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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Alright everybody, fresh back from the Tahoe Rim Trail.

Truman and I hiked quite a few miles, didn't do the entire trail.

For times constraints, we ended up turning it into a nine day backpack and trip.

But that's a whole nother episodes.

We'll get into that another episode.

Today though, I'm very excited to have with us the creator of the Inscarpment Trail, Dick Vinson.

Dick Vinson, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.

Well, thank you very much for having me, I'm honored.

Dick, let's start by you telling us a little about yourself and how you got involved.

How they came up with the idea to start the Inscarpment Run.

I started running, when I was in college, you know, I didn't run in college.

I start picked it up as sort of a pass time.

And I started running with a friend of mine named Barry Hopkins, the late Barry Hopkins.

And he introduced me to trails.

And at about that time, I started getting more dedicated to my running.

And I was hitting some races and that sort of thing.

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