I had a great time talking to John Schwenck of the Adventures Less Traveled Podcast*. I highly recommend his podcast which is all about highlighting those who “daringly venture into the unknown”. He has some fascinating guests who either have an out there profession or have done an epic adventure or feat of strength. Recent favorites I’ve listened to are Chapter 13: Kayleigh Grant- Shark Diving and Chapter 3: Adam Westfall- Downhill Skateboarding.

His intro is much better than anything I could write so here it is:

Katrina Mohr is a federal wildland firefighter for the US Forest Service based out in Idaho. Katrina has worked her way through the ranks over the past decade and has parlayed her experience into an educational blog, the5ftfirefighter.com to help others navigate through the minutiae of the application process. We discuss the current state of the Canadian wildfires that have been raging on the East Coast, what wildland firefighters are and what it takes to become one, how this career path differs from the more well-known traditional “building” firefighters – or "structure" firefighters as they’re formally known, along with the fundamentals of wildfires themselves – how they occur, how they spread, and how the various wildland firefighting personnel coordinate with one another to mitigate and contain them.

WATCH ON YouTube HERE

LISTEN ON Spotify HERE, Apple Podcasts HERE, or wherever you find podcasts

EPISODE LINKS: Grassroots Wildland Firefighters & Wildland Firefighter Foundation

*This came out in July, but I just realized I never highlighted it on the blog