#45 | Chaunce Hiked the AT (Drink), Badger's WRHR Hike, and Upcoming Road Trip
Backpacker Radio
Zach Davis
4.6 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 August 2019
⏱️ 142 minutes
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Summary
The Cinnamon is Connected for good. Or for bad. But undoubtedly, for the foreseeable future. Chaunce and Badger go deep on the rest of Chaunce's Appalachian Trail thru-hike, including untold poo stories, her take on New Hampshire and Maine, her legendary chafing, how she gained weight while thru-hiking, suggestions for the ATC, and how she plans to combat post thru-hike depression now that she's back in the "real world". We chat about Badger's recent hikes on the Wind River High Route and Pfiffner Traverse. We introduce a brand new segment, Unpopular Opinions and have a Patent Pending. This is a full show, so grab an extra PBR and saddle up.
Subjects discussed in the episode include:
- Use code "TREK15" at GossamerGear.com to save 15%
- How to back flush a Sawyer Squeeze
- Sawyer Squeeze
- Sawyer Micro Squeeze
- Use code "Trek10" at Greenbelly.co
- Apply to be a Vlogger / Blogger for The Trek!
- Denver-Area Hiker Trash Meetup
- San Diego Area Hiker Trash Meetup
- Backpacker Radio's first Road Trip!!
- to Southern California
- Let us know people we should reach out to, places we should see, cheeseburgers we should eat.
- Reach out to podcast@thetrek.co
- Chaunce on the AT
- Differences between 1st and 2nd half of hike
- Mahoosic Notch vs Arm
- Hiking partners/groups on trail/comparison to PCT
- Favorite stretch in the second stretch of trail
- Chaunce gained weight on the AT
- How did my mentality shift towards the end of the hike
- Midday Meltdowns
- Things Chaunce would change about the AT
- Ziplock's poop story
- 100 Mile Wilderness illness
- Hiker hunger and diet on trail
- The climb up Katahdin
- Post trail depression
- Affording a thruhike
- Zach's Pfiffner Traverse trip
- Zach's Wind Rive High Route trip
- Trek Propaganda
- Segments
- Unpopular Opinions
- Patent Pending
- 5 Star Reviews
- Intro Song: Walking Slow by Animal Years
- Check out Trail Correspondents
- Check out Stories from the Trail
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by the trek. I have no voice right now. I apologize. The |
| 0:08.7 | cinnamon is connected for good or for bad but undoubtedly for the foreseeable future. |
| 0:16.6 | Chaunce and I go deep on the rest of her A.T. hike, including Untold Pooh Stories, her take on New Hampshire and Maine, her |
| 0:25.4 | legendary chafing, how she gained weight while through hiking, and how she plans to |
| 0:30.9 | combat post-through-hike depression now that she's |
| 0:33.8 | plans to combat post-through hike Depression now that she's back in the air quotes |
| 0:35.1 | real world. We chat about my recent hikes on the Wind River High |
| 0:39.0 | route and fifth introverse. We introduce a brand new segment and we have a patent pending. |
| 0:45.2 | This is a full show, so grab an extra PBR and saddle up. |
| 0:50.3 | But first, if you listen to Backpacker Radio, you'll know that Zach and I are big fans of gossamer gear, |
| 0:55.6 | manufacturers of lightweight backpacking gear and accessories. Their packs carry comfortably, |
| 1:00.7 | their roomy shelters protect and harsh weather conditions and their |
| 1:03.9 | trekking poles are some of the lightest on the planet. Gossamer gear is |
| 1:07.4 | changing the perception of ultra-light delicate gear. |
| 1:10.3 | Zach and I are both users of Gossamer Gears packs and shelters. |
| 1:14.0 | Zach used the Gorilla their 40 liter pack on the PCT and their new model on his recent hikes on the Wind River High Route and in Colorado. |
| 1:22.0 | He also uses a handful of their accessories like the Light Flex |
| 1:25.1 | Hiking Umbrella, which works for both the sun and rain, protecting his fragile ginger skin, |
| 1:30.6 | and the hipster, their lightweight Fanny Pack. |
| 1:33.0 | I carried the one is my shelter on the AT and PCT, which is both roomy and light, weighing in at less than 1.5 pounds. |
| 1:40.0 | As you already know, it's the one you need. |
| 1:43.0 | Listeners of backpack or radio can score an exclusive deal on Gossamer Gear products. |
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