Trail Correspondents: S5 Episode 4 | Wildcard: A Raw $24k Budget Breakdown & Escaping ‘Joyless Urgency’

Wild Card time! No prompts, no script, and no rules!

Expect the unexpected as this jam-packed episode swings from the bizarre to the profound. You’ll hear wild field updates featuring a 1:37 AM wake-up call by sheriff deputies in a cemetery, a chaotic mid-day standoff between a coyote and a turkey, and the pure joy of a trail angel loaning out a truck packed with ice cream.

But it’s not all crazy stories; the crew gets incredibly vulnerable about the logistics and psychology of thru-hiking, tackling everything from heavy pack weights and physical conditioning to the therapeutic escape from corporate “joyless urgency,” the beauty of forming an all-female “girl band” trail family, and a completely transparent financial breakdown of a $24,000 thru-hiking budget.

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Correspondent Roster

In this episode, we hear from:

• Logan Hannah – Instagram
• Parrish “Quip” McWhorter – Instagram
• TJ McQuiston – Instagram
• Chris Becraft – Instagram
• Jessica “Hellman” Bagnell – Instagram
• J Michael Shaw, II – Instagram
• Scott Anderson – Facebook
• Sorrel “Team Ultraheavy” Perka- Instagram
• Danny Nelson – Instagram
• MacKenzie “Wilt” Wieder – Instagram

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Trail Correspondents is presented by Altra. Use code “TREK10” for 10% off at checkout at altrarunning.com

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Credits

Hosted, produced, and edited by Andrew “Shanty” Baldwin (Instagram). Trail Correspondents is a production of The Trek.