#59 | Naps on Thru-Hiking the PCT with a Dog, Murphy's Law, and The Sunshine Coast Trail
Backpacker Radio
Zach Davis
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🗓️ 5 February 2020
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Today the Cinnamon Connection is joined by Wild Amanda aka Naps. Naps is the only person I've met who's hiked the entire PCT with her dog, Frank. We go down the rabbit hole on what it takes to thru-hike the PCT with a dog, including recommended gear, how she handled Frank's food and water, how she curtailed her hiking schedule to best suit Franks needs, and more.
Naps' PCT thru-hike was the ultimate display of Murphy's Law, as she dealt with a broken nose, plantar fasciitis, food poisoning, hiking induced heartburn, trench foot, heat rash, altitude sickness, and of course, some very solid poop stories, figuratively speaking.
We wrap up the show with the triple crown of Ben and Jerry's flavors, chips worth going to prison for, and another listener poop story.
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| 0:00.0 | In today's episode of Back Packer Radio presented by the Trek, we are joined by Wild Amanda, aka Naps. |
| 0:09.4 | Naps is the only person I've encountered who's through hiked the entire PCT with her dog, Frank. |
| 0:16.0 | We go way down the rabbit hole on what it takes to include your dog on a through hike, |
| 0:20.0 | including recommended gear, how she handled Frank's food and water, how she curtailed |
| 0:25.2 | her hiking patterns to best suit Frank's needs, and more. Naps' PCT through hike was the ultimate |
| 0:31.1 | display in Murphy's law, as she dealt with a broken nose, plant our |
| 0:35.8 | fashiatis, food poisoning, hiking-induced heartburn, trench foot, heat rash, |
| 0:39.8 | altitude sickness, and of course some very solid poop stories figuratively speaking. We wrap up the |
| 0:45.9 | show with a triple crown of Ben and Jerry's flavors, chips worth going to prison |
| 0:50.3 | for and another listener poop story. But first, in case you're not already |
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| 1:44.3 | distance treks as the founder, Christopher Cage, is himself a through hiker. You may |
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