have pain, will travel; hiking the Black Hills with brucellosis survivor Marcus Heerdt

Send us Fan MailElle Billing hosts long-time friend Marcus Heerdt, an adventurer, photographer, and award-winning newspaper reporter from Hot Springs, South Dakota. Marcus shares his experience with brucellosis, a rare foodborne illness he contracted in Spain in 2008, which led to chronic pain and damage to his joints and digestive system. He discusses his writing, landscape photography, and hiking adventures, and how he uses his connection to the natural world to mitigate the daily grind of life with pain.Links to Marcus’s photography, to purchase his hiking guides, and all other resource links, are in the full show notes at hoorfpodcast.comSubscribe to Hoorf! Radical Care in a Late Capitalist Heckscape wherever you listen to your favorite podcast:Apple | Spotify | YouTubeJoin the Blessed Herd of Saint Winkus: Sign up for our newsletter, get Hoorf! episodes delivered directly to your inbox. What's more, you get invitations to our monthly Coffee and Biscuits Chat, where you get to hang out with Ricki and Elle, talk about the show, and connect on the topics that mean the most to you.Become a Patron:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/hoorfpodcast/membershipConnect with Elle Billing:Website: www.hoorfpodcast.com / www.elleandwink.comInstagram: instagram.com/hoorfpodcastSupport the show