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Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast26. Appalachian Trail Q&A Kick-OffToday we’re talking all things thru-hiking on a super special Q&A episode featuring three New York City-based hikers, who are all aspiring to hike the Appalachian Trail this year! Alyssa, Micaela, and Haley have participated in many Girl Gotta Hike day hikes, snowshoe excursions, and weekend backpacking trips over the last couple of years, and it’s been a blast getting to explore the outdoors with them. Hiking the Appalachian Trail had a huge impact on my life, so I was stoked when I learned that they were all independently gearing up to take their backpacking to the...2023-04-011h 48
Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast24. Kelley "NoSeeUm" Blosser on the PCTOn this episode, I get a chance to catch up with my good friend and regular Podcast guest, Kelley “NoSeeUm” Blosser, at the halfway point of the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail! Kelley’s been making her way north from the Mexican border toward the Canadian one for the last few months, and now by the time this episode is airing, she’s almost halfway through Washington State and nearly finished already! During our conversation she talks about what it’s like to finally be on a journey that was over two years in the making. We chat about how h...2022-08-1742 min
Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast17. Slackpack Series - with Sprout, Woodchuck, NoSeeUm and Click!Whoo-hoo! Episode 17 (aka the first of the Slackpack Series) is an entire episode dedicated to doling out some down and dirty of advice from four female thru-hikers, who love nothing more than discovering the joys of getting deeper into the backcountry. During an impromptu trek through Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York, GGH host Melissa “Click” Goodwin, and her semi-regular podcast guests and trail besties, Emma “Sprout” Hileman, Lauren “Woodchuck” de la Vega and Kelley “NoSeeUm” Blosser, all discuss some of the finer (and funnier) points of what comes up on a long-distance backpacking trip.To keep the convers...2021-09-0755 min
Girl Gotta Hike The Podcast13. Talkin' Trail with Woodchuck, NoSeeUm & Click!GGH the podcast episode 13 is here! Lucky 13, whoop whoop!And my oh my, this episode is chock full of hiking advice and all of it about thru-hiking — yaaaaay! As long time listeners may already know, host Melissa "Click"! Goodwin thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2011 and it was on that trail, where the first seeds for what would eventually become Girl Gotta Hike were planted. The connections she made and the camaraderie she felt with her fellow hikers was so joyous and so incredible — she’s grateful that it has extended well beyond that one trip. The notion of a t...2021-01-313h 17