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Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

The Depressing TRUTH about the Pacific Crest Trail that NOBODY wants to hear…

Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

Kyle Hates Hiking

Wilderness, Sports, Sports:wilderness

4.9678 Ratings

🗓️ 29 February 2024

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Frozen from Outdoor Adventures joins the show to talk about his upcoming thru hike of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT 2024). He previously hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2019, and is now taking his talents to the Pacific Crest Trail. We talk about what he is nervous about, what gear changes he's made, and how he is planning on dealing with the depressing reality that the Pacific Crest Trail will probably catch on fire while he's out there. Follow Frozen's PCT hike: https://www.youtube.com/@FrozensAdventures/ For sponsorships, business inquiries, or guest/episode ideas reach out to: [email protected] My Gear spreadsheet: https://lighterpack.com/r/9qjh18 BIG FOUR 🤘 Backpack: https://ula-equipment.9xrw.net/x9oX1x My FAVORITE Tent: https://zpacks.com/products/plexsolo-tent?aff=99 Sleeping Pad: https://amzn.to/35rlMIw OTHER SLEEPING STUFF 💤 Pillow: https://amzn.to/3he3mgX FOOD & WATER 🍴Filter: https://amzn.to/3pfZ25j Stove: https://amzn.to/3simgd1 Cook Pot: https://amzn.to/3LSjqmJ Spork: https://amzn.to/3shROja Water Storage: https://amzn.to/3sinBk3 CLOTHING 👔 Shorts: https://amzn.to/3sdiQrL Socks: https://amzn.to/3M2nPUi Rain Jacket: https://amzn.to/3JPMBoy Down Jacket: https://amzn.to/3UrHG2Q ELECTRONICS 🔌 Power Bank: https://amzn.to/3t4fDds Headlamp: https://amzn.to/3M9yrke Wall Plug: https://amzn.to/3pa3JNJ MISCELLANEOUS 🤘 Trekking Poles: https://amzn.to/3hqT39n Ultralight Knife: https://amzn.to/3t0m3dL Trowel: https://amzn.to/3CL0Ys6 Shoulder Pocket for Backpack: https://ula-equipment.9xrw.net/kjAQm0 This shownotes contains affiliate links, which means if you click on one of the product links, I'll receive a small commission at no cost to you. This helps support the podcast and allows me to continue to make episodes like this. Thank you for the support!

Transcript

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0:00.0

I can't even begin to tell someone that hasn't through hike before what it feels like to do,

0:04.6

what you love every single day, day to day.

0:07.1

You talk about the freedom that you feel on trail.

0:09.0

A lot of the time I feel like I don't have that much freedom.

0:11.8

I'm not going to lie.

0:12.5

You're confined to the trail.

0:14.4

You can't just get up and go wherever you want.

0:16.4

You got to keep walking.

0:17.4

You have strict deadlines. You have to be at a certain place at a certain time

0:21.2

or else you're going to run out of food. I think like the hard truth we'll say about the PCT,

0:26.6

especially nowadays, is that... How's it going, everybody? Welcome to Trail Tales. My name is

0:35.9

Kyle Grady. I am a huge, I'm just a huge hiking

0:39.9

nerd. And every single week on this podcast, I chat with other hiking nerds about their

0:43.7

experiences on the trail. And speaking of experiences on the trail, our guest this week has a lot of

0:50.0

that. And he's going to be getting even more of it this year. He's going to be getting a lot of

0:56.2

miles in. We'll just say that. We're going to talk all about it and it's going to be a great

1:00.5

episode. This is going to be his third time on the show, but his first time on camera. That being

1:06.1

said, I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with him already. if you're not then dude go subscribe to his channel

1:13.5

and speaking of subscribing uh dude subscribe to this channel we're inching up there we're almost at 10,000

1:19.5

subscribers on the trail tales YouTube channel um thank you so much to everyone who's already

1:23.8

subscribed i feel like i was asked for subscribers but i don't thank the ones that already have. So thank you. And if you're watching on YouTube, but you want to listen on audio

1:33.1

instead for some reason, if you're that guy, no, I'm just kidding. Spotify, Apple Podcast, Stitcher,

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