Ep. 893: Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail in 100 Days - Revisited - Sarah William
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2022
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Appalachian Trail thru-hike: Sarah Williams' 100-day journey inspired by Cheryl Strayed's Pacific Crest Trail story, overcoming doubts to complete one of America's crown trails and sharing the full experience.
Sarah Williams, friend of the Adventure Sports Podcast and host of the Tough Girl Podcast, is back with us today to talk about her 100-day Appalachian Trail thru-hike. Sarah got the bug to thru-hike one of the crown trails after reading about the adventure on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed. Even though Sarah had her doubts about accomplishing this adventure in her 100-day timeline, she managed to do it and is here to tell us all about it.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast. I'm your host Mason. |
| 0:25.1 | Today's episode is a throwback to a handful of years ago when Kurt was the host talking to Sarah Williams. |
| 0:31.9 | Sarah has been on the show, geez, like three to four or five times at this point. |
| 0:37.1 | And this show specifically is talking about her 100- through hike of the Appalachian Trail. |
| 0:42.3 | That's pretty quick. |
| 0:43.3 | Not a record, but like that's a very fast pace. |
| 0:46.3 | So a lot of y'all might be daydreaming about warmer days out there if you're in the Northern |
| 0:52.3 | Hemisphere. |
| 0:53.3 | It's wintertime. It's been cold. |
| 0:55.4 | We've had some really cold weather. You might be daydreaming about those summer |
| 1:00.5 | hiking and backpacking experiences. Well, this episode's going to help get you through it. Maybe give you a new idea to do something a little quicker than you thought if you only have a certain amount of time off. |
| 1:11.0 | So we're going to hear how Sarah did it, what she does. |
| 1:13.6 | She's also the host of the Tough Girl podcast, as Kurt's going to mention. |
| 1:17.4 | And she's had an amazing array of guests on that show. |
| 1:21.4 | A lot of the same folks we've had on this show, but a lot that we haven't. |
| 1:24.4 | So amazing stories there. |
| 1:26.6 | I encourage you to check it out. |
| 1:27.8 | So enjoy this throwback and see you next year. Hi, friends, Kurt here. |
| 1:47.0 | Thank you so much again for tuning in to the Adventure Sports podcast. |
| 1:52.7 | Today we have returning guest, Sarah Williams, with us, and it's always fun to talk to Sarah. |
| 1:57.3 | Sarah is the host and the founder of the Tough Girl podcast. |
| 2:00.5 | Her website is Toughgirl Challenges.com. She's been on the show a couple of times before, |
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