#3 | Thru-Hike Preparation

from Trail Correspondents Hosted by The Trek

Preparing for a thru-hike can be a maddening experience. When it comes to overhauling your life to spend upwards of a half year, on foot, in the backcountry, where does one even begin to make sure they're crossing all of their ts and dotting all their i's prior to stepping foot on trail. That is precisely the subject of today's episode. So- how are our hikers going about this process? Let's find out. First you'll hear from our Appalachian Trail hikers, follwed by our Pacific Crest Trail Hikers, Continental Divide Trail hikers, and Lucas, our American Discovery Trail Correspodent. Enjoy. FIND US ON ITUNES | FIND US ON GOOGLE PLAY | FIND US ON STITCHER Learn more about Appalachian Trials and Pacific Crest Trials. In today's show, we hear from: Nancy Alexander Frozen Missy Baatz Melissa Glass Kenneth Pararo Katharine Rudzitis Travis Laura Stewart Sarah Herman Karthikeya Nadendla Zack Munsell Julie Klazynski Jazmin Ortega Liam Purtle Eric Dernbach Alison Dernbach Angie Kane Sara Dhooma Dosu Lucas Woolfolk Today's show is brought to you by Granite Gear. Trail Correspondents can score a 20% discount off any purchase at GraniteGear.com by using "TREK20" at checkout. Get on it. Have any praise, questions, praise, comments, praise or praise for Backpacker Radio? Reach out to [email protected]. Subscribe to this podcast on iTunes (and please leave us a review)! You can also find us on Download podcast episode one and episode two. Find us on Stitcher and Google Play. INSTAGRAM: Follow Trail Correspondents, The Trek, and Badger. YOUTUBE: Subscribe to The Trek. FACEBOOK: Follow Trail Correspondents and The Trek. sign up for our newsletter > Editing and music courtesy of Pauly Boy Shallcross.

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