#7 - Jeffrey "Legend" Garmire on Hiking the Triple Crown in a Calendar Year

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Zach Davis

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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2018

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Many a'hiker trash dream of completing the triple crown of backpacking, to hike the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trail. To do so over the course of one's life is a notable feat. Doing this in a single year is bananas, which is exactly what episode 7's guest, Jeffrey "Legend" Garmire, accomplished.

In this episode, we go down the rabbit hole learning everything that went into Legend's Calendar Triple including daily mileage, toughest days on trail, gear used, and best stories from the adventure. He also talks about his Pacific Northwest Trail thru-hike and conquering all of the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado.

Topics discussed in this episode include:

Trail Correspondents have been selected! Meet the AT Hikers
Pox anad Puss Podcast
Stories from the Trail
Pine Shack Frosty on the PCT (43:25)
Big Agnes Fly Creek Tent, Legend's tent
Granite Gear Pack | Red Fox Racer Pack
Red Fox Yeti -20C | Katabatic flex 22 quilt
Pacific Northwest Trail
The Sea to Sea Route
The Dawn Wall
Georgia State Profile on the Appalachian Trail

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0:00.0	And the Welcome to Backpacker Radio. This is episode number seven, right? I think so. Episode seven. I'm Zagger.
0:25.0	Bager. Davis, not Bager.
0:27.5	I'm Badger.
0:28.7	All right, I'm back on track.
0:29.8	I got my name right this time.
0:30.7	I'm feeling good.
0:32.2	And to my left here today, you're to my right
0:34.5	I was gonna say this is weird I don't even recognize you
0:36.9	to my left is hi I'm juliana chauncy
0:40.7	uh... chaunts
0:42.3	do me a favor, tell me something wise.
0:45.0	Something wise.
0:47.0	Wow, this is really on the spot.
0:49.0	I mean, it's just your birthday.
0:52.0	If you're so old now, I feel like wisdom is just doing it. You're so old now.
0:52.8	I feel like wisdom is just feeling out of you.
0:54.8	I am so old.
0:56.6	Wise things.
0:57.6	Hmm.
0:58.6	Can you count your tree rings?
0:59.9	Yes.
1:00.9	You've already said that joke on an episode.
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