Wesley "Yeti Legs" Black

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3,123 appearances 11 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 10 Aug

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Yeti Walks Into Basecamp | Talking. Thru. Hiking. · E104 | Wildfire & Hiking | Nuance Of Fire Ecology | w/ Dr. Emily Schultz · 10 Aug 2026 podcast

They're beautiful. voice-verified

Like don't cut down those trees. voice-verified

But now I'm I'm kind of understanding a bit more that it's kind of necessary because we've we've backed ourselves into a corner where we have to do a bit more, you know, active and proactive management if we don't want to continue to see these huge fires blowing up. voice-verified

Which is what happened with the northern Grand Canyon fire last year. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Lightning strike turned into a prescribed burn, got out of control, burned a lot. voice-verified

I would like to emphasize that no one is out there raking the forests, which is a popular phrase being used for wildfire management. voice-verified

Uh folks are out there thinning, they're creating burn piles, they're doing prescribed burns. voice-verified

And another good thing that prescribed burns do is they reduce uh laddering effect. voice-verified

So the lower dead limbs that you'll see on some trees that would otherwise allow a fire to climb up the tree and burn the canopy. voice-verified

Um those prescribed burns are like cutting that stuff back so it can't otherwise climb up, which is cool. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

As far as a person's hike goes, say this person is on a six month hike and they've planned for years and this fire is completely altering their hike and maybe even stopping them from being able to continue it. voice-verified

I don't know, what would you say to that person to try and make 'em feel better if you're sitting across from 'em at a bar, like having a beer with 'em? voice-verified

That's a tough one. voice-verified

And think about the mushroom foraging the next year or two after. voice-verified

Totally. voice-verified

So the nature of wildfires is changing. voice-verified

And I like to emphasize the difference between a wildfire and a fire. voice-verified

Wildfires happening in wild and settings. voice-verified

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