Breaking Boundaries: Zelzin Aketzalli's Historic Triple Crown Triumph
Papa Bear Hikes
Papa Bear Hikes
5 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 3 January 2024
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
In this special re-release episode of "Papa Bear Hikes," originally aired on April 22, 2022, host Martin speaks with the remarkable Zelzin Aketzalli, the first Mexican woman to complete the Triple Crown of Thru-hiking. Her awe-inspiring journey through some of North America's most challenging and iconic trails is a showcase of unmatched resilience and pioneering spirit.
Zelzin began her remarkable adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in 2017, conquering a formidable 2,658 miles. The following year, she took on the Hayduke Trail and completed the Appalachian Trail (AT), adding 2,190 miles to her impressive list of accomplishments. Her pursuit of the Triple Crown was achieved with the completion of the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in 2019, a demanding journey spanning 3,018 miles. Continuing her passion, Zelzin hiked the Arizona Trail (AZT) in 2020.
Throughout the episode, Martin explores not just the physical journey of Zelzin but also delves into the mental and emotional aspects of her trail-blazing experience. Listeners will be captivated by her motivations, the challenges she faced, and how her incredible achievements have shaped her identity and impacted the hiking community.
Join Martin, the host of Papa Bear Hikes, as he revisits this inspiring conversation with Zelzin Aketzalli. This re-released episode is a moving and motivating narrative that continues to resonate with listeners around the world. Rediscover the adventure, the resilience, and the inspiring story of the first Mexican woman to complete the Triple Crown of Thru-hiking in this celebrated episode from April 22, 2022.
Be sure to follow Zelzin Aketzalli (Quetzal) on Instagram for a captivating glimpse into her adventurous life and awe-inspiring thru-hiking journeys. You can find her at @zelzin_aketzalli. Dive into her world of stunning trail photos, inspiring videos, and personal updates from her hikes across the Triple Crown trails and beyond. Don't miss out on her latest adventures and stories – follow her on Instagram today! 🌲🥾🏞️ #FollowTheTrail #ZelzinAketzalli
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| 0:00.0 | Today I'm very excited to welcome a guest to is a triple crown hiker. |
| 0:15.0 | In fact, she's the first Mexican national to accomplish that feat. |
| 0:20.0 | I like to welcome Zilin |
| 0:25.6 | at Kuzale, I hope I pronounce that properly. |
| 0:29.2 | Pardon me if I didn't, excuse me if I messed that up. |
| 0:32.3 | I would like to welcome Zosine to Papa Bear Heights |
| 0:35.0 | podcast. Welcome. So let's start off by telling us a little bit about yourself. |
| 0:44.0 | Hey, everybody. I'm so happy to be here with Martin. My name is Selcina Kacazzali. I am the first person of Mexico to Pro Crown. I am engineer and I am a athlete. I consider it also the true hiking like a sport for me and before they do in true hiking I did it so |
| 1:09.5 | mountain biking and a lot of other sports like a rowing and I like I like to be in the |
| 1:18.8 | old doors I like to do racing with myself now because this is something I really like it about the true hiking is I need I racing with myself I I know racing with others. It's not a saying when I was doing racing a mountain bike. So the other thing very important is I found my passion and the true hiking. I never know about passion before the true hiking. For me I was some things that I like but |
| 1:51.6 | it's big difference how I feel when I do true hiking. So true hiking for me is passion, totally. |
| 1:58.0 | I've spoken to a lot of through hikers, long distance hikers, people that have just hikes shorter trails. |
| 2:05.5 | And something happens, you just, you get bit by that backpacking, that hiking bug, and |
| 2:10.9 | people just seem to fall in love with it. There's just something about it and I mean in your case you |
| 2:16.2 | finished the Pacific Crest Trail and then went on and did another one of the big trails and went on and did another one. |
| 2:21.4 | You would, but if I understand correctly, you had never done any |
| 2:24.8 | through hiking or backpacking before you went on the PCT. Exactly, Martin. Before they start doing my first long |
| 2:32.1 | trail that was the passive crest Trail, I never did it. |
| 2:35.0 | Other trail before, because in this time Mexico we know have long trails or short trails. And this is a start going to change very slowly right now when the time |
| 2:47.0 | that was in 2017 we know how so for me hiking no was like a culture, one, no was a culture in Mexico in this time. |
| 2:57.9 | So I also dedicate my life in this moment for raising a mountain bike so I prefer doing and ride my bike and |
| 3:06.7 | and some their roads or something but hiking never I never did long hiking before the Pacific Rest trial that was my first time |
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