122 episodes

A weekly podcast in which I speak with experienced thru hikers about their stories from the trails and strategies for a successful thru hike.

Hiking Thru Erin Egan

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A weekly podcast in which I speak with experienced thru hikers about their stories from the trails and strategies for a successful thru hike.

    Hiking Thru Episode #121 - Socked In aka Rebecca Sperry

    Hiking Thru Episode #121 - Socked In aka Rebecca Sperry

    Socked In, known off trail as Rebecca Sperry, was focused last year on her goal of Red-Lining, or Tracing, all the trails of The Whites within 12 months. And then in August, she received a breast cancer diagnosis and life as she knew it completely changed. In this episode, we talk about those months of diagnosis and early treatment, how hiking prepared her for cancer treatment and how cancer has taught her to stay present with everything in her life, coming home to the trails again and doing what makes you happy.

    • 1 hr 42 min
    Hiking Thru Episode #120 - Prometheus & Not A Minor aka Andrew & Lora McIvor

    Hiking Thru Episode #120 - Prometheus & Not A Minor aka Andrew & Lora McIvor

    Prometheus & Not A Minor, known off trail as Andrew & Lora McIvor, arrived at Campo looking like two British tourists and walked into Manning State Park as pure Hiker Trash. The Pacific Crest Trail 2019 was quite a trip...quite THE trip. Missed miles due to circumstance led to a finish personifying the adage "Smiles over miles." In this episode, we relive the five days of trail magic, walking toward home, fathoming the scale of it & finishing those miles.

    • 1 hr 46 min
    Hiking Thru Episode #119 - YardSale aka Ashley Manning

    Hiking Thru Episode #119 - YardSale aka Ashley Manning

    YardSale, known off trail as Ashley Manning, has been chasing adventure for a long time. Whether its white water raft guiding or hiking the AT, she's ready for it whether you think she should or not. In this episode, we talk about the importance of normalizing all body-types on the trail and how @UnlikelyHikers has helped, how her habit of dumping out her backpack led to her trail name, the early struggle to get on and stay on the trail and the difficulty of finding safety gear and apparel that fits.

    • 1 hr 35 min
    Hiking Thru Episode #118 - Geeky Girl aka Michele Scott

    Hiking Thru Episode #118 - Geeky Girl aka Michele Scott

    Geeky Girl, known off trail as Michele Scott, got put through the wringer in 2019 on the PCT and wrote about the experience in her book "A 100 Mile Journey Plus A Few Extra". As you can probably guess, it didn't go quite according to plan. In this episode, we talk about the things you need to think about when you're 50 hiking the trail, the costs to everyone of the dream, the importance of remembering to be where you are, her changing relationship with the trail...and a few photobombing cats.

    • 1 hr 29 min
    Hiking Thru Episode #117 - Emily on Trail aka Emily Ford

    Hiking Thru Episode #117 - Emily on Trail aka Emily Ford

    Emily On Trail, known off trail as Emily Ford, with her trusty companion Diggins just finished a winter hike on the Ice Age Trail. It started out as a way to get her hike on without leaving her job, but became so much bigger as people began to follow her journey. In this episode, we talk about that crazy, beautiful adventure, advice for any future Ice Age Trail winter hikers, the documentary being done about her hike called "Breaking Trail", and just how loud nature can be.

    • 1 hr 29 min
    Hiking Thru Episode #116- Space Jam aka Kevin Grooman

    Hiking Thru Episode #116- Space Jam aka Kevin Grooman

    Space Jam, known off trail as Kevin Grooman, came to thru hiking from the side...a story he totally tells in this episode. He also fell in love just as he began the Triple Crown adventure, which greatly colored his entire journey. And even led him to hike the PCT with his partner, Sea Lion. In this episode, we talk the eternal struggle between earning money and living your best life, pro tips and hiker hacks, the dozen dip challenge, and the Appalachian Pine Mixer.

    • 1 hr 46 min

Customer Reviews

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2 Ratings

The Trail Hunter ,

Awesome podcast and an extremely good resource

I listen to a few podcasts about thru-hiking one of which is John Zahorian’s Routes and have been searching far and wide for another one I’ll listen to over and over and it’s safe to say I’ve found it.

Inspiring and educational, talking to some personal heroes of mine.

Thanks very much and happy hikin’!

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