Ep. 539: Halfway Through the Appalachian Trail - Jeremiah Fuoss
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2019
⏱️ 55 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
Back in early March, we caught up with Jeremiah about his concerns, hopes, and excitement going into an attempt at thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. Today, we get to hear from Jeremiah from the halfway point! Over 1,000 miles into the hike and it has already felt like a lifetime of adventure and experiences. Congrats, Jeremiah, and we're stoked to talk with you after hitting the finish line!
https://www.facebook.com/jeremiah.fuoss
Photo credit here
Athletic Brewing Company is a pioneer in craft non-alcoholic beer. They make great-tasting beer for the healthy, active, modern adult. Athletic uses certified all organic grains and only 50-70 calories a can. With IPA, Golden Ale, stouts, and tons of seasonal style offerings. Save 15% by using ADVENTURE at athleticbrewing.com @athleticbrewing
ASP is also sponsored by CS Instant Coffee. CS Instant Coffee is 100% Arabica Instant Coffee. Their compostable packaging provides guilt-free convenience that is perfect for the trail, office, and fitness. Visit csinstant.coffee and use promo code 'Adventure' for 20% off at csinstant.coffee @c.s.coffee
If you're in need of some personalized advice before buying your gear, go to backpacktribe.com. You're not only able to purchase the gear you need on their website but talk with someone with the experience and know how. They also offer gear bundles and free shipping. @backpacktribal
Support the Adventure Sports Podcast by giving as low as $1/month to our efforts to produce this show at patreon.com/AdventureSportsPodcast
Call and leave us a voicemail at 812-MAIL-POD or 812-624-5763 or send an email to info@adventuresportspodcast.com
Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacyTranscript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | we're all woken up to somebody screaming at the top of their voice get out of here you |
| 0:09.3 | thief and son of a bleak and some other descriptive expletives this is the adventure sports podcast where we talk to athletes, adventurers, and business owners from around the world of adventure sports. |
| 0:27.8 | Whether you're climbing Mount Everest, starting a bike shop, or getting up off your couch to take your kids hiking for the first time, |
| 0:34.5 | we want you to have the motivation and inspiration you need to chase that |
| 0:38.5 | next adventure. |
| 0:40.0 | The Adventure Sports podcast is brought to you by Camp Crate, the leaders in fully planned |
| 0:45.2 | self-guided backpacking adventures, as well as backpacking gear rental. |
| 0:49.9 | You can check them out at campcrate.net. |
| 0:53.3 | Thank you. You can check them out at campcrate.net. |
| 1:08.3 | So if you don't remember back in early March, we talked to Jeremiah Fuse, |
| 1:11.9 | who was just getting ready to start his Appalachian Trail through hike attempt. And today we're catching up with him at the halfway point. He's literally |
| 1:17.7 | halfway through the trail already. I know that was like four months ago, but it's crazy how |
| 1:21.9 | time flies. And, you know, he had to quit his job. He had to sell a bunch of stuff. He had a lot |
| 1:27.2 | to get ready when we first talked to him. He's already halfway done. |
| 1:31.3 | You're going to hear what it's been like for him. What's happened. So many things have happened. |
| 1:35.8 | Crazy. Life-changing stuff. And I know the Appalachian Trail is on a lot of your bucket lists. |
| 1:42.2 | And if you're not familiar with it, it's like a 2,200 mile hiking route from Georgia to Maine. |
| 1:49.0 | And it's internationally known. |
| 1:51.4 | And Jeremiah credits it a lot, the inspiration to do it based on, in a lot of ways, |
| 1:57.9 | listening to this show for quite a few years. |
| 2:02.9 | So be careful if you listen to this show. It might give you ideas to do some crazy stuff and to quit your life as you know it, |
| 2:09.4 | which I know sounds awesome to a lot of you, myself included. So today, just catching up with |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Curt Linville, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Curt Linville and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.