#72 | Luke "Strider" Jordan on the North Country Trail and Great Plains Trail

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Zach Davis

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🗓️ 12 June 2020

⏱️ 180 minutes

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Summary

Today we are joined by Luke "Strider" Jordan. Strider has a couple of very impressive treks on his resume including the North Country Trail (NCT), which is more than twice the length of the Appalachian Trail, as well as the 3,100 mile Great Plains Trail (GPT), which runs from Texas to North Dakota. We also discover the wild world of naked pooping, a fan-submitted poop paradise on the John Muir Trail, and another edition of Backcountry Matchmaking.

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QOTD: "What is the proper poop dress code?"
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Intro Song: Walking Slow by Animal Years
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00:02:00 – Gardening Updates!

00:04:18 – QOTD: What is the proper poop dress code?

00:10:00 – BPR Merch!

00:12:11 – Intro to Strider (Has hiked the North Country Trail and the Great Plains Trail)

00:12:47 – Where does your interest in backpacking come from?

00:17:30 – Did you have any mentors that told you how crazy it was to start with the NCT?

00:19:24 – How road walks affect the NCT.

00:20:40 – Where the NCT goes!

00:21:30 – Mosquitoes in the upper peninsula

00:27:09 – Support for the North Dakota section

00:30:15 – Inspiration from Andrew Skurka and Nimblewill Nomad

00:31:15 – "We Build Trail in Low Places" – NCT music video on vimeo

00:32:59 – Did Strider meet all 8 people who live in North Dakota?

00:34:40 – Is Strider affiliated with the NCT?

00:36:15 – How big is the non-profit team at the NCT?

00:38:08 – Plans to move the road walks to trail?

00:41:40 – Snow in Minnesota

00:49:39 – Patent Pending: A Dinner Knife that Attaches to Your Shoe to Make Ice Skates

00:58:18 – Any issues with deer ticks/ticks in general?

01:02:45 – What's it like having celebrity status as a thru-hiker on a less travelled trail?

01:07:30 – Ohio and the Buckeye Trail

01:15:00 – Blazes in the NCT Backcountry

01:17:13 – Hiking with maps instead of a smart phone

01:17:40 – How many people have thru-hiked the NCT?

01:19:00 – Stopping his trans-Ozark trail

01:22:00 – Hundreds of tiny ticks in Strider's ankles

01:28:11 – How is New York?

01:31:30 – Could you do the Finger Lakes section as a wine hike?

01:40:08 – Strider met Ron Strickland

01:44:00 – James Lunning did 5 scenic trails back to back

01:46:10 – Is Strider the only person to have thru-hiked the Great Plains Trail?

01:54:00 – Starting in the desert was a new experience

01:57:30 – You need a support crew to get through New Mexico

01:59:00 – What is there to look forward to walking through Kansas?

02:00:00 – What is the wind like?

02:06:00 – Have you done the cave tours in Wind Cave National Park?

02:23:30 – If you want ______ you should hike the Great Plains Trail

02:25:00 – Where should people go to help out with the NCT or GPT?

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0:00.0	Hey good backpacker radio people before we get to today's show's intro we have a short pre-intro
0:08.1	an introception if you will in light of the recent protests sparked by the senseless murder of George Floyd,
0:16.8	news which followed the murders of Amad Arbury and Brianna Taylor
0:21.4	piled onto the other three plus centuries of mistreatment of black people in this country,
0:27.0	there's been an undeniable momentum in this country in pursuit of racial equality.
0:33.4	During this time, many people and organizations
0:36.4	have looked themselves in the mirror
0:38.2	and asked what they can be doing to further this cause.
0:42.3	If you want to know what steps the trek is taking overall,
0:45.3	I recently published a piece on June 11th outlining exactly what we will be doing.
0:51.5	You can find that at the top of the show notes as indicated in the
0:55.0	piece itself which is titled Our Pledge to Do Better. I welcome and encourage
0:59.8	feedback especially from hikers of color as I'm sure there's still a lot of room for improvement.
1:06.4	I'm listening, I am trying, please do not hesitate to reach out.
1:10.8	As for this show specifically, we will be making a more concerted effort to include guests from a more diverse background.
1:18.0	Full stop.
1:20.0	Additionally, we are running a new shirt campaign right now through Bonfire, which 100% of the proceeds
1:26.4	will go directly to the Greening Youth Foundation, whose mission is to engage underrepresented youth and young adults while connecting them to the
1:35.5	outdoors and careers in education. As always, your suggestions are welcomed and appreciated.
1:41.8	Hit us up at podcast at the trek.zio if you've got recommendations for anyone you think we should talk to.
1:49.2	And lastly, just so there's no misunderstanding whatsoever.
1:53.0	Backpacker radio stands firmly with the Black Lives Matter movement.
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