First Podcast

            The podcast is now published onto iTunes so it’s time for me to introduce myself. My name is Austen Hiatt and I am from the Pacific Northwest.  My days are spent pursuing outdoor activities such as riding my dirt bike, fishing, hiking, mountaineering, backpacking, or rock climbing.  My experience being outdoors is a direct result of my childhood. As a youngster, I ventured out backpacking, and hiking with my father. My dog Sport normally goes on all my adventures and is a great companion when I need to escape into the forest.

First podcast: As many you know, the podcast that Mike and I created is now published onto iTunes. The first podcast recording consisted of the discussion of our Mt. Rainier trip and preparation. Before recording the podcast, we decided to go on a mountain bike ride. After the mountain bike ride we stopped at the local store to buy some beers and reminisce after the fun day of riding. It was after a couple beers (or more) that we decided we were finally going to record our podcast. We set up the computer and microphone in the loft (attic above garage) and decided to “wing it” and start recording. Our late night podcast was finished as I nodded on and off between sleep up in the loft.

                The next day after listening to the podcast I was a little disappointed by the lack of organization and material within it. I will admit that the lack of sleep and beer also probably didn't help. Needless to say, we decided to improve our preparation time and content. If you have listened to our first podcast hold tight as we get this whole podcast technique dialed in. We have a lot more ideas planned and eventually will have some videos for our viewers to check out.  Thank you for checking out the blog and podcast, I am excited to see where this podcast takes us.