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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Okay, we're rounding out our PCT 2023 virtual family.

And today we have with us Nathan Cardin, who's going to share with us what

influenced him to do this, what he's been doing to prepare and some of the

gear he's using.

Nathan, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.

Yeah, hi, thanks for having me.

So Nathan, let's start off with this.

Tell us a little bit about yourself.

So my name's Nathan Cardin.

I'm a 39 year old art director.

I live in West Hollywood, California, which is Los Angeles.

I'm a California native, however, I had lived on these coasts.

But I grew up in a time town called Cambria, which is like right in between Los

Angeles and San Francisco on the coast and spent a lot of time hiking and

like being outside and, you know, just very very outdoorsy kind of kid.

And that's always translated into, you know, just how I spend my time in

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