What's going on, everybody? You're listening to episode number 81 of Trail Tales. My name is Kyle O'Grady. I am a huge hiking nerd. And every single week on this podcast, I chat with other hiking nerds about their

experiences on the trail. This week's guest is a man named Philip Werner. He is the, I don't

know, the mastermind behind sectionhiker.com, which is one of the most popular hiking blogs,

also one of the oldest hiking blogs.

Like, honestly, probably like the oldest.

I don't even know. I should ask him that.

But anyways, it's a invaluable resource for folks who are looking to get into backpacking.

Lots of gear reviews on there.

And lots of trip reports as well from his experiences in the White Mountains, which is a lot of what we talk about today. We do talk about his blog and section hiker.

I, of course, the content creator and me had to ask him some questions about that,

but we mostly focus on his experiences in the White Mountains, and at the end of the episode,

he tells a story that should be a kind of a chilling

reminder to everybody who's an experienced hiker that you really can't let your guard down

sometimes because without spoiling it too much even experienced hikers can still get injured

out there sometimes and he's okay don't worry but yeah i've spoiled it enough you'll have to wait

till the end of the episode to hear that.

So with that said, Philip, when you hear this, thank you so much for coming on.

Let's do it again soon. I love your work. I love your sight. And it was a pleasure.

I got to give a huge shout out to Patrick, who is the official Trail Tales editor, the very first one ever, at least for the next

couple months.

Anyways, Patrick is a student at Clarkson University in the same program, taking a lot of the

same classes that I was taking when I was in Potsdam.

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