but at the same time we need more people that don't just hike the trail and then they're done we need

people to stick around after they're through hikes to help preserve it that I think is something

that sometimes is missing where you know people will do their AT hike and then they'll just leave

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Hey folks, hope you had a good weekend.

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We were in a little business competition and ended up winning it, which was awesome.

So if you want to find out more, just message us or something. I won't get into it here. But today's episode is with Luke Strider, Jordan, and Strider is his trail name.

But he is here to talk about, one, his book, which is through and back again,

a hiker's journey on the North Country Trail, which is a coast-to-coast, like, dang, how long is it,

like 4,500 miles or so through hiking trip that like two people have done?

It's crazy.

We're talking about kind of the lesser known through hikes in America, and there are a lot of them. And here's the thing, folks. You know,

there's something really awesome about, you know, doing a through hike and the culture surrounding

it and just meeting all the people doing the same thing. But there's, once you get to a point where maybe, it depends on if you're this type of person as well.

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