Hey folks, welcome to the Adventure Sports podcast.

This is a throwback episode to episode 496th came out.

Gosh, when did that come out?

Yeah, in March 22nd, 2019.

And Heather Anderson is the first woman to hike all three

Triple Crown hikes, the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail

in a single calendar year. That's almost 8,000 miles of trail over over 251 days to complete and let her to become,

when she did this, she became a 2019 National Geographic adventurer of the year. She is

absolutely no joke. Just legendary in the world of backpacking and adventure already, and it was a

pleasure to talk to her so close to the ending of her experience.

So this is a real treat.

She also holds at the time held the overall record for self-supported fastest known time of the Pacific Crest Trail and the women's self-supported FKT of the Appalachian Trail.

In her book that she wrote about the experience,

technically it's about her first through hike before this,

but also came out right after this, was called Thirst,

2,600 miles to home.

It came out in 2019,

and it recounts her story of leaving her unsatisfying job, a marriage, and the life that she had immediately after her first through hike to return in order to return back to the trail and begin hiking again.

So I've read the book.

It's amazing.

You can find it anywhere.

And also follow Heather. She hosts a podcast sometimes and also is on a ton of podcasts and is just an awesome storyteller. Great, amazing stories and just, like I said, unbelievable achievement in the world of adventure to do all three of those trails in one year of your life.

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