Ep. 323: Thru Hiking the Appalachian Trail in 100 Days - Sarah Williams
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 16 November 2017
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Our friend Sarah Williams, host of the Tough Girl Podcast, is back with us today to talk about her recent 100-day Appalachian Trail thru hike. Sarah got the bug to thru hike one of the crown trails after learning of the successful completion on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. She managed to set herself a goal and piece together what she needed to succeed and succeed she did. Even though she had major concerns about her ability to accomplish this awesome feat in her 100 day timeline, she managed to do it and is here to tell us all about it.
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| 0:00.0 | And I think in my head, I've heard so much about the 100 mile wilderness that it was fast and flat and it was going to be so easy and you're going to be able to bash out these miles that I thought when I reached it that my final four or five days on the trail were just going to be really easy. |
| 0:17.1 | And I probably set myself up for a little bit of failure because I remember entering the 100-mile wilderness. |
| 0:22.2 | And within the first couple of miles, I was thinking, hold on, this is not flat. |
| 0:26.3 | I'm climbing again. |
| 0:27.4 | There's roots. |
| 0:28.2 | There's mud. |
| 0:29.2 | There's rain. |
| 0:30.9 | Episode 300 and 23. |
| 0:33.1 | 100 days on the Appalachian Trail with Sarah Williams. |
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| 0:58.0 | We talk with adventurers from around the globe to bring you the inspiration and motivation you need to get started in the outdoors or to keep you moving if you're already there. |
| 1:06.3 | Now here's your host, Kurt Lindbill. |
| 1:09.3 | Hi friends, Kurt here. |
| 1:10.8 | Thank you so much again for tuning in to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 1:14.2 | Today we have returning guest, Sarah Williams, with us, and it's always fun to talk to |
| 1:18.9 | Sarah. |
| 1:19.7 | Sarah is the host and the founder of the Tough Girl podcast. |
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