#20 | The Real Hiking Viking on His Colorado Trail FKT Attempt
Backpacker Radio
Zach Davis
4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2018
⏱️ 97 minutes
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Summary
Reoccurring guest The Real Hiking Viking joins the Turmeric Team to chat about his recent attempt at an FKT (fastest known time) on the Colorado Trail. The interview kicks off with a short discussion we had before he left for his yo-yo hike- to get a feel for his nerves going into this ambitious undertaking. We chat about what ultimately went wrong (spoiler alert), what he would do differently in his future attempt, and FKT culture and requirements. The show ends with the unveiling of a new series, "The Triple Crown of...", where we showcase the things that can most fuck up a hiker's day on trail.
Subjects discussed in today's episode include:
- Sawyer 30 SPF Sunscreen 1 oz. tubes
- What food Jabba carried on his attempt
- Jabba's overloaded pack (below)
- What gear was carried
- Mountain Smith Jabba (official name TBD)
- What improvements would be made for next time
- Trans Adirondack Route
- The Barkley Marathons
- GPS Trackers for FKTs
- The FKT governing website
- Triple Crown of things that fuck up your day
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode of Backpack Radio, we are joined by Jabba, aka The Real Hiking Biking, and have an in-depth conversation about his Colorado Trail FKT attempt. |
| 0:10.0 | We introduce a new series, The Triple Crown of, but before we get in the episode, I want to give a shout out to today's sponsor, Sawyer products. |
| 0:20.0 | Sawyer's sunscreen comes in SPF 30 and SPF 50 options. |
| 0:24.8 | The sunscreen bonds to the skin in a unique way, utilizing a breathable matrix formulation, |
| 0:30.1 | which requires less sunscreen over the same amount of skin and is less likely to rub off in water or when you sweat. |
| 0:36.4 | The SPF 30 absorbs 97% of the harmful UVB rays from the sun, |
| 0:42.4 | which means less burning and even better, less skin cancer. |
| 0:46.0 | Backpackers, don't be dummies, either use on screen or cover up your skin, |
| 0:50.4 | especially in areas with a lot of exposure. |
| 0:53.0 | Sawyer SPF 30 and 50 stay put system sunblock lotion comes available in one ounce tubes |
| 0:59.8 | perfect for an ultra light backpacking setup. |
| 1:03.0 | I will link to this in the show notes |
| 1:04.4 | or you can find it at your local outfitter |
| 1:06.3 | or online at sooyer.com. |
| 1:08.7 | Okay, to the show. I'm going to Welcome to Backfacker Radio presented by the trek. |
| 1:35.0 | That is my dog barking and this is episode number 20. |
| 1:38.0 | Hey, Johns, how's it going? |
| 1:40.0 | A lot better than last time. |
| 1:42.0 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 1:42.9 | Okay, so we've got in the show notes here |
| 1:44.3 | that you're supposed to address what happened in episode 19. |
| 1:48.0 | This is your doing. |
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