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Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

#3 | Bear Charges, Brotherhood, and Injury Recovery on the Appalachian Trail with Mitchell Larby

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports:wilderness, Sports

4.9678 Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of Trail Tales, I talk with Mitchell "Flossy" Larby about his experience completing the Appalachian Trail this past summer. He recalls the time he was bluff charged by a mama bear and her cubs, the bonds that form between thru-hikers as they move up the trail together, and how an injury almost took him off the trail for good in Damascus Virginia. 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, 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!

Transcript

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0:00.0

What's going on, everybody?

0:09.1

Welcome to episode number three of Trail Tales.

0:12.1

I'm your host, Kyle Grady, and today we have an awesome show with my friend and fellow Appalachian Trail through hiker, Mitchell Larby.

0:19.8

His trail name's Flossie. I'm super stoked to bring

0:22.2

you this show because I actually think it's my best episode so far. I mean, we get into tons of stuff.

0:27.3

We get into the details about why Flossi decided to do this crazy 2,000 mile hike in the first place.

0:33.5

Talk about how he almost got charged by a bear, or pretty much did get charged by a bear.

0:38.3

And then we also talk about some of the mental ups and downs that come with through hiking the AT.

0:42.3

He was super, super candid and honest about his emotions concerning his desire to make it every single mile,

0:49.3

and the brotherhood that him, myself, and the other people that we hiked with were able to form.

0:57.1

And I'm just, I'm super stoked for you guys to hear this one.

1:02.9

We're about to get into the episode here in just a second, but first, I need to tell you how to contact me because you need to contact me. Maybe you want to talk some shit to me. Maybe you

1:08.2

want to tell me you like the show. I say this every single episode

1:11.5

at the beginning, but maybe you want to suggest a guest or a trail, or maybe you yourself

1:16.5

are a through hiker or a long distance backpacker of some sort, and you want to be on the show.

1:21.5

You want to be a guest. I'd love to have you. I'd love to hear from you. Even if it's not good, I'll take the advice. I'll take

1:28.7

the shit talk. I'm pretty tough. I can handle it. So, Instagram. I got fucking Instagram. At

1:35.2

Trail Tales Pod. Twitter. I got fucking Twitter too. At Trail Tales pod. And take a guess what my

1:42.3

Gmail handle is. That's right.

1:45.2

It's Trail TalesPod.

1:47.0

I almost said at TrailTalespod, but there's no at when it's email.

1:50.9

TrailTalespod at gmail.com.

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