Adventure Airwaves Episode 2 - Preventer: A salty tale of a 1972 Columbia 30, two novice sailors, and a ludicrous journey from Los Angeles to San Diego

Sometimes the best plan is to hoist your sails and fake it.

This episode was originally released in February 2019. A borrowed sail, a questionable GPS, an aging Columbia 30, and two friends who definitely should have known better. Preventer is the story of my first attempt to sail down the southern California coast with my friend Delgado. The trip is a crash course in what not to do on the open ocean.

This is a tale about beginners luck, thin margins, and the quiet ways adventure teaches you exactly how unprepared you are. It's also about the small, stubborn choices that carry you forward anyway.

From Los Angeles Harbor to San Diego Bay, join us for a downwind ride through fear, wonder, exhaustion, and one very important piece of sailing wisdom.

Music (in order)

• Seeking Madras - Raincoat
• Seeking Madras - Morchata
• Young Kartz - Misfit
• Seeking Madras - In the Afternoon
• Young Kartz - Fiji -
• Seeking Madras - Long Days
• Seeking Madras - My Raincoat

Reflections and field recordings from my first 100 mile run, the Cloudsplitter 100 in Norton, Virginia. This episode is not about how to run a hundred miles, but it is about why I ran and what I experienced. Music during the story played by me. The song played during the intro and outro is Benevolence by Seeking Madras.

Drinking a cup of coffee, the host delivers an unscripted update on the summer, discusses a climbing gym experience, and shares a new song called 5 Panel Hat. The song played during the intro and outro is Benevolence by Seeking Madras.

The Art Loeb Trail is one of the premier backpacking and running trails in Western North Carolina. It begins (or ends) at a Boy Scout Camp near Black Balsam Knob, crosses the Blue Ridge Parkway, traverses a prominent ridge in Pisgah National Forest, and terminates near the small town of Brevard. On Spring Equinox, I set out to run the length of the Art Loeb Trail with no goal other than to finish before dark. The next day, while picking up my car from the trailhead, I crossed paths with a friend who was breaking his own record to establish the fastest known time.

Music on this episode by Seeking Madras, Jason Shaw, Wesley Davis, Figure Ground (I could not find contact info for Figure Ground, but many of us loved their tunes as they appeared in skate and snowboard soundtracks back in the day. Please don't sue me, Figure Ground.), and Blue Dot Sessions.

Find the new album "One Goes Forward" at http://SeekingMadras.bandcamp.com.

"5 Stages of Whitewater Kayaking" is a story about moving from the coast to the mountains, trading flip flops for Chacos, letting go of what was, and accepting what is. Adventure Airwaves Episode 9 was written and recorded in Transylvania County North Carolina in September of 2020. This episode and my acceptance of adult-onset whitewater enjoyment would not have been possible without my friends in the Brevard radius who have shared their knowledge and time with me. Especially Jason.

Music on this Episode:

• Benevolence - Seeking Madras
• Rain Cloud Ghost - Instrumental by Me, Wes Davis
• In the Box & Copely Beat by Blue Dot Sessions
• Drone by Silicon Transmitter
• Gravy by Poddington Bear - soundofpicture.com

Music tracks (except for Benevolence and Rain Cloud Ghost) were sourced from the Free Music Archive under a Creative Commons License. If you enjoyed this episode please leave a positive review, tell a friend, or yell it out the window! Thank you for listening. Cheers!

Brevard, North Carolina is a unique little mountain town. This episode will not tell you anything about Brevard, unless you listen closely. Do you hear the rain? The birds? The wind rustling through the trees? During these strange times, we have found solace in the simple joy of two wheeled gallivanting and strumming guitar on the porch. The song Pump Track was written on a rainy day and recorded by me and Russell on a different rainy day four months later. Thank you for tuning in. Acoustic guitar & Pump Track by me, Wes. Benevolence by Seeking Madras

An Untraditional Ballad of the John Muir Trail

A 7-minute folk song about an unplanned backpacking adventure on the John Muir Trail. The story begins when bad-weather bailing leads to a cup of coffee with strangers in a Yosemite Backcountry Permit Station parking lot. Come along for a verbose and musical adventure on the JMT from Tuolumne Meadows to Mount Whitney.

Benevolence - Seeking Madras available at http://seekingmadras.bandcamp.com

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Episode 6: A few years back, I took an unplanned solo bike tour through Washington, Oregon and most of California. The trip crossed rivers - like the Columbia, the Rogue and the Klamath, visited breweries - seventeen of them to be exact - and ended abruptly in the worst campsite on earth. This episode provides a glimpse into the quirky calamity of solo cycling and the understated joy of moments in between.

Music by Seeking Madras, Blue Dot Sessions, Scott Gratton, AA Aalto, Podington Bear, me, and a live recording of a Jessica Lea Mayfield show that I caught in San Francisco. The train sounds, rain sounds and plane sounds were either recorded during the trip or borrowed from FreeSound.Org

Coffee by Mountain Air Roasting

contact me: AdventureAirwaves@gmail.com