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
#14 How a Family Thru Hiked the Appalachian Trail with a Baby
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Ellie was only a year old when her parents put her in a backpack and embarked on a dream hike on the Appalachian Trial. Ellie spent just over six months watching the world go by at 3 mph through amazing landscapes while meeting the most amazing people in the Thru Hiking community. She even learned to walk while on the AT!!!
This is that story.
Show Notes and Links
- Introductions
- How Bekah and Derrick decided to hike the AT with a baby
- How to plan for a Thru-Hike with a baby
- Precautions and planning
- Feedback from friends and family before the hike
- Impressions from other Thru Hikers of Ellie being carried on the trail.
- Daily routines on the AT
- "Blowouts"
- Lessons learned
- Highs and lows
- Advice to new hikers and new parents
- Baby carrier suggestions
- Plans for 2018
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