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Backpacker Radio 66 | Drunk Q&A with Badger & Chaunce
Backpacker Radio is making good on their promise to get weird. Today we bring you a drunk Q&A. Backpacker Radio's new intern, Elise Ott (hi, that's me), navigates us through...
A List of Appalachian Trail Shuttles Available to Help Hikers Get off the Trail
In light of the continuing COVID-19 crisis, we've compiled a list of shuttle drivers and services that are still available to assist Appalachian Trail hikers as they leave the trail....
Our Toxic Conversations, Not Coronavirus, Will Destroy the Hiking Community
My husband isn't a hiker, so I am always telling him about the hiking community. I share with him how friendly hikers are and how much they care for other...
What Thru-Hiking Has Taught Me About Surviving Quarantine
Don’t get me wrong, I’d rather be on trail. But I can’t do that safely and ethically right now, so here I am social distancing instead. I don’t know how...
Calling All Small Businesses Along the Trails: We Want to Help You
If you're running a small business along the trail, this is for you!
Thru-Hiking in a Pandemic: Opinion from a CDT Trail Town
Depending where you enter the CDT, the Grand County section is around 100 miles. There are three accessible trail towns in this county. One is Winter Park, one is Fraser,...
(Updated) CDTC Asks Thru-Hikers to Postpone, Avoid Discretionary Travel to Reflect Closures and Stay-at-Home Orders
On March 17, the Continental Divide Trail Coalition requested that 2020 CDT hikers postpone their section and thru-hikes due to COVID-19.
Backpacker Radio 65 | Sandi Marra on Why the ATC Is Asking People to Avoid the Appalachian Trail
We're joined by Sandi Marra, the president and CEO at the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. As we noted at the top of our previous podcast, the news and guidelines around COVID-19...
Why I’m Putting Aside My Dream
*The following is the story behind my decision to leave the Appalachian Trail. I’ll post a more analytical, bullet-pointed list in the next few days. Like many readers and writers...
The Week That Changed My Year, as Told by My Texts
Never have I ever known as wide a range of emotions that carried such consequence as those I experienced March 14 to March 20. I went from extreme to extreme...