News

Show Notes

• Apple Podcast link for 5 star reviews
• Rescue Me 5k to benefit LARSAR
• Stick Season
• Interesting Hunting etiquette story - bushwhackers be aware
• Update on cheating fishermen
• Now the fattest bear competition is rocked by scandal!!!!
• Climber attacked by bear on cliff edge
• Mt. Futago, Japan
• Wyoming Wrestlers Fight off Grizzly Bear Attack
• Rescuers warn not to rely on crowdsourced trail apps
• USFS sells passes to cut down your tree.
• Hiker rescued after breaking leg and getting stranded in Colorado Wilderness
• She was spotted by someone on a train
• Hiker rescued after getting pinned by a refrigerator sized boulder
• Nurses carry whole blood into an injured hiker
• Hiker dies from dead wood falling from tree
• 40 Malaysian hikers trapped by heavy rain & flooding
• Hiker rescued off of Garfield Ridge Trail
• Injured hiker assisted off Mt. Monadnock
• Hiker rescued off Mt. Cardigan
• Hiker rescued on Falls Ledge in Jackson