A goodbye to co-host Jim Ryan
Before it was a podcast — or had a name at all — Peak Northwest was Jim Ryan’s offbeat brainchild.
Jim, at the time a breaking news reporter, pitched Oregonian/OregonLive editors a video series about how to set out on signature Oregon adventures. The concept stuck — kind of.
The news organization launched the Peak Northwest video series, then the podcast, in fall 2019.
Video shoots have since taken Jim to the top of Oregon’s tallest mountain, into the waters of the Pacific Ocean and along all 30.2 miles of Portland’s Wildwood Trail. The podcast has given him a chance to talk with an array of…
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