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In this episode of Quo Vadis, I speak with Tim Voors about the Continental Divide Trail — the most remote, demanding, and psychologically challenging of the great American thru-hikes.

Tim has completed the Pacific Crest Trail, Te Araroa in New Zealand, and the CDT. He is also the author of The Great Divide, a book that approaches the trail not as an achievement, but as an encounter with fear, humility, and awe.

Our conversation explores what draws people toward something they know will test them deeply. We talk about fear — not as something to be eliminated, but as something to be transformed into respect. About solitude, uncertainty, navigation, wildlife, and the mental strategies required to keep moving forward when comfort and certainty disappear.

This episode is a conversation about the threshold: the moment where longing outweighs fear and you choose exposure over safety, and about what the Continental Divide Trail gives back to those who dare to walk it.