Trail Tales - Thru-Hiking & Backpacking

A podcast by Kyle Hates Hiking

188 Episodes

  1. 20 Tips NOBODY tells you before your first Thru Hike...

    Published: 1/11/2024
  2. A NEAR DEATH Experience on the Appalachian Trail (learn from it) | Beer in Beautiful Places

    Published: 1/4/2024
  3. The Unsettling TRUTH about Appalachian Trail Vloggers (they’re lying) | Jessika Poppe

    Published: 12/28/2023
  4. The 7 WORST Controversies DIVIDING the Hiking Community... Where do you stand? (with Baker Bokorney)

    Published: 12/21/2023
  5. The Unspoken BEEF between Hikers and Ultrarunners… | Kristian Morgan (Appalachian Trail SOBO FKT)

    Published: 12/14/2023
  6. ROASTING a Naive Appalachian Trail 2024 Vlogger (will he make it?!)

    Published: 12/7/2023
  7. 10 OVERRATED Spots on the Appalachian Trail that secretly suck (with Baker Bokorney)

    Published: 11/30/2023
  8. Fast or FOOLISH?! The Dark Truth about breaking a Fastest Known Time | Will Peterson, VT Long Trail

    Published: 11/23/2023
  9. Outdoor Vitals EXPOSED: Why I DON’T use their gear + their Annoying YouTube Ads | Tayson Whittaker

    Published: 11/16/2023
  10. The INSANE Consequences for a Mistake in a National Park | Confronting Eric Hanson

    Published: 11/9/2023
  11. Exposing the Insider TRUTH about Miranda Goes Outside...

    Published: 11/2/2023
  12. Why the Hell do people STILL believe these Appalachian Trail Thru Hiking MYTHS?!

    Published: 10/26/2023
  13. The TRUTH about Taylor the Nahamsha Hiker’s Appalachian Trail Thru Hike...

    Published: 10/19/2023
  14. 3 UNDERRATED Gear Companies NOBODY knows about (yet)! | Lloyd Vogel of Garage Grown Gear

    Published: 10/12/2023
  15. Hiking the CALENDAR YEAR TRIPLE CROWN with QUADZILLA

    Published: 10/5/2023
  16. What the HELL happened to the MISSING Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail?! Trail of the Lost with Andrea Lankford

    Published: 9/28/2023
  17. Why the HELL do people keep giving this Terrible Backpacking Advice? (with Baker Bokorney)

    Published: 9/21/2023
  18. Why I QUIT the Pacific Crest Trail for the SECOND Year in a row...

    Published: 9/14/2023
  19. An Important announcement about Trail Tales...

    Published: 8/3/2023
  20. Dan Becker talks about his HATERS, the Truth about being a YouTuber, and the ”BEEF” with Kyle Hates Hiking

    Published: 7/20/2023

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What’s it like to hike and live in the backcountry for 5 months? Host and thru-hiker & YouTuber Kyle Hates Hiking (Kyle O’Grady), who has completed every last step of the Appalachian Trail, interviews other thru-hikers, peak-baggers, and backpackers who are almost as crazy as him. Is life while thru-hiking really as glamorous as the social media stars make it out to be? Is pooping in the woods really that big of a deal? Find out these answers and more on Trail Tales.