EPISODE · Jun 20, 2026 · 25 MIN
Trail Stories - The Short-Term Fear with Madeline Hryse
from Hiker Trash Radio · host Bleav + Doc
About the Guest Madeline Hryse spent four years nomadic — three years backpacking through Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, and China, and one year cycling solo and with company from southern China to Sweden, through Central Asia and Europe. She grew up in Southern California with a mountaineer father who built bikes in his backyard. She's newly sponsored by Tumbleweed Bikes for her next ride: the Continental Divide, Canada to Mexico. Episode Highlights The Short-Term Fear The Mountain Pass The Skill She Didn't Want to Need The Crankset Disaster What the World Taught Her The Hiking Hack — A Piece of String Links & Resources Madeline Hryse — Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/very__odd Tumbleweed Bikes — Madeline's new sponsor for her upcoming Continental Divide ride. Connect with Hiker Trash Radio Email: mailto:[email protected] Social: Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok — search Hiker Trash Radio. The full interview with Madeline drops Wednesday in two parts. Leave a review on Apple Podcasts — it takes 60 seconds and makes a real difference. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.
What this episode covers
Madeline Hryse has not had a home address in four years, which she will tell you is liberating and which her mother will tell you is a different word entirely. Three years walking across Asia, one year cycling solo from southern China to Sweden, and exactly zero permanent mailing addresses later, Madeline has a theory: the people with the stable job and the 401(k) are the scared ones, not her. This episode covers the mountain pass in Kyrgyzstan that made her the most unpleasant person alive for exactly one day before rewarding her with the best view of her life, the skill she had to learn the hard way about reading strange men on lonely roads, and a piece of string from a hostel free pile that may have saved her life in the Pamir Mountains. Hollywood would call this a midlife crisis. Madeline calls it Tuesday.
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Trail Stories - The Short-Term Fear with Madeline Hryse
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