#59 | How to be MENTALLY Tough when Thru Hiking the Appalachian Trail with Early Riser

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness

4.9 • 678 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Early Riser thru hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2017, posting on his Youtube vlog the entire way. He has since taken on a very motivational role for future Appalachian Trail thru hikers, posting videos that highlight how to achieve success when thru hiking the trail. Many of these videos highlight the mental side of thru hiking, and are very helpful for those who take mental preparation seriously. Early Riser and I have much in common in terms of how we view thru hike preparation, and it was a pleasure being able to discuss these topics with him. Early Riser on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCKgxH-Ei-JA7fPn4Om3p8w 724 STG Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsfogvEjXh-KgKy-8lbxoUg Check out my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/kylehateshiking While you're at it, Check out the show's website at trailtalespod.com Like what you hear? Want to talk some smack? You can contact me on Facebook, Instagram, or send me an email: [email protected] 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.

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0:00.0	How's it going, everybody? You're listening to episode number 59 of Trail Tales. My name is Kyle O'Grady. I'm a through hiker. I'm a peak bagger. I am a hiking nerd. And if you're a hiking nerd, you've got to hit subscribe to this podcast and tune in every single week where I will be having more conversations with other hiking nerds just like myself. And speaking of hiking nerds, this week's guest is a man named Trey Free.
0:38.8	He is known as Early Riser on trail and on YouTube as well.
0:43.4	He threw hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2017.
0:46.8	And let me tell you, this dude and I have a lot in common when it comes to talking about the mental preparation, that whole side of
0:58.1	through hiking.
0:59.1	Honestly, I didn't really know very much about this dude until he kind of hit me up on
1:04.2	YouTube.
1:05.4	And through that, we were able to connect and make this episode happen.
1:08.8	And honestly, one of my favorites.
1:12.1	This is perfect timing.
1:17.1	I'm sure a lot of people listening to this are going to be prepping for the Appalachian Trail this upcoming year in 2020. Actually, it is already 2020. So I got to get used to saying that. But
1:22.4	anyways, it's a great talk. It's going to be great. Yeah, for anybody who's looking to Thurhike
1:27.3	the AT this year or any year in the future.
1:31.0	And yeah, it was a great time. So early riser, when you hear this, we're going to do another one soon because I have a feeling we could both talk about this stuff all day, every single day.
1:39.5	And yeah, thank you so much. Folks, if you are tuning into the show every single week and you're actually listening
1:46.2	to my introductions, which means you're hearing this right now, there's two things I need
1:50.5	you to go do to help out this show because obviously you're interested enough in the show
1:55.0	that you're listening to this right now.
1:56.0	So yes, iTunes reviews, you know how that goes.
1:59.0	Please go leave a five-star iTunes review. I will read it out loud during an episode introduction, which is actually what I'm going to do right now. I got a couple since my last episode. So this one says a transformative commute. Found trail tales recently. I am a hiker backpacker only, but the through hike stories from Kyle and his guests
2:19.5	are a great escape for my daily three plus hours commuting.
2:23.3	Damn, that is rough.
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