Well, those of you have been listening to Pop Bear Hikes for the last three years, know that I like to cover as many topics as I can,

try to answer as many questions as I can.

And there's some things I'm just not qualified to talk about, as much as I'd like to answer the questions.

But we're very lucky.

We have our friend returning guest, Lola Velos, who is going to cover some topics that are unique to women while through hiking.

Lola, welcome back.

You, the vast time you're on, we talked about the 275 days you spent on the trail, hiking the

Eastern Continental Trail. How are you doing?

Hey, I am doing good, so happy to be back on.

And yeah, I think I have a little bit of a unique perspective

when it comes to this topic specifically, so I'm excited to get into it.

There are certain things that happen on the trail that off the trail

we don't really even want to talk to them right our biology right let's let's face it right we still

have to go to the bathroom while we're out there our bodies continue to function right that doesn't stop but how do we deal with it

you know when I said we're going to deal with a topic here that I am just never going to be qualified to talk about no matter how much I research it. What is it we're going to talk about. All right. Today's topic is all about periods. I am

super excited to talk about this because I have been diagnosed with a chronic inflammatory disease called endometriosis, which gives me the longest,

heaviest, and most painful periods one can have. So I consider myself a little bit of a period professional.

The number one question I get asked when I told someone that I have Endo and I just spent 275 days straight walking was how do you deal with your periods on trails.

So I'm going to give you my best period trail tips. I'm going to give you a quick breakdown of what you can use and

some of my favorite period products and then we'll just cover things that you can do when you're caught with your pants down, so to speak.

So, Lola, let's dive right into this and tell us how does this work for you because you're you know

being a woman and you know you're dealing with the additional stress of

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