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Hello, welcome to another episode of Pop Bear Hikes.

Well, those of you who have been following our virtual 2022 AT family, thank you.

And we got so much positive feedback on those episodes that not only inspired me to start a

2023 AT family, but we're starting a 2023 Pacific Crest Trail family.

Virtual family, that is.

Unfortunately, I'm not going to be out there hiking with these people,

but we're going to bring them to you here on the podcast.

And the first member of our virtual family is Beverly King.

Beverly, welcome to Pop Bear Hikes.

Thank you very much, Martin.

I'm glad to be here.

Beverly, let's start with this, the million dollar question.

What was it that inspired you or influenced you to want to take on hiking the Pacific Crest Trail?

Probably a myriad of things.

I am a person who has since childhood used the woods to put myself back together,

to talk out loud, to sing out loud, to walk and move through the forest, the woods.

And this is something that I learned about like years ago, maybe 10, 15 years ago,

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