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Goatcast
by Bookatrekking.com
Goatcast by Bookatrekking is where mountain stories come to life. Hosted by Sierd van der Bij, Goatcast features conversations with hikers, guides, hut wardens, mountain rescue teams, authors, photographers, and the people who make the world's greatest trekking destinations so special. From the Alps and the Dolomites to Nepal, Patagonia, and beyond, we explore the trails, traditions, and adventures that inspire us to keep walking.
Episodes
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George Soan and Rach McInerney on Tour du Mont Blanc & Hiking as a Couple
George Soan and Rach McInerney met in Sydney seven years ago. He’s from England, she’s from New Zealand, and both have called Australia home for years. This year George left his corporate job to go all in on hiking and has since walked the Great North Walk and the Larapinta solo. For Rach, the…
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Evans Mwangi on Mount Kenya: From Porter to Guide to Company Owner
vans Mwangi was 18 when he carried his first load up Mount Kenya in 1989. He worked his way up from porter to cook to guide, and today he runs his own company, Go To Mount Kenya. In this conversation with host Sierd van der Bij, he talks about a life spent on Africa’s second-highest mountain…
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Jan Bakker on Big Treks Beyond Europe: Nepal, Africa and the Pamirs
Jan Bakker doesn’t exactly do ordinary hiking trips. He has trekked extensively in Nepal, spent years exploring East Africa, crossed remote parts of the Rwenzoris, climbed mountains including Kilimanjaro and Mount Kenya, and led expeditions into places where there isn’t always a trail to follow.…
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Soffi of the Pfälzerhütte on Running a Mountain Hut in Liechtenstein
Sophie Sandkühler shares the realities of running the Pfälzerhütte in Liechtenstein: water shortages, unexpected visitors, demanding logistics, and the teamwork behind a remote mountain hut. She and host Sierd van der Bij discuss guest safety, mountain culture, and how shared dinners bring...
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Daniel Sulaiman on Six Epic Treks, Friendship, Group Dynamics and Filmmaking
Daniel Sulaiman has spent years walking some of the Alps’ bigger hut-to-hut routes with the same loose circle of friends, a camera, and a practical sense of what the mountains do to people. In this conversation, he talks about how those hikes became a yearly ritual, why he films them the way he...
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Nicole Hill on TMB, Fisherman’s Trail and the Differences Between Hiking in North America and Europe
Nicole Hill joins Goatcast for her first podcast and talks about discovering hiking, taking on the Tour du Mont Blanc, and exploring Portugal’s Fisherman’s Trail.She shares what trekking is really like, from carrying your own pack and sleeping in shared mountain huts to dealing with heat, sand,...
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Kimberly Kephart on Solo Hiking, Confidence and Hut-to-Hut Trekking in France and Italy
What happens when solo travel, mountain huts, bad weather and a bit of stubbornness all meet on the same trail? Kimberly Kephart has spent years finding out. From the Dolomites to the French Alps, she talks honestly about what hut-to-hut hiking really feels like when you are on your own, carrying...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Goatcast by Bookatrekking is where mountain stories come to life. Hosted by Sierd van der Bij, Goatcast features conversations with hikers, guides, hut wardens, mountain rescue teams, authors, photographers, and the people who make the world's greatest trekking destinations so special. From the Alps and the Dolomites to Nepal, Patagonia, and beyond, we explore the trails, traditions, and adventures that inspire us to keep walking.
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Goatcast by Bookatrekking is where mountain stories come to life. Hosted by Sierd van der Bij, Goatcast features conversations with hikers, guides, hut wardens, mountain rescue teams, authors, photographers, and the people who make the world's greatest trekking destinations so special. From the...
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