Trails Worth Hiking

Join Jeremy as he recounts his almost 500-mile thru hike of the Colorado Trail from Denver to Durango through the Rocky Mountains.  The episode features interviews with fellow thru hikers and audio from Jeremy during the hike.  If you want to know what it takes to do a significant thru hike, this episode is for you.

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Author and blogger Nadine Slavinski joins Jeremy to talk about this alpine hut-to-hut hike in the Pyrenees in the Catalonia region of Spain.  On this beautiful adventure hikers ascend and descend more than 9,000 meters (30,000 feet) on this 65 kilometer (40 mile) route through Aigüestortes i Sant Maurici National Park.
Nadine's blog, The Travel Bug:  https://www.thetravelbug.blog/index.html
Nadine's post on the Carros de Foc:  https://www.thetravelbug.blog/trips/carros-de-foc-pyrenees.html
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Emma Fry of Vegan Adventure Holidays joins Jeremy to talk about this relatively new hike from coast to coast across all of Costa Rica.  The trail takes trekkers from the Atlantic Coast, through the central highlands and mountains, and finishes in Quepos, on the Pacific Coast.  Jeremy recounts the history of Costa Rica, and the history of its ecotourism industry.
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Janna and Grant Glaze's video on the Pemi Loop:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X54RHN2W-u0
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Listener and experienced Florida hiker Richie Mulligan (aka Pecky Bird) joins Jeremy to talk about his hike with his father on the Ocean to Lake Trail in Southern Florida.  This amazing hike from the Atlantic Ocean to Lake Okeechobee takes hikers through a wide variety of Southern Florida's diverse habitats.  And of course there are alligators.  Also learn about the unique Everglades environment in Southern Florida.
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Listener Wade Tonkin and comedian Sean Keane join Jeremy to talk about their treks to Everest Base Camp.  This amazing trek in Nepal takes hikers high in the Himalayas to the base camp where climbers get ready to ascend the tallest mountain on earth.  Wade tells about his inspiring story of getting fit for this difficult trek and Sean tells us about the stand-up comedy performance he did during the trek.  Listen to the end to hear clips from the actual performance.  And Jeremy fills us in on Mt. Everest, Sherpas, and of course, the base camp itself.

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Listener Veronica McGee joins Jeremy to talk about her several adventures on the Via Transilvanica, a new 1,400 kilometer trail that crosses a huge swath of Romania, in Eastern Europe.  The trail brings hikers through small mountain villages where they'll stay in local homes and eat home-cooked meals.  The trail traverses Transylvania, and includes multiple crossings of the Carpathian Mountains.  And we'll have to keep on the look out for signs of one of Romania's most famous historical residents, Vlad Dracula.
The trail's website:  https://www.viatransilvanica.com/en/
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Listener and photographer Christian Paul joins Jeremy to talk about his epic adventure on the Uinta Highline Trail.  This amazing long-distance trail traverses the highest mountain range in Utah.  The trail crosses several high mountain passes and gives the hiker views of glaciated landscapes dotted with alpine lakes brimming with trout.  And Christian talks about the important life changes he made to be able to undertake this challenging hike.
Christian's photography business: https://www.christianpaulphotography.com/
Christian's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6aJIhsOVJ0Re319OI_GSpw/videos
Christian's videos on the Highline Trail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OutLohnnsno&list=PLsu1l97U14cDHbKFpKPfe1MJUviG-DMWi
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Listener Dane Schuckman joins Jeremy to talk about Dane's hike of the Art Loeb trail in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina.  Dane takes us through this multi-day hike along ridges and over peaks in the wild high country of this part of North Carolina.  And Jeremy tells the story of Art Loeb, the man behind the name of this rugged and challenging trail.

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Author Suzanne Roberts joins Jeremy to talk about her hike in Spain on the Camino de Santiago.  In fact, Suzanne hiked more than one of the Caminos to Santiago de Compostela.  And Jeremy recounts the interesting history and legend of the Camino de Santiago.  Also, Suzanne talks about the new edition of her book, Almost Somewhere, about her first thru hike of the John Muir Trail.
Suzanne Roberts:  https://www.suzanneroberts.net/
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Listener Mimi Cortes joins Jeremy to talk about her thru hike of the little-known Yorkshire Wolds Way in England.  Mimi tells Jeremy about the wonderful medieval towns and beautiful countryside that hikers experience on this week-long adventure.  And we learn about one of England's most famous outlaws who, in the 1730s, frequented one of the inns along the trail.
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