Trail Stories - The Old World with SlowFoot
· 33 min · S11 E41 · Explicit
Episode Trail Stories - The Old World with SlowFoot
About the Guest Dave — trail name SlowFoot — is a three-time Appalachian Trail thru-hiker, seven-time Long Trail thru-hiker (including three winter traversals), and among the first to complete both the Eastern Continental Trail and the International Appalachian Trail. He has logged over 30,000 miles across 30 years of hiking in the Eastern United States. A former Forest Service trail crew supervisor, caretaker at Upper Goose Pond Cabin, and wilderness EMT, he holds a master's degree in forestry from the University of Vermont and has worked for AMC, ATC, Forest Service, and the Green Mountain Club. He is the co-founder of Mountain Blaze Arts, a family gear company he runs with his wife from their home just outside the Hundred Mile Wilderness in Maine. Episode Highlights Named by Earl Shaffer
The CCC Grandfather
The Old Pack Weight
Baltimore Jack — The Founder of Modern Trail Culture
The ECT and the IAT
2013 — The Last One
What He Misses
Trail Wisdom — Take It Slow
Links & Resources
• Mountain Blaze Arts — Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mountainblazearts • Mountain Blaze Arts — Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheMountainBlaze • Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA): https://www.aldha.org • Appalachian Trail Conservancy: https://www.appalachiantrail.org • Green Mountain Club: https://www.greenmountainclub.org • International Appalachian Trail: https://www.internationalat.org • Eastern Continental Trail: https://www.easterntrail.org
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