We climbed Algonquin and Iroquois on Saturday, July 5, 2025.  

9:42
Loree’s smoothie recipe is adapted from one that Dr. Mary Claire Haver (author of ) shared on her website:

½ cup of water
¾ cup of high protein yogurt (Loree likes Siggi’s plain);
1 scoop of protein powder of your choice (Loree is constantly on the hunt for flavorless ones that are prove to not have lead in them;
1 scoop of fiber powder (Loree uses this one)
1 scoop of creatine (Loree uses this one)
handful of spinach or kale leaves or some cucumber chunks
1 cup of frozen blueberries (occasionally bananas or strawberries or applesauce)
ice to get the a thickish texture
BLEND! ENJOY!

10:02
To hear more about ? listen to Season 1’s episode 3, called “doubting,” which chronicles our Sawteeth adventure.

20:19
“Never stood on the summit of Iroquois.” We’re still not sure how close we were. But we have decided that we’ll go back, and when we do we’ll let you know!

22:45
Stats

22:56
“the Loj shack” is called The Hungry Hiker ... and we love it.

23:42
“That’s good enough for us!”
One year later, we disagree with ourselves. We’ve decided we will go back and reach the actual summit. Sigh.

25:36
“Maybe we’ll go back and do it.”
Again, we’ve changed our tune. We’ll go back. We’re not psyched about it, but we will.