Ep. 942: Losing 200 Pounds to Hike the PCT - Part 2 - Josh “Long Story” Murphy
Adventure Sports Podcast
Curt Linville
4.6 • 579 Ratings
🗓️ 19 June 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
This is the second half of the interview I had with Josh. You can listen to the first half on last Monday’s episode, Ep. 940.
Growing up poor in rural Pennsylvania as a morbidly obese child, and later adult, left Josh with very little prospects in life, by his own accounts.
He was convinced he was bound for an early grave and life wouldn’t amount to much. One day a radical shift in perspective and life habits, brought on by the smallest comment from an acquaintance, let Josh to losing over 200 pounds and pursuing a life long dream of military service.
Although Josh was making his way into the military, a chronic condition, due to his previous weight, kept him from advancing.
However, where one dream died another was born.
Following his army dreams crashing and burning he took to the 2,650 mile Pacific Crest Trail where he hooped to find purpose, discover who he truly was and what he wanted out of life.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, folks, welcome to the adventure sports podcast. I'm your host Mason. |
| 0:18.0 | Today's episode is a part two of a part one that started last Monday with Josh Murphy. |
| 0:24.4 | And you might be thinking, you know, all right, losing 200 pounds to hike the Pacific Crest Trail. |
| 0:29.0 | I kind of know this story. But I would say that you don't. It is so much more than you think |
| 0:34.8 | it's going to be. Josh is an amazing storyteller. He lives up to his |
| 0:39.4 | trail name, long story, because it is a long story. So long, we broke it into two parts, |
| 0:43.3 | but it is an incredible story of overcoming, of perseverance of dreams falling apart right in front |
| 0:51.7 | of your eyes and keep going. You know, that is just the ability to |
| 0:55.6 | just keep moving forward is amazing. And Josh, and I was really moved by this interview. And very |
| 1:02.2 | rarely do we break things into two-parters, but this was worth it. And so if you're interested in |
| 1:08.3 | listening to part one, start last week and then listen to this one. |
| 1:12.2 | And if you're interested in having your story highlighted, we do have a listener spotlight form. |
| 1:18.8 | If you don't want to be interviewed, you just maybe share some pictures. |
| 1:21.8 | Tell us a little bit about an adventure you recently did. |
| 1:24.5 | Fill out that form. |
| 1:25.4 | It's on our website. |
| 1:26.4 | Adventure Sportspodcast.com. It's also in the show |
| 1:28.7 | notes. And also, if you have an idea for a guest, please reach out, fill out that form. There's a |
| 1:34.8 | guest submission forum. It could be you, could be someone you know. That does help. Actually, Josh |
| 1:40.4 | came from, the guest we're talking today, Josh Murphy, came from someone suggesting |
| 1:45.8 | we interview him. And I reached out. He said, yes, that's how we got here. That's how we get a lot of |
| 1:50.8 | our guests. So it does help if you, you know, just have contact information or know where to reach |
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