The Guidebook

Devin and I had a super casual conversation about breaking bones on a thru-hike, hiking with Lyme, contacts, goals for the future, and sooooo much more. "So many different things happened on trail. When people ask you, 'How was trail?' Well the whole thing overall was great! But do you want to hear about that time when I fell and bled all over or that time when a bear woke us up in the middle of t...

Beth and I talk about her very first hike, societal preconceptions of a 'hiker,' feeling left out in the outdoor clothing industry, and the 52 Hike Challenge. Beth Bradley has performed at The Moth Story Slam and GrandSlam in Denver. "I kept telling myself, "Just get to there.""

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Wicked and I talk about being unprepared for the cold on our thru-hikes, tents, life after the trail, and overcoming anxiety during her thru-hike. “As the trail went on, I realized that I was actually just really strong for being able to cope with mental health issues while still doing this amazing feat of thru-hiking."

In this episode we hear Slider’s tramily stories from The Northbound horde, paying back your student loans on trail, carrying a plastic trombone the entire AT (which cows really liked), and backpacking with her mom! "They'd see me coming around the corner and go "oh it's the girl with the trombone!""

This is the second part of a long interview I did with Rachel in December. I love Rachel’s perspective and we got a lot deeper for this second half. We talk in this episode about bodily functions (skip ahead about 10 minutes if you’d like to avoid it!), food, community, injuries, and mental health. This was a very full episode with laughter and seriousness. "You know those meme posts where it's li...

Rachel and I discuss her struggles with substances growing up, how she came out of that phase of her life, dipping her toes into the backpacking community, and becoming who you want to be one step at a time. "[hiking] totally let me know my worth."

"You are allowed to feel any emotion you want out there. If you're angry, be angry! But you're only angry at yourself. It's not like you can be angry at anyone else!"

"To this day that's where I feel home is, on trail."

"You always have to go through the extreme first before it becomes easier."

“All the times that felt so hard and heavy, taught us how to love and be a better person and how to be grateful for those times.”

"If your goals don't scare you they're not big enough."