The week we are excited to talk with Renee "She-Ra" Patrick.  Renee measures time by the miles she hikes. This long-distance backpacker has wracked up over 11,000 miles hiked on 12 different trails around the world including the triple crown trails: Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and Continental Divide Trail. To stay fit, she packrafts, skis, walks, bikes, enjoys a daily yoga practice, and sometimes drinks a beer (or two). Renee is a professional hiker whose current job is to establish the 750-mile Oregon Desert Trail through south-eastern Oregon. 

Follow Renee "She-Ra" Patrick on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wearehikertrash/  

Find out more about the Oregon Desert Trail: www.onda.org/OregonDesertTrail 

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Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media.

This week we have an amazing conversation with PCT THRU HIKER

Jennifer “Close Call” McDaniel. We have an amazing conversation about what it means to be a hiker, expectations on the trail, when you have to get off the trails, how the trail provides and how she got her trail name.

Follow “Close Call" on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dirtyskirt/

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Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes

Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers!

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On this weeks episode of The Hiker Podcast we are joined by Youtuber and Triple Crown Thru Hiker Jessica Mills. Not only do we talk about hiking the Appalachian Trail (AT), The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) and the Continental Divide Trail (CDT), we discuss what her journey from engineer to full time hiker and what it means to embrace the uncomfortable!

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Follow Host Andy Neal on Instagram: @andyfilmsandhikes

Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers!  Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media.

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This week on Episode 4 of The Hiker Podcast we talk with Michael "Einstein" Gelfeld. "Einstein" is a semi-nomadic, somewhat full-time long distance hiker. He has hiked over 8,000 miles on various trails since 2016 and also completed two cross-country bicycle tours. He is originally from Maryland and currently lives in Flagstaff, AZ. 

Follow "Einstein" on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/youth.retired 

Read "Einstein's" Blog: https://www.unpublishedeinsteinthoughts.com

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Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all our social media accounts, email, and all the ways to listen to The Hiker Podcast

Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers!  Go to www.hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen or to follow us on social media.

This week on Episode 3 of The Hiker Podcast we talk with filmmaker, YouTuber, and PCT thru-hiker Elina “Tip Tap” Osborne. “Tip Tap” hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, the 2,650 mile (4270 kilometers) trail that runs from Mexico to Canada through California, Oregon and Washington in the US, in 2019. 

Her short documentary film on her PCT hike, “It is the People”, was selected at this years New Zealand Mountain Film Festival.

We talk about preparing for a thru hike, how hiking affects relationships with other people, what happened in Ashland, Oregon, and being a filmmaker on the trail.

You can see Elina's film ‘It Is the People’, on her YouTube Channel as well as more amazing videos on her PCT Journey.

 Elina's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/elinabox

 Elina's INSTAGRAM: @elinasborne

 Elina's WEBSITE:  elinaosborne.com

Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! 

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Welcome to Episode 2 of The Hiker Podcast, we are keeping it close to home today with conversations with the president of Keep Oregon Green Kristen Babbs and Franziska, the founder of hikeoregon.net and Hike Oregon On YouTube.

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Follow Franziska of Hike Oregon at https://www.hikeoregon.net

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Be sure to join us next week as we go half way around the world and talk with Kiwi, PCT Thru Hiker, and filmmaker Elina Osbourne. Check out her YouTube Channel before you listen to next weeks episode: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj7YznKvjMpXAXuzs9wWvtg 

Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers! Go to hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen, for our social media links, to sign up for our email list and to get more information.

Welcome to the first ever episode of The Hiker Podcast. This week Host Andy Neal tells you his story of how he got into hiking and how hiking helped changed him during an existential crisis and helped heal his mind and heart.

Each week new hiker Andy Neal, takes you along on the trail, reviewing gear, exploring hiking trends and most importantly talking with voices in the outdoor and hiking community finding stories of how hiking has inspired them to grow, create, and better the world and environment around them. A show for those first starting out on the trail and for experienced thru-hikers!

Go to hikerpodcast.com for all the ways to listen, for our social media links, to sign up for our email list and to get more information.

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