Alex Mason - quit her job in 2015 & thru hiked the PCT twice, before heading to NZ and Oz!

Alex has always has a love for the outdoors and has always been fiercely independent. Her love of adventure began when she first went travelling in Africa. 

In 2015 Alex hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2700 mile trail that starts at the border of Mexico and goes through America to the border of Canada. Returning to work was an impossible task and after 4 months back in an office she quit to become a permanent adventurer.

First stop back to America, second stop New Zealand (with a few thousand miles of hiking in between). Listen as Alex shares more about her adventures on the Tough Girl Podcast

Show notes

• Going back to her childhood and what she was like growing up
• Being inspired by her granddad
• Having a normal life!
• Spending 6 months over in Africa
• Questioning what she was doing and why she was doing
• Deciding to take a sabbatical from her job!
• Dealing with the obstacles….  & facing up to her fears
• Why she choose the Pacific Crest Trail?
• Taking us back to the start!
• Getting her tourist visa for America!
• Getting to America and what was happening in her head before she started
• The moment that stood out for her while on the trail
• Meeting Kat Davies while on the trail - Listen to her PCT hike here!
• Overcoming fears on the trail
• Finishing the trail on her birthday!
• Making the transition back to “normal” life and going back to work
• Heading to the Himalaya’s to climb Mera Peak (6,476m)
• Quitting her job and what she did next!
• The differences between walking North and South on the PCT
• Being under time pressure to get through the Sierra before the snowfall
• Having no responsibility and being free
• Her trail name!
• Dealing with the time pressure while heading Southbound
• What’s happening inside her head while being out in the woods
• Why she wasn’t trying to “find herself”
• Being able to share the trail with a friend
• How she’s funded these trips and how she funds her lifestyle
• Her monthly budget
• Learning more about Love her Wild - (You can listen to Bex on the Tough Girl Podcast as well!)
• Her cycle tour in Australia (Sydney to Darwin)- why she decided to do, what inspired her, planning the route, buying her bike!
• Having low points and how she handles it
• Being a hiker at heart
• What she’s learnt from leading this life
• Her beliefs
• The charities she supports

 

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