About this episode

This episode features an interview with Zahan Billimoria discussing naturalism in mountain touring.

While this is the first episode of the new season, it’s part two of an interview we did with Zahan Billimoria earlier in the summer. (That episode focused more on training, so if you are feeling out of sorts coming into the new season— give it a listen .) (While Zahan still occasionally guides, he runs Samsara Experience which features their Big Mountain Snow Safety Workshop . A class some of our readers and listeners might benefit from.) This episode stems from a talk I heard Zahan gave last winter in Tahoe—he spoke about learning how to become more of a naturalist as moves into and within the mountains. That concept resonated with me for a variety of reasons. One of the main reasons is that it remains a personal reminder to slow down: to do the listening and looking and hearing. As this is the first episode of the season, and we truly are not here to proselytize or be prescriptive, we do, however, know that despite all the joy touring brings, there is some sorrow. Which is to say, we want you coming home at the end of the day. And if touring more like a naturalist helps support that—all the better. If you are new to The High Route , we are a reader- and listener-supported…

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