#127 | The Most Inspiring Hiker I met on the Pacific Crest Trail with CJ Cosby

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Colton "CJ" Cosby is working towards the goal of being the first Triple Crowner with cystic fibrosis. I had the pleasure of meeting CJ during my Pacific Crest Trail hike this summer, and wanted him to come on the show to share his inspiring story. CJ's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@coltoncosby CJ's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coltonjcosby/ If you're really into Trail Tales, please consider supporting my content on Patreon (best way to support the show): https://www.patreon.com/kylehateshiking/ Check out my YouTube for the Pacific Crest Trail vlogs: 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] Subscribe on iTunes, and listen on Spotify and Stitcher

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0:00.0	How is it going, everybody? Welcome to Trail Tales. My name is Kyle O'Grady. I'm a through hiker. I am a peak bagger. I am just a huge hiking nerd, dude.
0:22.2	You don't even, you don't even understand. Well, actually, you probably do because you are
0:26.7	probably a hiking nerd as well. And every single week on this podcast, I talk with other
0:30.6	through hikers and backpackers and peekbaggers about their experiences on the trail. And folks,
0:36.1	this is a very special episode.
0:37.9	And I genuinely mean that.
0:39.7	I feel like that's such a podcast thing.
0:41.5	Like, oh, welcome to the episode.
0:42.5	Like super special guests today.
0:44.6	This guest is so, so, so, so, so I can't even say it special.
0:50.0	C.J. Cosby is his name.
0:53.2	This is a gentleman that I met on the PCT this summer, and he recognized me.
0:58.4	I tell this whole story at the beginning of the episode. He recognized me from YouTube and said he
1:03.6	was a fan and all this, and it ended up being, you know, so much more than just a normal, like, fan interaction, I guess,
1:14.0	because as he was telling me his story, as he was telling me about his condition and his very ambitious goals,
1:22.5	it was just very inspiring.
1:25.1	He has cystic fibrosis, and he is attempting to be the first person
1:31.8	with that condition to triple crown. And he's got a long ways to go, but he's been at it for a while
1:38.2	as well. He's working his way up. We talk all about that and it's just, it's such an inspiring story.
1:45.8	I'm so excited for you guys to hear this one.
1:47.9	And CJ, when you hear this, thank you so much for coming on.
1:51.0	And I would love to do another episode soon.
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