Ep. 041: Liz Thomas - Long Distance Adventure Hiking
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 29 May 2015
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Liz Thomas is a well-traveled adventure athlete most known for breaking the women’s unsupported speed record on the 2,181-mile long Appalachian Trail in 2011. She has completed the Triple Crown of Hiking–the Appalachian Trail, the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail, and 3,100 mile Continental Divide Trail–and has backpacked over 10,000 miles across the United States on long distance hiking trails. Liz is among the most experienced woman hikers in the country and is known for hiking light and fast. In addition to having a lot of experience hiking, Liz also received a Masters in Environmental Science from the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the prestigious Doris Duke Conservation Fellowship for her research on long distance hiking trails, conservation, and trail town communities. Liz has been featured in Backpacker Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and LA Magazine and has given talks about her experiences at colleges, hiking clubs, and conferences across the country.
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| 0:00.0 | And I had to go this cross-country route up, this thing called Avalanche Gulch. |
| 0:03.8 | I was just thinking, man, I wish I had someone else with me. |
| 0:07.2 | I, you know, I called it, and it was one of those things where if I had another person with me, |
| 0:10.6 | I would have felt a lot safer. |
| 0:11.7 | But, I mean, there was nobody out there at all. |
| 0:16.3 | You know, sometimes you have to take the lame but safe route out. |
| 0:35.4 | Episode 41 Long Distance Adventure adventure hiking with Liz Thomas. |
| 0:41.2 | This is the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:44.4 | Brought to you by 180Tack. |
| 0:46.9 | Get out there and have some fun. |
| 0:48.2 | Thank you. Welcome to another episode of the adventure sports podcast. |
| 1:06.0 | This is your host, Travis Parsons. |
| 1:08.1 | Today we have Liz Thomas. |
| 1:09.8 | Liz Thomas is a renowned through hiker. She's known for |
| 1:15.3 | being the female record holder for fastest unsupported through hike of the Appalachian Trail. |
| 1:22.7 | I believe that record still stands. Is that correct, Liz? It does still stand. We're set back in 2011. |
| 1:30.0 | And you also are known for having the triple crown. So tell us a little bit about what the |
| 1:35.5 | triple crown means in through hiking. So the triple crown and through hiking is awarded to hikers |
| 1:41.0 | who have hiked the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail. |
| 1:46.5 | So 8,000 miles of hiking on the premier hiking long-distance trails in the United States. |
| 1:51.8 | And currently, I think there's, I still think this stands true. |
| 1:54.9 | There are more people who have been in space than have completed the Triple Crown. |
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