#52 - Learn To Thru Hike with Liz Thomas

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If you want to learn about backpacking from someone who knows a thing or two, you’ll want to open your ears to Liz Thomas. She’s hiked over 17,000 miles of trail along the Triple Crown of Thru Hikes, captured the Fastest Known Time on the AT, and spent countless miles along many other trails in the US over the years. The good news for you is that she’s decided to open up her experiences so that others may learn from her successes and trials in the form of not only an incredible book but also an online course.

This episode is loaded with great advice and information on backpacking, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this chat with Liz Thomas.

Show Notes and Links

• Introductions
• Who is Liz Thomas?
• How Liz came to hike over 17k miles
• The first experience of a long trail
• Deciding to attempt the FKT of the AT
• Liz’s long-distance hiking book
• Benefits of long-distance hikes
• What Liz has learned in all those thousands of miles
• Learning to hike long distances and how to do it
• Mental challenges on long trails and how to deal with them
• Treeline Review - Liz’s new website!
• What to expect
• A short discussion on footwear
• Liz’s Thru-Hiking course 
• Liz’s advice to new backpackers
• http://www.eathomas.com/
• Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lizthomashiking
• Mastering the Art of the Thru-Hike - https://amzn.to/2JLXpq9
• https://www.treelinereview.com/
• Learn to Thru-Hike 

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