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Chin Wagging with Triple Crowner Ben "Shredder" Phantom

Hiker Trash Radio

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The Importance of Intensity on the Trail

"There's definitely a seeking, you know, a searching for a greater sense of meaning," he says. "I think most through hikers have some sort of colorful past or deal with some sort of maybe mental health or trauma and really want to push themselves." He adds that there is also an ego involved in hiking the 2,500 mile CDT.

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