Hey, folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast. I'm your host, Mason Gravely. Today is a throwback

Thursday episode from a few years ago. We talked to Jessica Dixie Mills, as she's known,

Dixie's her trail name. It's almost through hiking season, or it is through hiking season in

some parts of the country,

or it has been for a while down here in Florida.

But the big trails are about to be open in the next few months.

So maybe you're gearing up for your first overnight or your first really long trip.

You know, I don't know where you are on that spectrum, but I know I'm excited to just start

going camping in the mountains again,

but I was just out in Denver over the weekend, and it was just, I went up to about 10,000 feet,

and it was just dumping snow still. And I was in shorts because it was like 90 degrees in Denver.

And I was like, golly, man, it's so crazy because it's been warm down here where I live for a while.

But it's almost through hiking season.

And I want you to be ready.

I want you to be excited and geared up.

And maybe you're still in the planning phase, but use this episode as inspiration.

Dixie's going to share with us how she does this lifestyle, how she is able to afford it.

She is a famous YouTuber as well.

So if you want to learn through watching something, and she's a great teacher and has literally like five-hour documentaries or one-to-two-hour documentaries as well on the different through hikes, like the Pacific

Crest Trail, the Appalachian Trail. Just a couple weeks ago, no, a month ago, she released a six-hour

Appalachian Trail basics video, which goes through literally everything you need to know to learn and grow and get ready for the Appalachian Trail.

So super approachable personality, a great presence on YouTube. So check that out. And also,

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