Category: Thru-hike
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Matt Favero – Season 2 – Episode 8
Matt is all about details. So much so, that he was given the trail name “Details”. As the Marketing Director for Zpacks – a US Ultra-light gear company, he gets to mix vacation time with work (it’s a good thing, i think). He has a huge number of trails checked-off all over the world, such…
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Everest, Hiking, Himalayas, Interview, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Pacific Crest Trail, Podcast, Thru-hike, USA
The HiiKER Podcast w/ Tyler Fox – Season 2 – Episode 7
Tyler (a.k.a Mac – due to his uncanny resemblance to the character Mac from the TV show “it’s always sunny in Philadelphia”) is a long distance hiker from the USA. He doesn’t seem to stop moving! Ever since his thru-hike of the PCT, he has travelled the world, going from adventure to adventure. Conquering trails…
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Bruce Hopkins – Season 2 – Episode 6
Bruce Hopkins is a dancer, voice actor, radio presenter, hiker and High lord of the riders of Rohan in The lord of the Rings: The two towers. Some career eh? Eoin, being a huge LOTR fan was really looking forward to this one! Bruce chats about his self-titled “odyssey” of the Te Araroa trail in…
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Hiking, Interview, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Pacific Crest Trail, Podcast, Thru-hike, uk, United Kingdom, USA
The HiiKER Podcast w/ Tom Gale – Season 2 – Episode 5
Tom is the Founder and MD Atom Packs – an Ultra light bag manufacturer based in the UK. He is also a Triple Crown hiker – meaning he has hiked the “Three Big ones” in the USA, The PCT, The CDT and The AT. He has also hiked the Southwest coast path and a number…
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Gail Muller – Season 2 – Episode 4
Gail is a ray of positivity, to put it simply. Having battled with chronic pain for much of her life and grappling with her mental health, she decided to leave behind her busy lifestyle and take to the trail. Not just any trail, the Appalachian trail. Eoin catches up with Gail as she prepares for…
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California, Hiking, Interview, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Pacific Crest Trail, Podcast, Thru-hike, uk, United Kingdom, USA
The HiiKER Podcast w/ Russell Hepton – Season 2 – Episode 3
Russell is a backpacker, hiker and all round outdoors man from the UK. Since his spontaneous decision to climb Ben Nevis (Highest peak in UK) with no mountaineering skills, he has fallen in love with all things hiking and outdoors. He has hiked all over the UK and came under some scrutiny while hiking the…
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Julia Sheehan – Season 2 – Episode 2
Julia (a.k.a Rocket) is a long distance hiker from the USA. She has hiked the Appalachian trail and made a hit short documentary about her journey to the summit of Kathadin. Eoin chats to her about her adventure and her plans to hike the CDT and Arizona trail in 2021.
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The HiiKER Podcast w/ Tough Soles – Season 1 – Episode 9
Ellie and Carl (a.k.a. Tough Soles) are a couple from Ireland that decided one day to hike every waymarked trail in Ireland. While this number tends to change each year (trails closing, opening and changing in distance) they completed over 4,000km of Hiking. In addition, they only used public transport to get to each trail…
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California, Long-Distance Hiking Trails, Pacific Crest Trail, Podcast, Thru-hike, uk, United Kingdom
The HiiKER Podcast w/ Impala – Season 1 – Episode 7
Impala has one hell of a track record on the trail! Having completed monster trails like the PCT, the Appalachian trail, the Te Araroa and over 1000 miles of the Continental divide trail, he has only just begun! In 2021 he inspired so many people to join him on the End to End trail in…
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The Hiiker Podcast
Season 2 Episode 1: Rue McKenrick Rue McKenrick is a professional backpacker from the USA and is the founder of the American Perimeter Trail – a trail-in-progress that circumnavigates the USA. The project is much more than a hiking trail as it is an effort to create a conservation corridor around the country. While it…