womenPEAKING: Friends Climbing Through Midlife
A podcast about women, friendship, hiking the 46 high peaks in the Adirondack mountains of New York, the ups and downs of climbing each peak, what the climbs teach us, and what we learn from nature on our journey through this thing called midlife.
Our Wright Peak journey.
Our second trip to Wright Peak went way better than the first one. Except for the farting.
21 Oct 2026
Season 2 Episode 2: almost
Our Algonquin and Iroquois journey.
We love a two-fer. The problem is we’re pretty sure we did not make it to the summit of number two. Which means we will have to go back. Which means Loree is grumpy. (And, Michelle is too!)
20 Oct 2026
Season 2 Episode 3: grind mode
Our Dial and Nippletop journey.
Elk pass. Epic mud. A relentless hike out. This one broke us a little bit and left us asking important questions: “Do we want to grind? Or do we want joy?”
19 Oct 2026
Season 2 Episode 4: jike!
Our search for jOY!
Down on their luck and grumpy AF, your girls take an old-fashioned, no-elevation, dappled sunlight, cushiony path up to the top of a local hill ... and they enjoy every second. Joy + Hike = JIKE!
18 Oct 2026
Season 2 Episode 5: boys
Porter! Cascade! Esther!
In this episode we combine two high peak escapades and—GASP!—we invited some men. Michelle’s husband joins us for Porter and Cascade and our adult sons take a stroll (LOL) up Esther with us. Here’s the question: why in the world did we let them lead?
17 Oct 2026
Season 2 Episode 6: grit
Our Colvin and Blake journey.
Wait a minute! We have an idea! WHAT IF WE GOT OURSELVES FIT?
26 Oct 2025
Episode 6: cramps & tamps
Our Dial journey.
Crampons and Tampons. To cap off their first season of high peaks hiking, Loree and Michelle head for Dial Mountain. But nothing about this gorgeous October day goes to plan.
26 Oct 2025
Episode 5: wrighting
Our Wright Peak journey.
Humbled by their mistakes on Giant and Rocky Peak Ridge, Loree and Michelle adjust their shoulder season expectations and tackle Wright Peak. There is snow! It’s beautiful! And also, slippery.
16 Oct 2025
Episode 4: darkening
Our Giant and Rocky Peak journey.
After two climbs together, Michelle and Loree get ambitious and set out to summit two high peaks in one day. It’s mid-September. They start late. What could go wrong?
16 Oct 2025
Episode 3: doubting
Our Sawteeth journey.
Loree and Michelle set out to climb Sawteeth Mountain and find both doubt and inspiration on the way to the top.
14 Oct 2025
Episode 2: (not) knowing
Our Big Slide journey.
Loree and Michelle set out on their first joint Adirondack high peak adventure, realize how much they don’t know about mountain climbing, and decide to keep going anyway.
11 Oct 2025
Episode 1: elevating
Moms. Podcasters. Let's go!
Loree and Michelle introduce themselves and answer four big questions: who are they? how did they become friends? why did they start climbing? and what are their plans for this podcast?
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