On The Appalachian Trail

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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A voicemail from a listener takes us out on the Appalachian trail, where we ford rivers, climb mountains, and work our way across one of the most storied backpacking routes in North America. Listen to our episode about your summer adventures: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/podcast-summer-adventures-22 Send a voice memo to hello@atlasobscura.com or call (315) 992-7902 to leave a message about your own travel quest.

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0:00.0	Hi, Sarah Weiman here.
0:05.6	You might remember, a while back, we aired an episode of our show where a bunch of you
0:10.1	called in to tell us about your summer adventures.
0:13.2	If you missed it, there's a link in the show notes.
0:15.6	Anyway, there was one voicemail towards the end of that episode from a guy named Sean.
0:21.2	Hi, I have a particular team.
0:23.2	I'm Sean Smith.
0:24.2	I'm doing a little bit different summer vacation.
0:27.3	I'm hiking the Estolation Trail.
0:30.6	Today is my hunger stay on the trail.
0:33.7	Sean, to clarify, stopped in the middle of a 2000 plus mile hike to give us a call.
0:40.1	The Appalachian Trail starts in Georgia and goes through about a dozen states before
0:44.8	it ends up on Mount Catalan in Maine.
0:48.6	Like Sean said, when he called us, he'd been hiking for 100 days, carrying a backpack,
0:54.8	eating dehydrated pasta, wearing the same two shirts for 100 days.
1:00.3	He was in Eastern Pennsylvania, a little over halfway to the finish.
1:04.0	Can you call me back?
1:05.6	I'll be sending you a text as well.
1:07.3	I typically keep my phone and airplane mode safe battery during the day.
1:11.9	Thanks.
1:12.9	I am also a hiker.
1:17.9	And hiking the Appalachian Trail is something I would love to do.
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