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things. JOHN burrows said, I go

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to nature to be sooth, healed

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and put my senses in order.

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After the last few months, I

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couldn't agree more. Welcome to

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the strive seek buying podcast.

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I'm your host chance Whitmer. In

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celebration of Episode 51, I'm

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trying something a little bit

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new today. So it's the first

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step in an experiment. I've been

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wanting to take the podcast a

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little more mobile. So at the

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suggestion of friend of the

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show, Mike, I picked up a new

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road mic for my phone. So my

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adventuring has a new companion.

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Which Today we are going to work

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through for multiple purposes.

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To see if my idea works in the

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great outdoors. And to finally

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get back into the mountains

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before I lose my ever loving

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mind. Now let's get started.

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Welcome to the strife see crime

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podcast. I'm chance Whitmore.

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Hey, try a little experiment

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today guys. out on a little road

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trip up in the mountains, picked

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up a Rode mic to see if I could

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bring back some of the sounds

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with me. family's off on there a

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little hike, I'm kind of off on

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mine. And God, I can't begin to

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describe how much I needed this.

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I gotta be in the trees. I'm in

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the sun. I listen to the bugs. I

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can feel my shoulders

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unknotting. As I say this. This

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is very much an unplanned jaunt.

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Instead of figuring out where

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we're going, what we're doing,

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we got in the car and just

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started driving, change

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directions once and have ended

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up about three miles beyond the

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campground out near Idaho City.

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Idaho City, for those of you who

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do not know, is a small town.

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Old gold mining town, I think of

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it is an end of the road town

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where people go when they don't

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necessarily want to be found.

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And it's a tremendous gateway

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into the the mountains in many,

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many directions. So it's

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gorgeous up here. And it's more

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than worth your time to see.

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Right now I'm staring at Pine

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trees all around. And just

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generally, like I said,

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relaxing. More than anything

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today, I'm trying to seek peace.

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Because let's be honest, if you

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don't do that, from time to

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time, excuse the dog, you get

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wound up so tight in your head

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and in your guts that you don't

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even recognize your own goals

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anymore. And honestly, I've been

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on the edge of it for about two

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months. And I've been trying to

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get to the hills for about two

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months. So this is a little bit

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of salvation right now. So one

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of the hikes that Amy and I are

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going to hit this summer without

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the kids involves a 25% grade

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for over a mile. We found

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something on this outing that

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has the right grade, nowhere

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near the length. And admittedly

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I'm still out of shape,

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completely swinging to try and

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see exactly how out of breath

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we're going to be in two to

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three minutes. Back in a second.

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Not a hard hike. But I will tell

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you I was 62 feet 62. Yeah, steps.

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It's enough to give you get your

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heart pounding just a little bit

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when you haven't been doing anything so and Jeff says that that may not

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be actually 25% grade. That

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might that other hike might be a

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little out of our range. I

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disagree. Hey, we have two

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months to be ready. But we got

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to get ready. For me, hitting the hills is

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cathartic It is my best way to

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begin to reset and restore

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myself after a long year, or a

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tough week, or anything else

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that might have me ground down a

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little bit. I guess the point

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comes down to this experiment

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was a short adventure. It is

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also a return to a time not

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focused on work, or survival

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stress. I've often talked about

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challenging yourself, making

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yourself better. And I strongly

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believe in. I also understand

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that if you're too focused on

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the six inches in front of your

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face, which is to say, the

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problems you're facing the small

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things that always seem to

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distract or need your attention,

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stress from other sources. They

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all impede your vision that keep

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your blinders on. And because of

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that, you lose the ability to

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see the future for what it can

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be the ability to see your way

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forward. You have to find your

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release from the grind to be

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able to see your own brilliant

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future. For me, it's the

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mountains. It's moments of peace

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alone with family. With friends,

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we're alone. What is it for you?

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Let me know. Shout outs. I know

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I mentioned this at the opening

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but a huge shout out to Mike

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dancy for a suggestion of using

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the Rode mic. For the getting

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back to nature part of the

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podcast. Like couldn't have

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happened without you. If you

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love computers and tech support,

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check out Mike's YouTube

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channel. worth mentioning today

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is worth mentioning comes from

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an article by Elise Stanley on

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Gizmodo. The age of autonomous

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killer robots may already be

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here. So this has been a popular

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topic in science fiction for

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decades, possibly, most famously

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with James Cameron's Terminator

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series, but it's been a real

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world concern since the

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invention of the first drone. In

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this case, the story discusses

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how it is believed that the

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Libyan government used the cargo

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to attack quadric koppert copter

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say that fast three times, to

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hunt down opposition forces

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autonomously as to what this

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means. They were retreating. And

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the drones were attacking

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Kamikaze style autonomously. The

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Turkish company that builds

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these say that it can be flown

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or led to operate autonomously

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and can attack in single or

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swarm autonomously the most

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basic terms It is believed that

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for the first time in human

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history, artificial intelligence

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was used to hunt and kill human

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beads. Now, for me, this is a

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frightening concern for the

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future. And for that reason

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alone, it's worth checking out.

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I posted this article on the

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strive seek pride page on

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Facebook. That's it for this

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week's edition of stripes.

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Thanks for listening. If you

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enjoyed the episode, please

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leave a review. It really helps.

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If you have feedback or ideas,

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ek Find page on Facebook or to a

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Until next time, keep seeking

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our own brilliant future.