140 Episodes

  1. Arizona Trail: camping like a (cow)girl

    Published: 5/12/2022
  2. Arizona Trail: touching the wall

    Published: 5/5/2022
  3. Arizona Trail: Forty Days in the Desert

    Published: 4/28/2022
  4. Cape Wrath Trail: a determined bog trot to the Cape

    Published: 12/30/2021
  5. Cape Wrath Trail: seals, mussels, otters and herons

    Published: 12/23/2021
  6. Cape Wrath Trail: rainy autumn brilliance

    Published: 12/16/2021
  7. Cape Wrath Trail: sampler platter

    Published: 12/9/2021
  8. Cape Wrath Trail: most remote bothy in Scotland

    Published: 12/2/2021
  9. Cape Wrath Trail: Ben Nevis as consolation prize

    Published: 11/25/2021
  10. Cape Wrath Trail: Knoydart

    Published: 11/18/2021
  11. Cape Wrath Trail: bog trotting to Sourlies

    Published: 11/11/2021
  12. Cape Wrath Trail: rainbows & bothies

    Published: 11/4/2021
  13. Teton Crest Trail: Spearhead Peak

    Published: 9/23/2021
  14. Teton Crest Trail: Avalanche Divide

    Published: 9/16/2021
  15. Teton Crest Trail: Paintbrush Divide

    Published: 9/9/2021
  16. NCT: hiker as optimist

    Published: 8/26/2021
  17. SHT: healing the heart

    Published: 8/19/2021
  18. SHT: finding my footing

    Published: 8/12/2021
  19. PCT: the start

    Published: 8/5/2021
  20. waiting

    Published: 7/29/2021

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Long-distance solo hiker Alison Young knows hard-core backpacking as few people do. With footprints on six continents and memories from trails like Te Araroa and the Pacific Crest, she is a member of a very small and prestigious group. In a series of personal essays coupled with found sound and her own flute playing, this podcast explores her journey of self-discovery as a middle-aged woman, sharing the sometimes unglamorous but vital truth about empowerment, inspiring others to blaze their own trails in this journey we call life.