How to Correct Jerks, Survive Mountain Towns, and Love New York

This week on Gear Abby, Shawnté and Colin take on everything from trail etiquette to mountain-town elitism with a heavy dose of laughter, crankiness, and wisdom. Special guest Katie Burrell (comedian, skier, and Weak Layers creator) joins the show to talk about mountain-town culture, toxic coolness, and how to actually find kind people to ski and bike with. Episode Highlights • Angry Rae Returns: Should you call out bad outdoor behavior or just let it go? Shawnté breaks down when to educate, when to ignore, and when to just walk away. • The Enforcer: Colin lands his first official voiceover role. (Kind of.) • Cool Kids Only? Katie Burrell joins to unpack mountain-town hierarchy, ski-bum gatekeeping, and how to find genuine, low-ego adventure partners. • Urban Nature FTW: Shawnté makes the case for New York City as a legitimate outdoor town (yes, really). • Tent Therapy: The eternal question: should you ditch your trusty Big Agnes for an ultralight Dyneema trekking-pole tent? Shawnté’s tent monologue might just convert you. Click here (https://www.rockfight.co/post/gear-abby-how-to-correct-jerks-survive-mountain-towns-and-love-new-york-featuring-katie-burrell) for full Gear Abby Episode Companion including all of the bings (aka footnotes) and even more from this episode! Support those who support Gear Abby: Fjallraven (https://www.fjallraven.com/us/en-us/) , Garage Grown Gear (https://www.garagegrowngear.com/) Got your own question for Gear Abby? Send it to deargearabby@gmail.com and it just might end up on the pod. Thanks for listening! Gear Abby is a production of Rock Fight (https://my.captivate.fm/rockfight.co) , LLC. Sign up for NEWS FROM THE FRONT, Rock Fight's semi-weekly newsletter by heading to www.rockfight.co and clicking Join The Mailing List.