Matthew "Odie" Norman is best known on the AT as the bus-dwelling shaggy faced creator of the Hiker Yearbook, an old-school hard back annual publication packed with history, photos and highlights from each year's "graduating class." Odie connects hikers, and we connected with him in this latest episode.  Learn about the bus, the trail, and Odie's mission, including his plans (now underway!) to hit the PCT next.  Audio from The 2018 Trail Days video was shared with us from the New York-New Jersey Trail Conference. Links to things we talk about on this episode:  Join our community AND support the show! Hiker Yearbook Grandma Gatewood The AT Museum 

Episode 015 - Still Got Most Of It Left with Odie

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 Some freestyle holiday rambling.    Get the audio version of Where's the Next Shelter? for free when you join Audible!       

Over the River and Thru the Woods

 In this episode we address the very difficult question: How might your hike impact the spread of COVID-19 in the trail community?  Our qualified expert this week is Dr Kathryn Michels, (aka "Mr Peanut), a CDT SOBO thru hiker who also  holds a PhD in Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer biology from the University of Virginia.  In addition to covering this very important topic, we get some good trail talk too.    Dr Michel's Reddit Post The Appalachian Trail Reddit Page Dr-Peanut's CDT Blog Reptar Get more episodes AND support the show! Why aren't you watching Reptar Hikes!? Email the show. No, seriously. Email the show. Stories From The Trail on Facebook Stories From the Trail on Instagram    Get the audio version of Where's the Next Shelter? for free when you join Audible!       

SPECIAL: COVID-19 and Your Hiking Plans

 We're back! As promised:   Round Animals Thumbelina  Reptar Get more episodes AND support the show! Why aren't you watching Reptar Hikes!? Email the show. No, seriously. Email the show. Stories From The Trail on Facebook Stories From the Trail on Instagram    Get the audio version of Where's the Next Shelter? for free when you join Audible!     

Beginners Again

 An episode about nothing.  (Re-uploaded with fixed audio!)  Links in this episode:   Hike for Mental Health RadFlix     

Episode 050 - Zero Day

 Easily our most requested guest. Listen in on this reunion between Green Giant and Lemmy. We do our best to tell his story without spiraling into inside jokes... much.   Lemmy's life before the AT How he learned of the trail What his first few days were like How did it feel to be stalked by fans? What's Lemmy been up to since the trail? And more  Listeners who support the show have already heard the next THREE episodes while you and I sit here like a couple of hikers waiting for a cool shirt to mysteriously appear in the Hiker Box. This raw audio includes TWO episodes that no one else will ever hear. Ever.  Get more episodes AND support the show! Why aren't you watching Reptar Hikes!? Email the show. No, seriously. Email the show. Stories From The Trail on Facebook Stories From the Trail on Instagram JOIN our LIVE INTERNET AUDIENCE on Discord  Get the audio version of Where's the Next Shelter? for free when you join Audible!   

Episode 015 - Still Got Most Of It Left with Odie

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