Yo, what is going on, everybody. Welcome to Trail Tales, the podcast where I, Kyle O'Grady, an avid

through hiker and peakbagger, chat with other

through hikers, peak baggers, ultra runners, uh yeah, you name it. Today we have a great show

with my good friend Matthew Park, otherwise known as Breezy. Breezy and I hiked together for

around 200 miles on the Appalachian Trail this past summer,

so it was great to kind of go back and reminisce about some of the experiences we had together on the trail.

We also talk about the differences between the guidebooks and, I should say, apps that most people use on the AT, most through hikers use.

We talk about the very fast pace that Breezy set on his

through hike. He did a under four-month through hike of the AT, which is pretty damn crazy.

And at the end, we also get into a story that he tells that should serve as a good reminder

to always keep your head up when you're hiking uphill.

We're going to get into the episode here in just a second, but first, a few episodes back,

I made a promise to read my first five-star review that I get on iTunes out loud at the beginning

of the next episode. And after my last episode, episode 6 with Liz's sister, I finally got some iTunes reviews.

After bugging everybody at the beginning of every episode so far, some people finally listened, and I got some reviews.

Now this is going to be a mouthful to say, but I got five total reviews, four of which were

five stars and one of which was four stars and only the four star review actually had a message

attached to it.

And I did say that it had to be five stars in order for me to read it, but fortunately, I'm the

one that makes the rules and therefore I can bend them when I need to.

So I'm going to make an exception, this one and only time, because it's my first written review, and I'm going to read it right now.

So, Sierra underscore 6 writes, laid back, easy to listen to podcast about various experiences on the AT.

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