Orange Blaze: A Florida Trail Podcast

Kate Dolamore is a hiker and nature enthusiast in Central Florida. She creates watercolor art based off of the natural world she sees on her hikes.

Li'l Buddha returns to the podcast to talk about his Always Autumn Hike, plus peeks into the CDT and Great Divide Trails which he hiked late last year.

Sandra Friend and John Keatley return to the podcast to update hikers on their new guidebooks, share their other adventures, and talk about hiking locally.

Kevin 'Larry Boy' DeVries is an experienced backpacker and hiking route creator in the western US. He hiked the Florida Trail in winter 2020.

Jupiter and Lotus hit the Florida Trail southbound in 2020. It's a revisit of the trail from his FKT a few years ago and a new experience for Lotus.

The Sunshine State Seekers return to recap their year as 2019 Groundskeepers and talk about trail advocacy in Florida and other hikes they are doing.

Nimblewill Nomad, Chris Bell, and Billy Goat Sunny ‘Nimblewill Nomad’ Eberhart is a hiking legend, known throughout the hiking community for his 20+ years of trekking hiking routes both popular and well-traveled and those more obscure and quiet. I had the chance to sit down and chat with him at Billy Goat Day, hosted by FT ThruHike , last January. http://orangeblaze.thegardenpathpodcas...

Sean Blanton is a 2020 Florida Trail thru-hiker, ultramarathoner, the creator of many ultra races throughout the US, and the current supported FKT/ONT record holder for the Florida Trail at 22 days 7 hours and 8 minutes.

Erik Schlimmer is a 2002 Florida Trail thru-hiker and creator of the Trans Adirondack Route in upstate New York. He's also a peak bagger and author.

Terry 'Chief Shoeless' Riley is a barefoot hiker who treks along Florida's trails and other natural areas throughout the country.

Rose 'Scarecrow' Shirley is out with Oreo on a 10 year adventure through the US. Currently they are on the Florida Trail in spring of 2020.

James 'Steps' Parker and Sean 'Flattop' Spence started the Florida Trail in late January. I caught up with them at Billy Goat Day to chat about their hike.

I caught up with Turtle and his Pup at Billy Goat Day to chat about their hike on the Florida Trail and their adventures beyond.

Melton 'Grits' Cockrell is a multi-time thru-hiker of the Florida Trail. We chatted at Billy Goat Day about his history of hiking on the FT.

I recorded audio journals along my way to and from Billy Goat Day back in January. Recaps from my hikes, the event, and post even thoughts.

Tammie and Mark Chapman known as Pearl and Hawkeye thru-hiked the Florida Trail in 2019. They run a ranch in their day to day life and hike the rest of the time.

You asked, I answered---and more! A q&a about the trail and hiking as well as some background on how I put together the podcast!

The Ocala to Osceola (O2O) Corridor is a vital wildlife and conservation greenway project in North Florida with potential benefits for the Florida Trail.

Chris Bell, and Randy and LuAnne Anderson come on to chat about the FTThruHike group and how they are working to help hikers during the 2020 hiking season.

Lauralee 'Blissful' Bliss is an accomplished hiker with origins on the Appalachian Trail and other trails in the northeast. Her new book 'Gators, Guts, & Glory: Adventures Along the Florida Trail' chronicles her section hike of the Florida Trail.

Jeff Glenn is the North Florida Trail Program manager with the FTA. He brings and abundant background of backpacking and trail work knowledge to the FTA, which he joined in 2013.

Van Tran is the Community Outreach Manager for the Florida Trail Association. She works to coordinates volunteers for trail workdays, edits the FTA Footprint magazine and the monthly E-Blaze newsletter as well as enjoys hiking, backpacking, and other outdoor recreational activities.

Bryan Galvin & Heather Bolint embarked on their PlasTrek 2019, a circumnavigation of Florida as they walked to raise awareness of the Plastic Symptoms plaguing our shorelines.

Sean ‘Run Bum’ Blanton, ultra-runner and hiker tackles the Florida Trail in the Wild Florida 120

Keith Curry-Pochy is a naturalist and hiker who explores Florida's wild space solo and with his family. We talk all things Florida natural history!