Ep. 805: Near Death on the Pacific Crest Trail - Alan Carpenter
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 7 February 2022
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Alan didn’t start his long-distance career until the age of 62! Since discovering his love for adventures he has logged over 20,000 miles in the last decade with accomplishments like hiking the John Muir Trail (twice), the Colorado Trail (twice), the Pacific Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail, and half of the Continental Divide Trail. He has also bicycled the US Pacific Coast, across the US on the Southern Tier, and Northern Tier Routes. All this has been in his 60’s and 70’s.
This continued love for adventure, however, came from the most unexpected of places, a near-death experience on the Pacific Crest Trail. The life-threatening accident completely changed the way he viewed the world and led him to make the healthy choices he’s incorporated into his daily life, which he attributes to his ability to do these adventures at his age.
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| 0:00.0 | And I've been living that way ever since then. |
| 0:03.6 | Part of all that is making those healthy choices enables me to continue to do all these long-distance hikes and cycling trips. |
| 0:12.0 | Otherwise, I'm not sure I'm 75 now. |
| 0:14.9 | I'm not sure I'd be able to do that. Hey folks, this is your host, Mason, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 0:35.8 | Today's episode is Alan Carpenter. |
| 0:38.9 | Alan started his long-distance career, long-distance adventures, that is, at the age of 62. |
| 0:45.2 | And you might say that, you know, that's a lot older than a lot of our other guests. |
| 0:49.3 | And the reason that's so cool is because maybe you haven't started your long distance career. |
| 0:54.3 | You haven't done some of the journeys that you've been wanting to do. |
| 0:57.4 | Alan's here to tell you you still got time. |
| 0:59.2 | You still have the ability to do them later in life if you take care of yourself. |
| 1:03.5 | But try to do them when you can. |
| 1:05.3 | You know, if you have the opportunity right out of college or during college like I did, take those opportunities. |
| 1:11.2 | Alan didn't have the mindset then or quite the opportunities, but he took full advantage of |
| 1:15.9 | it when he got into his 60s. |
| 1:17.6 | He has been able to do 20,000, over 20,000 miles since that age. |
| 1:23.1 | He's now 75, so pretty much in the last decade, he's done 20,000 miles of human travel on foot and on bike. |
| 1:30.8 | That has been the Colorado Trail twice, the John Muir Trail twice, the Pacific Crest Trail, all but five miles of the Appalachian Trail. |
| 1:38.8 | He still has five miles to do. |
| 1:40.5 | And half of the Continental Divide Trail. |
| 1:42.2 | He has also biked across the U.S. three different times, |
| 1:46.0 | literally all in his 60s and 70s. I love these stories. I love talking to folks like Alan, |
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