Ep. 031: Liam Cremins - Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2015
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Liam Cremins stops by to share his experiences from thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail and his advice for those considering the challenge. He also tells us of his dream to float down the Mississippi river on a home-made Huck Finn raft.
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| 0:00.0 | Well, I got hiking and about halfway up that mountain, it just started to absolutely pour down rain. |
| 0:05.9 | It was thundering. |
| 0:06.8 | It was a bad storm. |
| 0:08.3 | There were times when the lightning was so bright that it was white in front of me. |
| 0:13.0 | And there were times the thunder was so loud. |
| 0:15.0 | I dropped down to my knees. |
| 0:16.8 | My hair was standing up at one point. |
| 0:18.5 | It was scary storm. |
| 0:19.7 | It's one of the most scared I had ever been in my life. But I still remember up at one point. It was scary storm. It's one of the most scared I had ever been in my life. |
| 0:23.0 | But I still remember thinking at one point to myself, |
| 0:26.0 | oh, this is still better than a day at a retail job. |
| 0:46.2 | I don't know. Episode 31, Liam Cremens, through hiking the Appalachian Trail. |
| 0:51.0 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:53.6 | Brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 0:55.2 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 1:18.9 | Stretching across 14 states, the Appalachian Trail runs through the eastern United States between Maine and Georgia, although around 2,000 through hike attempts are made each year. |
| 1:21.1 | Only about a quarter of those actually succeed. |
| 1:23.2 | Our guest today is Liam Kremens. |
| 1:28.3 | In 2012, Liam successfully threw hiked the Appalachian Trail in 144 days. |
| 1:30.8 | Liam, welcome to the Adventure Sports Podcast. |
| 1:32.5 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:35.3 | First of all, we got to get this out of the way. |
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