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Forest Stories Episode One Hundred Twenty Five Going Down The Infamous Heartbreak Hill · Arroe Collins Like It's Live

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  Speaker 1: Hey, when it comes to podcasts listening, are you like me?
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  Speaker 1: Arrooe dot net. The searching is over. It's all in
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  Speaker 1: one place. Enjoy the exploration. Hey, thanks for being a
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  Speaker 1: part of the conversation. Welcome to foest Stories, a series
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  Speaker 1: of short winded adventures within a collection of skyscraping trees,
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  Speaker 1: stuck feet First and Georgia Clay right here in Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: It's been a huge part of my daily journey for
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  Speaker 1: over thirty three years. I Am the Poet in the Forest,
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  Speaker 1: a children's series written and recorded in the nineteen nineties.
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  Speaker 1: It's grown into multiple podcasts that now reach around the world,
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  Speaker 1: and none of it would be possible without this forest
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  Speaker 1: right here in South Charlotte, North Carolina, at the base
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  Speaker 1: of Heartbreak Hills. It's a sign that reads Rainbow Forest. Well,
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  Speaker 1: it's time you get to meet what's inspired several generations
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  Speaker 1: long before the paved paths decorated with colorful homes colonized
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  Speaker 1: around this beautiful lake, slow moving stream, flatland swamps and
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  Speaker 1: array of natural animals. There were families and business owners
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  Speaker 1: who are said to have raced into this area for
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  Speaker 1: the beauty of the land, wild roses, migratory birds, and
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  Speaker 1: wild grapevines. Those before me either forgot to write about
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  Speaker 1: it or it's buried somewhere inside their family tree. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for being a part of the conversation. Welcome back
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  Speaker 1: to the forest. You know, one of the things that
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  Speaker 1: I've never put focus on Heartbreak Hill. I've always talked
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  Speaker 1: about going up Heartbreak Hill. Going down a much different story.
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  Speaker 1: You consistently hear people say slow down, slow down, Oh no,
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  Speaker 1: slow down, even with baby carriages and bicyclists. They know
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  Speaker 1: that with Heartbreak Hill, the moment you start going down,
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  Speaker 1: it's a different story and it requires a lot of focus,
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  Speaker 1: a lot of balance, and whatever is going on in
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  Speaker 1: the world around you when you're going down Heartbreak Hill.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think it exists because if you start to
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  Speaker 1: focus on the deer that could be alongside the gigantic
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  Speaker 1: boulders or the sound of the stream, you can't see
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  Speaker 1: the lake coming down Heartbreak Hill, not until you get
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  Speaker 1: to the exact bottom, but to be here. I've seen
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  Speaker 1: bicyclists that have almost been taken out by other people
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  Speaker 1: because they put their focus someplace else, not on Heartbreak Hill,
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  Speaker 1: because there is that little bit of a curve that
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  Speaker 1: is a blind spot to a lot of people. And
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  Speaker 1: if you're putting focus on something in nature, maybe sound, scent,
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  Speaker 1: or even the sight of a hawk that's flying over
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  Speaker 1: you very low. Because I don't know what it is
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  Speaker 1: about the hawks in this forest. Oh my god, these
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  Speaker 1: hawks like to play with their humans. I don't know
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  Speaker 1: if it's because they're trying to become friendly to the humans,
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  Speaker 1: or if they feel like that we're invading their nests
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  Speaker 1: or whirl, but man, they'll take a low flying swoop
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  Speaker 1: right across your path and all of a sudden crash.
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  Speaker 1: Be it you trip over a route on the forest floor,
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  Speaker 1: or maybe the bicyclist said Sarah and says, you know,
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  Speaker 1: I should have made it right when it could have
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  Speaker 1: been a left, then I could have went upside down,
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  Speaker 1: but I decided to go through, and that was just
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  Speaker 1: not a smooth move. Heartbreak Kill. It will screw with
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  Speaker 1: your imagination every single time, which I think is the
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  Speaker 1: very reason why so many skateboarders like to go on
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  Speaker 1: Heartbreak Hill, because once those wheels begin to turn, is
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  Speaker 1: it really up to you or is it about keeping
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  Speaker 1: your balance and not planting your face in a soil
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  Speaker 1: that you'll be wearing for the rest of your life.
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  Speaker 1: Going down Heartbreak Hill not the same as going up. Hey,
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  Speaker 1: thanks for being a part of the conversation.