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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

A lot goes into planning a through hike.

You don't just grab your gear and head for spring or mountain,

or if you're south bounding, going to go to Katatana and start hiking.

You have to plan in advance.

And for a lot of people, that planning starts a year in advance.

Today we have with us an ultra light backpacker who's going to share with us

early in his stages of planning.

He's going to share with us his experience and his aspirations for wanting to hike the Appalachian Trail.

In 2013, Andy Filesa, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.

Thanks for having me. It's good to be here.

And it's good to finally meet you after listening for quite some time.

And I love everything hiking, backpacking, and let's throw food in there too,

because I'm an extra chef.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

While we're on that topic, you're an extra chef.

Tell us about yourself.

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