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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

So here we are. It's August, late August.

What about our 2022 Pop Bear Hikes virtual Appalachian Trail Trauma?

How are they all doing? Well, today we have Justin with us.

Justin's off the trail. Trailhead Justin, I should say.

And Trailhead Justin is going to now tell us why he's off the trail.

Justin, welcome back to Pop Bear Hikes and tell us why you're off the trail.

Thank you. Thank you. I am happy to be back again and hello, everyone.

I am now off the trail because I have completed my 18th through hike.

I submitted Mt. Katadin in Baxter State Park in Maine a little over a

week ago on Friday, August 19th.

So that made it 180 days or pretty much exactly six months.

But yeah, it's in the books now.

I did it and I guess I can call myself a through-hiker officially.

Well, congratulations, Justin. That's no easy task.

I know it's kind of a very mild way of putting it.

But wow, six months, you're a young man, but six months out of your life,

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