By Land Podcast
This podcast is about learning how to have better backcountry experiences and understanding why spending time outside matters in the first place.
I have conversations with people from diverse outdoor backgrounds to learn from them and hear their personal stories. I cover everything from backpacking, hiking, hunting, conservation, and outdoor skills to the broader role the outdoors can play in our health, perspective, and everyday lives.
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-Emory, By Land
By Land Podcast
#124 - The Story of the Largest Family To Hike the Appalachian Trail with Ben Crawford
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Ben Crawford first appeared on the podcast for Episode 50, right after he and his family thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2018. Since then, he’s been working on writing a book about their family story and just recently published it for all to read and enjoy. I had the pleasure of having Ben on the podcast yet again to talk about the book, the writing process, and the experiences he had putting it together.
If you’re a family that enjoys the outdoors, or you one day WANT a family that enjoys the outdoors, I’d highly recommend exploring what Ben and his family are up to and how they approach parenting. And, if you’re wanting to help support an awesome family, go buy the book (links below)!
SHOW NOTES AND LINKS
- How having a family can alter perspectives
- Pursuing things that shift perspective
- Life after the AT family Thru-Hike
- How the AT changed the family dynamics
- Why we’re quick to forget the pain of an ordeal
- Why Ben Crawford wrote the book on hiking the AT
- Reliving the trail through the writing process
- Ben’s low point on the trail
- On reading the kids’ journal entries from the trail
- The power of journaling
- Details on the book variations
- How to find the book and support Ben Crawford
- THE BOOK: https://amzn.to/3lYbTW3
- YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT2WgHiawhWgbahB0CNENkg
- IG: https://www.instagram.com/fightfortogether
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