Ep. 762: Thru-Hiking the Arizona Trail - Jacob “Valhalla” Myers
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2021
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Hiking: Jacob Myers Thru-Hikes Arizona Trail – Desert Challenges, Driest Summer on Record, Sun Poisoning, Water Scarcity, Extreme Heat, Contrast to Appalachian Mountains Upbringing. Jacob Myers thru-hiked the Arizona Trail early this year and is joining us today to tell us all about it! Not only was the desert vastly different from the lush, rainforest-like Appalachian Mountains he grew up in, but it was one of the driest summers on record in Arizona, making the adjustment even more challenging. He dealt with sun poisoning, lack of water, and extreme heat.
His next adventure will be quite literally on the opposite end of the spectrum...crossing glaciers in Norway.
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| 0:00.0 | There's never a shortage of water anywhere. |
| 0:03.0 | You can carry a half a liter for most of the Appalachian Trail. |
| 0:07.0 | So I had a base weight of nine pounds, but with food and water, my bag was about 20 at the beginning. Hey folks, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. I'm your host, Mason. |
| 0:34.3 | Gosh, hope you're having a good holiday weekend so far. Hope you're enjoying some time to |
| 0:38.5 | yourself. Happy Labor Day for those celebrating it. But today's episode, we're talking all about the |
| 0:44.8 | Arizona Trail. You might think you miss the boat with through hiking in 2021, you know, if you wanted |
| 0:50.2 | to get a trip in, but there are so many good options out there for wintertime hikes. |
| 0:55.7 | I'm not dead of winter with the Arizona trail. |
| 0:57.8 | You still get a lot of snow, but definitely not the same season as some of the other longer |
| 1:02.8 | through hikes. |
| 1:03.6 | So some of these off seasons provide a great opportunity for some trails that don't get a lot |
| 1:08.8 | of attention during the middle of summer when it's just |
| 1:11.5 | too hot to be out there. And the Arizona Trail is a great option. But today we're talking to Jacob |
| 1:16.2 | Valhalla, and he's going to tell us a little bit about where that trail name came from, Valhalla, |
| 1:21.8 | with a little story towards the end. But it was such a pleasure talking to him he's so he's a young guy first big trip of |
| 1:29.6 | his it was so cool to hear the experience what he went through some of the challenges and I |
| 1:35.0 | can't wait to get into it but I did want to say you know before we jump in this episode is |
| 1:39.9 | brought to us by well brought to us by you I just wanted to say by you. I just wanted to say thank you. Thanks for everyone |
| 1:45.9 | listening. Thanks for helping this show, you know, continue for almost seven years now. We're doing |
| 1:50.7 | six and a half years we've been doing this show. Lots of episodes. Can't wait to keep it going. |
| 1:56.4 | Keep it rolling. Just like a through hike. You just one foot in front of the other, one episode |
| 2:00.0 | after another. But for all those listening, thank you you if you're out on an adventure right now you can do this |
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