Walking and Talking: An Appalachian Trail Thru-Hike Ryan Schlosser

Join Glen and I on this special, rare episode of Walking and Talking! Glen is a an "engineer, entrepreneur, author, sought-after speaker, and dishwasher/philanthropist." In 1998 he founded Gossamer Gear. He's humble, funny, and dedicated. 
*I apolgize for the poor audio quality on my mic. I've been out of the podcast game for awhile so I had my settings messed up. Thankfully, Glen is crisp and clear - he's more intersting to listen to anyway.
Glen's  book Take Less. Do More: Surprising Life Lessons in Generosity. Gratitude, and Curiosty from an Ultralight Backpacker is available on April 16th. Find it at the links below. 
All profits on the book will be donated to the Pacific Crest Trail Association.
https://bookshop.org/p/books/take-less-do-more-surprising-life-lessons-in-generosity-gratitude-and-curiosity-from-an-ultralight-backpacker-glen-van-peski/20974984
 
https://www.porchlightbooks.com/product/take-less.-do-more.-surprising-life-lessons-in-generosity-gratitude-and-curiosity-from-an-ultralig--glen-van-peski/isbn/9781637632895
 
https://www.hudsonbooksellers.com/book/9781637632895
 
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/take-less-do-more-glen-van-peski/1144473893;jsessionid=1511F01807AFAF67447724E441D107B0.prodny_store01-atgap04
 
https://www.amazon.com/Take-Less-More-Surprising-Generosity/dp/1637632894
 
Visit Glen's website to learn more
https://www.glenvanpeski.com/
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

My friend is about to do something insane! Jacob is attempting to become the youngest person in HISTORY to ski solo to The South Pole. 
Join us for this conversation about running 100s of miles through the mountains, living on a glacier, setting world records, planting trees in Austrialia, and much more!
 
DONATE TO THIS PROJECT!
IndieGoGo: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/traq-23/x/30565548#/
 
Venmo: @MyersJG1
 
CHECK OUT HIS BLOG!
 
My Website: www.ValhallaHikes.Com
 
FOLLOW THE SOCIALS!
IG: @YoungestToPoleProject
IG: @ClimateForce.360
 
LEARN MORE ABOUT THE UNITY BLAZE!
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Lightshow and I met two weeks into my thru-hike when the world was shutting down due to COVID. He completed the southern half of the AT last year. This year he plans to start at Katahdin and head south. He joins me this week to talk about his unique approach to hiking the trail, why you should take the blue-blazes, his time working at Standing Bear Farm, and so much more! Lots of love and lessons in this one.  
 
 
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Hey everyone! My mom, Mary Schlosser, joins me this week to reminisce about her experience with the AT in 2020. No intro or outro today. Audacity keeps crashing whenever I try to edit, so it’s all interview this time around. Join us for a conversation about putting on a brave face, learning lessons from the woods, eating cold oatmeal, apple cider festivals, and so much more!
 
If you’d like to listen to other episodes with Mary, check out episodes 1 & 8  
 
 
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On this one-year anniversary episode I’m joined again by Chase Bontemps (Shotgun). Shotgun is a 23 year-old West Virginia University grad who now works as a civil engineer in Washington DC. He’s one of my best friends from the trail and we hiked the northern half together. Today’s episode is a relaxed conversation in which we reflect on the one-year anniversary of our start dates. If you’d like to hear Shotgun’s backstory, I recommend first listening to episodes 11 and 19. If you’ve already heard those episodes, or if you just want to dive into this episode, welcome aboard!
 
**I was riddled with technical difficulties while recording and editing this episode. I tried my best to make everything sound as normal as possible
 
Thank you to everyone who has listened to the show over this past year! You all rock! 
 
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This week I’m joined by Scott “Hell Yeah Jesus” Hughes. He’s the host of his own podcast I Just Wanna Be Hiker Trash (link below). Scott was 1,400 miles into a sobo AT thruhike attempt in 2016 when he made the decision to get off trail for the year. He returned Katahdin in 2018 and set off again – this time successfully making it all the way to Springer Mountain. Anyone who hikes 3,500+ miles on the AT comes away with some great stories. Lucky for me, all those stories make for a great interview! Join us for a conversation about determination, crazy trail names, podcasting, lessons the trail teaches, and so much more!
 
Check out I Just Wanna Be Hiker Trash here
https://ijustwannabehikertrash.com/
 
or on FaceBook
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New Episodes every other Wednesday at Noon EST!