What's going on everybody?

Welcome to episode number 20 of Trail Tales.

I can't believe I'm already 20 episodes in.

My name is Kyle O'Grady and I am a through hiker and a

peak bagger. I hiked the AT this past summer and this is the podcast where I chat with other

through hikers, peakbaggers, ultra runners, and all around hiking nerds about their experiences

on the trail. Now today I am joined by Rambling Rosie. She hiked the Appalachian Trail this past summer that is the summer of 2018 and we talk about a bunch of different stuff all related to the AT. We talk about what it's like to through hike when you are married with a spouse at home. We talk about the four statestate challenge on the AT, and we also give some advice for those of you

that are starting out your through hikes.

Maybe you've even started already.

Just some advice on how to stay healthy at the beginning of your hike and not overdo it.

Rosie, thank you so, so much when you hear this for coming on the show. Thank you for not making fun of me when I completely butcher a couple questions in this one

Definitely wasn't my best episode when it comes to that, but it was still an awesome chat. I think it was pretty funny and yeah

Rosie just thank you so so much for being willing to come on and share your story.

We're going to get into the conversation in just a second here.

But first, those of you that listen to the show every week know that I like to bug you with a couple things before the conversation starts.

And one of those things is five-star iTunes reviews.

But this week, you're in luck because I'm not going to bug you about it.

A listener named Nick is going to bug you about it because Nick recorded a little jingle

asking for five-star reviews and he sent it to me.

He said he got drunk one night and just kind of did it.

So I think it's hilarious and we're

going to listen to it right now please give me a five-star review so other people know i'm a pretty good dude

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