#124 | The Truth about why Flossy quit the Pacific Crest Trail

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 15 December 2022

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Flossy is my first guest back, and in this episode we tell the entire story of what happened to him on our Pacific Crest Trail thru hike attempt, and give a detailed look into what was going on behind the scenes that wasn't featured in any of our Pacific Crest Trail videos. Check out my YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/KyleHatesHiking/ Like what you hear? Want to talk some smack? You can contact me on Instagram (@kylehateshiking), or send me an email: [email protected] 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	Yo, yo, yo, is this thing on?
0:14.6	Testing, testing, testing.
0:16.0	Welcome back, everybody.
0:17.1	Welcome back to Trail Tales.
0:19.0	My name is Kyle O'Grady.
0:20.1	I am a Thurhekker. I am a throughhacker. I am a peakbacker. I am a
0:22.8	huge hiking nerd. And every single week on this podcast, I chat with other through hikers and other
0:29.2	peekbaggers and other hiking nerds about their experiences on the trail. Damn, it felt good to say that.
0:35.0	It's been a long time, folks. On this first episode back, I interview Flossie.
0:40.3	Flossie and I attempted to through hike the PCT this year, the Pacific Crest Trail.
0:44.9	We hiked a good chunk of it, around 2,200 miles, but things didn't really go according to plan.
0:51.6	Those of you that watch the videos on YouTube, you might feel like Flossie
0:56.7	abruptly left the PCT towards the end when we were in Washington, and he explained it a little bit,
1:03.6	but the truth is the story goes much, much deeper than what was shown on camera. And in this episode,
1:10.7	we talk all about that. We talk
1:12.6	about why he left. We talk about all the circumstances leading up to his departure on the PCT.
1:19.5	And then at the end, Blossie and I tell a story, or part of a story, actually, because we
1:25.6	couldn't even finish it. So we're going to have to finish the story part two in a future episode.
1:31.1	But we tell the first part of a story of what was probably the most difficult and crazy
1:37.5	through hiking experience that I've ever had on any trail at all.
1:43.5	It was amazing. Guys, I'm so excited to be back. I hope you
1:46.3	enjoy this episode. And if you did, please send me a email Trail Talespod at gmail.com.
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