#23 | Can a 68 Year Old Thru-Hike the Appalachian Trail?! Hell Yeah! Meet Keith Wingad

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports:wilderness, Sports

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2019

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Keith Wingad joins the show this week to talk about his thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail in 2017! He is a veteran of the United States Military and talks about how his experience affected his thru-hike, and how he made it his mission to hike as an inspiration to veterans and doctors who treat them. We also talk about what it's like to thru-hike as an older hiker. Like what you hear? Want to talk some smack? You can contact me on Twitter, Instagram, or send me an email: trailtalespod@gmail.com If you're really into Trail Tales and want to receive some bonus content, please consider supporting the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trailtales. Feel free to leave me a five-star review on iTunes (I read every one at the beginning of the next episode), and subscribe if you like the show! My personal Instagram is @kylehateshiking, so feel free to follow me on there as well. Subscribe on iTunes, and listen on Google Play and Stitcher!

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0:00.0	Trail Tales time.
0:01.7	Roll it!
0:13.7	What's going on, everybody?
0:15.6	How'd you like me yelling in your ear like that right at the beginning of the episode?
0:19.2	Did that get you pumped up? Did that get
0:21.5	you ready to go? Probably not. It probably just pissed you off and annoyed you and caught you off guard,
0:26.6	but that's okay. Episode number 23 of Trail Tales is what you're about to hear. My name is Kyle O'Grady.
0:34.5	I love to through hike. I love to peek bag. I really just like to walk around in the woods
0:39.5	getting sweaty. And this is a podcast
0:41.5	where I chat with other
0:43.4	people that like doing those things
0:45.3	just as much as I do.
0:47.8	Now, this week's guest
0:49.0	is a gentleman named Keith
0:51.2	Wingad. He hiked the AT
0:53.2	in 2017 and we talk about a bunch of cool stuff. We talk about
0:58.8	his time in the United States military and how that affected his hike. We talk about what it's
1:04.6	like to through hike the AT as an older hiker. And throughout the episode, Keith tells a bunch
1:10.4	of funny stories and jokes
1:11.8	and I just really had so much fun with this one so Keith when you hear this
1:15.9	thank you so so much for taking the time to come on I hope you enjoy it and I
1:19.9	really really appreciate it we're gonna get into the conversation in just a
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