Sports:Wilderness
#7 - Jeffrey "Legend" Garmire on Hiking the Triple Crown in a Calendar Year
2018-03-28
Many a'hiker trash dream of completing the triple crown of backpacking, to hike the Appalachian, Pacific Crest, and Continental Divide Trail. To do so over the course of one's life is a notable feat. Doing this in a single year is bananas, which is exactly what episode 7's guest, Jeffrey "Legend" Garmire, accomplished.
In this episode, we go down the rabbit hole learning everything that went into Legend's Calendar Triple including daily mileage, toughest days on trail, gear used, and best stories from the adventure. He also talks about his Pacific Northwest Trail thru-hike and conquering all of the 14,000 foot peaks in Colorado.
Topics discussed in this episode include:
- Trail Correspondents have been selected! Meet the AT Hikers
- Pox anad Puss Podcast
- Stories from the Trail
- Pine Shack Frosty on the PCT (43:25)
- Big Agnes Fly Creek Tent, Legend's tent
- Granite Gear Pack | Red Fox Racer Pack
- Red Fox Yeti -20C | Katabatic flex 22 quilt
- Pacific Northwest Trail
- The Sea to Sea Route
- The Dawn Wall
- Georgia State Profile on the Appalachian Trail
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