In today's episode of Back Packer Radio, we're joined by Peers Ellison, a PCT hiker,

Brown recluse Spider-Bite victim, a Brit, and an uper-talented musician.

Also, Chaunce is very drunk for this one. Hold on to your but. But, before we get into the episode, I want to give a shout out to today's sponsor, Sawyer Products. And my favorite product, they're Picardin topical insect repellent.

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Okay, do the show. Welcome to Backpacker Radio. This is episode number 19. I am your co-host Zach Badger Davis. To my right is not Julianne Chauncey. She is

drunkenly Ubering from Coors Field right now, but across from me is today's

guest who's going to sit in as our co-host in the

meantime. Hello my name is Chaunce. Our British male Chaunce. My name is Piers Allison, my

my trail name is Nectai. I hiked half of the PCT in 2016 and I got bitten by

a brown recluse spider and then I came back in 2017 to finish the rest of it.

We're going to go balls deep on all of this.

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