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What is 77 miles long, traverses upstate South Carolina and western North

Carolina, and was rated by Backpacker Magazine as one of the best long trails

that is 70 plus miles long. Let's find out on this episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Today we have with us, I'll say a member of the Pop Bear Hikes family at this point.

I have kind of a rule here, you come on twice, you're a friend of the podcast,

come on three or more times, you're part of the podcast family. We have the host,

creator, and star of Avalon Trail, YouTube channel. Mike, welcome back to Pop

Bear Hikes. Thanks for having me, Martin. It's always a pleasure to be here.

And when you're hosting guys on the podcast, like Jason Fitzpatrick and

legend and Josh Perry, it's just a pleasure to be talking to you after

alongside names like that.

Well, Mike, you're no slouch in the backpacking community yourself.

You're out there a lot. I watch your YouTube videos and you're not just a

more an area you seem to be traveling all over the place. It's like you're

looking for that next trail to go out and hike.

Yeah, always. I mean, I think I feel like there's so much opportunity.

You know, the United States is a huge country. There's a lot of diverse

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