#103 | A Harrowing Reminder of what can go Wrong on the PCT (and other trails) with Doug Laher

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 3 February 2021

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Trevor Laher passed away while attempting a thru hike of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in March of 2020. Despite the tragic circumstances, his father Doug Laher has made it his mission to educate other hikers of the PCT and beyond about how the accident could have been prevented. Doug joins me in this episode to talk about Trevor's legacy, the accident, and what we can all learn from it. Read more: https://www.pcta.org/2021/doug-lahers-call-for-safety-in-memory-of-his-son-trevor-87656/ 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	How's it going, everyone.
0:12.1	Welcome to episode 103 of Trail Tales.
0:15.5	My name is Kyle O'Grady.
0:16.6	I am a through hiker.
0:17.4	I am a peak bagger.
0:18.2	I am a huge hiking nerd, as you all know.
0:22.1	And this is going to be a very important episode of Trail Tales. A man named Doug Lair is on the show.
0:30.0	Some of you might be familiar with Doug because he's been a guest on many of the other
0:34.8	well-known hiking podcasts.
0:44.0	And the reason that is the case is because Doug is telling the story of his son, Trevor, who unfortunately passed away on a PCT through hike attempt this past March.
0:51.0	And like I said, you might have heard about this. It's been all over social media
0:56.1	due to Doug's efforts to really get his son's story out there and to highlight the things
1:03.6	that we can all learn from it. And just for the record, it's not just things that PCT hikers can
1:10.0	learn. These are things that every hiker can learn.
1:13.3	So we go through Trevor's story in this episode, and then we spend quite a bit of time talking about, yeah, what could have been done differently and some of Doug's tips for staying safe while you're on the trail. So it was a great privilege
1:30.6	to have this conversation with Doug. He's doing some amazing, amazing things. It should go without saying
1:35.9	that it's not easy to talk about these things. And he's doing it anyway because he really,
1:40.8	really cares about helping folks. So it was a privilege to talk to him.
1:44.8	I am very, very thankful that I had the opportunity,
1:47.0	and I think you guys are going to like this one.
1:49.3	I'm going to end the intro here.
1:52.0	Let's get into it.
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