Ep. 701: Finishing the Appalachian Trail - Alex “Armadillo” Dyson
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 1 February 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
We caught up with Alex halfway through the Appalachian Trail back in late summer for episode 674. Today we have Alex back on to share what it was like finishing the second half of the trail.
At the time of the recording, he had been home for three weeks and was slowly getting used to daily life again. Enjoy!
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| 0:00.0 | one of my first friends I saw, I went to the skate park with my buddy. |
| 0:03.4 | And after, after two hours of us hanging out together, he didn't ask me a single thing about |
| 0:07.9 | the trail. |
| 0:08.4 | And he finally goes, so like, what was it like pooping in the woods every day? |
| 0:12.9 | And I'm just like, dude, we've been, we've been together for two hours now, and that's the first thing you're wondering about. |
| 0:35.6 | Yeah. first thing you're wondering about. Hey folks. |
| 0:36.4 | Hope you had a good weekend. I hope you got a little adventure in. If you didn't, |
| 0:40.5 | that's all right. I wasn't able to either. You know, that's just a way, that's just the way it works out |
| 0:45.4 | sometimes. There's still plenty of days to get out there this year. And also, that's what we got the show for, |
| 0:50.4 | and to get a little inspiration, hear what other people are doing. So today's episode, Alex |
| 0:55.4 | Dyson, we had him on the show back in episode 674. He was talking to us halfway through |
| 1:02.7 | the Appalachian Trail. He did the Appalachian Trail last summer. Definitely a crazy year because |
| 1:08.5 | of COVID. His plans changed dramatically, and he went southbound. And he joined us |
| 1:13.4 | from Harper's Ferry right on the trail, called us literally from like a mountain top. It was awesome. |
| 1:18.6 | Go check it out. And today he's joining us from home after being home for three weeks off the |
| 1:25.0 | trail. He finished the full thing, the whole Appalachian Trail. This was |
| 1:29.0 | recorded a few months ago. So he actually finished like November. And so, so yeah, he's just |
| 1:36.1 | telling us about what it was like, how he's been coping being back home. Definitely an interesting |
| 1:42.0 | kind of interview. You know, it's definitely a little more low-key, too. |
| 1:46.9 | We're both good friends. We work together kind of through athletic brewing. He's a part of our |
| 1:52.4 | ambassador program, and that's where I work. You know, that's my day job. And so it's a little more |
| 1:57.8 | laid back than usual, a little more like back and forth, more than more so than me doing the interview. So I hope you enjoy. If not, we've got plenty of other episodes to listen to. And always, you know, well, there'll be a new one out or another one out Thursday. And yeah, before we get started too, I wanted to say thank you to everyone that's reached out lately. Just left us a review or sent an email |
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