Episode Summary: An oldie but a goodie! This is a condensed version of our original 2-part episode covering our mental and emotional challenges we faced on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). If you've been listening to our weekly trail updates, you get the gist, but this episode breaks it all down. Enjoy the listen!

Topics: Physical, environmental, PCT, trekking, thru-hiking, mental, emotional

Links: Wesley's Trek Blog | Uphill Battles

Timestamps:

0:00:25 - Intro excerpt from Trek blog 0:02:18 - Intro 0:04:58 - Physical 0:20:00 - Environmental 0:22:10 - Heat 0:29:04 - Water crossings 0:32:07 - Mosquitoes 0:32:42 - Cold, wet weather 0:36:43 - Fires 0:39:23 - Animals 0:45-26 - Trail Angels 0:46:43 - Hitching up 0:52:54 - Road walk encounters 0:55:48 - Social challenges 0:57:50 - Building bonds in the Sierras 1:00:00 - Negative town encounters 1:07:00 - The bubble and other hikers 1:14:00 - Miscommunication: A time when we didn’t hike together 1:17:27 - Interpersonal 1:19:30 - Accept what you cannot change 1:21:36 - Hikers skipping parts of the trail 1:28:48 - It all connects back to you 1:34:35 - Increases awareness 1:38:02 - Conclusion excerpt 1:39:06 - Thanks for listening!

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Our next installment of our PCT adventure....

Episode Summary: We are back on track with the WHOLE REASON that we created this podcast...to tell our story from the Pacific Crest Trail. We have done plenty of exciting and trying hikes since then, but this is the story that started it all, and it deserves to be told. We will keep on telling the tale until it's been told, and then there's plenty to look forward to afterwards.

Topics: Pacific Crest Trail, Aquatabs, water

Timestamps:

0:00:29-Intro

0:03:38-Aqua tabs

0:06:38-Discount code

0:07:21-Drink of choice

0:09:12-Life updates

0:11:42-Welcome back to PCT storytime

0:12:15-Day 78

0:26:14-Day 79

0:32:58-Day 80

0:37:23-Day 81

0:44:17-Day 82

0:54:26-Day 83

1:07:35-Day 84

1:15:32-Listener questions

1:17:13-TanyaCG

1:17:49-Tahoe Dynamite

1:19:22-Did you start at the southern terminus?

1:22:13-Did you send yourselves supplies?

1:24:14-Are there any cool towns to stop at or ones to avoid

1:32:44-Conclude

Created, hosted and produced by Yeti Legs andBasecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)

Edited by Charlotte Royal

Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “TheFire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.

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