#121 | Why would anyone bother to Thru Hike in Wisconsin? Let's learn about the Ice Age Trail with Lucas Smith

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports:wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 4 August 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Lucas Smith has taken a, dare I say... untraditional route into the world of thru hiking. Rather than take on the Appalachian Trail or the PCT, Lucas has started his thru hiking journey by hiking the Buckeye Trail in Ohio, and the Ice Age Trail in Wisconsin. In this episode we mostly focus on the Ice Age Trail, so if you want to learn about a lesser-known trail that is still over 1,000 miles long, tune in! Lucas's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lucas_smith072/ Please consider joining my 46Climbs team to raise money for Suicide Prevention: https://afsp.donordrive.com/team/269890/ Like what you hear? Want to talk some smack? You can contact me on Instagram (@kylehateshiking), or send me an email: trailtalespod@gmail.com If you're really into Trail Tales and want to receive some bonus content, please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kylehateshiking/ Subscribe on iTunes, and listen on Spotify and Stitcher

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0:00.0	How's it going, everybody? Welcome to episode number one hundred and twenty-one of
0:13.8	Trail Tales. My name is Kyle O'Grady. I'm a throughhiker. I'm a peakbacker. I am a
0:17.9	huge hiking nerd. And every single week I talk to or or I chat with rather, that's what I usually say.
0:24.1	Other hiking nerds about their experiences on the trail.
0:27.9	And this week we talk about a relatively unknown trail, at least if you don't live in Wisconsin.
0:35.7	We talk about the Ice Age Trail.
0:37.3	And the man I talk about the Ice Age Trail.
0:42.4	And the man I talk about it with is named Lucas Smith.
0:44.4	He's a young kid.
0:45.5	We talk about this a little bit.
0:47.4	He's only 20 years old.
0:51.5	And I always think it's interesting talking to other through hikers who are younger than me,
0:54.4	because even though I'm getting a little bit older at this point,
1:00.3	25, I still feel like a lot of the time people are at least my age or they're slightly older than me or a lot older than me. So I just think it's cool that, you know, 20 year old hiking the Ice Age Trail,
1:06.7	a pretty unknown trail. That's a, that's a cool thing. And so Lucas talks all about, I asked him a lot unknown trail. That's a cool thing.
1:11.0	And so Lucas talks all about, I asked him a lot of questions in this episode.
1:15.8	We covered a ton of stuff about this trail.
1:18.2	All the logistical stuff, you know, resupply, camping, water, just to name a few things like that.
1:24.9	So if you're thinking about hiking this trail, this is definitely going to be a great resource.
1:28.7	If you're just curious about learning what it's like to hike 100, or 100, wow,
1:34.2	1,200 miles through Wisconsin, of all places.
1:38.9	This is the episode for you.
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