#101 | How to Solve the Adirondack's Overuse Problem with James Appleton

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

James Appleton, host of The 46 of 46 Podcast comes on for his second Trail Tales episode. We spent most of this episode talking about the 'overuse' issue in the Adirondack High Peaks....although calling it such is a massive simplification. James lives in the Adirondack Park, and thus has some unique and valuable views on the subject. Even if you do not hike in the Adirondacks, I think there is a lot to learn in this episode, especially as public hiking trails have started to see an increase in traffic over the years. Check out James' podcast: https://46of46.com/ Like what you hear? Want to talk some smack? You can contact me on Instagram (@kylehateshiking), or send me an email: [email protected] you're really into Trail Tales and want to receive some bonus content, please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trailtalesFeel free to leave me a five-star review on iTunes, and subscribe if you like the show! My personal Instagram is @kylehateshiking, so feel free to follow me on there as well. Subscribe on iTunes, and listen on Spotify and Stitcher

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0:00.0	What's up everyone. Welcome to episode number 101 of Trail Tales. My name is Kyle O'Grady. I am a huge hiking nerd, and
0:24.4	you know the drill every single week on this podcast. I chat with other hiking nerds about their
0:29.0	experiences on the trail. This week's guest is a man that hopefully most of you are familiar with.
0:35.5	His name is James Appleton. He has been a previous guest on the show.
0:40.2	It was episode number 70 that he was on here last time.
0:43.9	And you also might know him from the fact that he hosts his own hiking podcast.
0:48.2	Just like me, it's called the 46 of 46 podcast.
0:52.1	It's all about the Adirondacks.
0:53.6	And as we talk about a little bit in our conversation
0:56.3	here, hopefully in the future, he will expand from the Adirondacks as well. We focused for pretty
1:02.7	much the entire episode here on the kind of controversial issue of overcrowding or overuse or lack of parking, lack of access, too many people,
1:15.0	blah, blah, blah, blah. In the high peaks region of the Adirondacks, if you're familiar with the
1:19.9	issue, you probably know what I'm talking about. If not, it's kind of hard to describe exactly what
1:24.3	the issue is because there's kind of some fundamental disagreements on
1:27.7	yeah what the root of the issue even is and we do talk about that in this episode so generally
1:33.6	i don't take on some of the more controversial issues on this podcast but i think that james
1:39.4	has some really valuable opinions on these issues because as we talk about in the episode he actually lives
1:45.2	in the adorondack park he lives in lake placid so these issues aren't just about access to his
1:50.3	favorite hiking trails these issues are about access to his home essentially so he's got some
1:56.8	really really good insight on these issues and i will just say this is obviously just like one
2:01.3	person's opinion. There are definitely conflicting opinions out there and that's great. So if this
2:07.1	is something you really care about, if you frequent the high peaks region, then, you know, do your
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