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Trail Trivia, 11 Dangerous Animals on the AT, and Leaving Your Kid for the Triple Crown

Backpacker Radio

Zach Davis

Sports, Wilderness

4.61.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Trail Trivia

Trek Propaganda: The 11 Most Dangerous Animals on the Appalachian Trail by Katie Jackson

QOTD: How do you feel about someone hiking a triple crown trail while leaving a young kid at home?

Triple Crown of people at the gym

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I've been walking slow many miles I've been walking so many miles I've been out walking so many miles I've yet to go.

0:26.6

To the exclusive.

0:28.8

You played the flute with that.

0:31.3

You did it like that.

0:32.5

It's actually an ocarina of time.

0:34.1

Well, your hands be closer together and they would be on the same side.

0:36.6

Well, I've got a bigger ocarina. O'clockina? It's not the ocarina of time then. Macarena of time. Yeah, your hands be closer together and they would be on the same side. Well, I've got a bigger ocarina. Okay. It's not the ocarina of time then. Macarena of time. Yeah. This one is a trivia question. So soon? So soon. We're starting off. We're going right into it. Okay. It's going to be different every episode. So it'll look. Quiz me. Yeah. I wanted to go for the very first one. We're going to go backpacking centric. Okay. What is the longest national scenic trail? No searching. I didn't do it. You don't get to search this. What is the longest in Google?

1:11.6

Put your hands away.

1:12.9

Were you going to cheat on the first one?

1:14.4

Yes.

1:17.5

Jesus.

1:18.6

What is the longest national scenic trail that lives entirely in one state.

1:29.2

In one state?

1:30.5

Yeah.

1:31.9

And is this a national scenic trail that also expands into other states and the portion

1:38.2

that's long as in one state?

1:39.7

No.

1:40.3

The start to finish is in one state.

1:43.9

Nope. I'm not. I'm swiping away from it. I'll turn it towards you. You thought about it. The start to finish is in one state.

1:44.5

Nope.

1:46.6

No, I'm swiping away from it. I'll turn it towards you.

1:47.7

You thought about it.

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