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#16 | Furball on Thru-Hiking with Your Dog, Tour du Mont Blanc, and Appalachian Trail Terminology

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Zach Davis

Hikertrash, Thruhiking, Continentaldividetrail, Julianachauncey, Thruhiker, Backpacker, Thetrek, Pacificcresttrail, Appalachiantrail, Wilderness, Hiking, Sports, Zachdavis, Backpacking

4.71.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 16 the Paprika Pals sit down with Nadia “Furball” Westenburg to talk about the pros and cons of thru-hiking with a dog. She also regales with tales from the West Highland Way and Tour du Mont Blanc, both European trails which Furball has trekked. Also, Chaunce catches us up on her Colorado Trail section hike while Zach sulks about his upcoming knee surgery, and what that means for his future hiking plans. They also explain some of the common lingo used in the thru-hiking world. Lastly, the gang get into a contentious game of Would You Rather.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

In today's episode of Backpacker Radio, we chat with our friend Furball and hear all about

0:07.3

her wonderful hiking adventures and her very cool dog.

0:10.9

But before we get into the show, I want to give a shout out to today's sponsor, which is Sawyer products.

0:16.0

Sawyer is the maker of a sunscreen product, which Chants and I have both have had the

0:21.5

chance to test. I think they have the 30 and 50

0:24.0

SPF am I correct on that I think so they come in those nice little bottles they're

0:29.4

they're like perfect through hiker size because yeah they're really small because sometimes you get like those

0:33.6

four ounces on Amazon which is what I use on the PCC it was more like I was always

0:37.6

throwing away half full sunscreen things I like this size much better or they get

0:41.1

half empty and you look at all the plastic you're're like, I don't want to carry this.

0:44.6

But I want to talk about it on screen specifically because you posted a picture recently on your

0:47.8

Instagram to promote Hike Naked Day.

0:51.0

Yes, he did.

0:52.0

It was you bare-backed you can't see anything but you could see was

0:57.5

the beginnings to what cancer would look like for especially for a ginger like yourself

1:01.6

really to explain yourself it was just some pinkish tan lines.

1:05.1

It was purple, it was somewhere between red and purple.

1:07.4

Listen, sometimes you're out on trail and you don't have sunscreen on you.

1:12.2

Listen, as a fellow, you're basically looking into your future right now, it gets worse, trust me.

1:17.0

But I've had pre-cancer liquid nitrogened off my body because I was too lazy and didn't use sunscreen so

1:24.6

I'll tell you what though I used their sunscreen on my last hike this past weekend and

1:29.2

how to do I didn't get burnt unless I'm burnt right now am I burnt? Yeah you look wonderfully pale like you normally do.

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