Episode Details

In today's episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek brought to you by Good To-Go, the studio is transforming into a love lodge as we interview not one but two Hiker Trash couples. Liz and Matt (aka Chuckles and Frisky) and Nat and Matt (aka Bart and Party Tart) give us a glimpse into how their relationships came to be, the highlights and lowlights of thru-hiking with a significant other, and some of their top trail-tested advice for maintaining a relationship on trail and off. The format for today is chaotic yet fun, as we kick things off with a round of The Newlywed Game and transition into rotating sessions of seven minutes in heaven. I promise that will make sense here shortly.

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Interview with Liz, Matt, Nat, and Matt

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Time stamps & Questions

00:04:45 - QOTD: How frequently do you have dreams that your relationship ends and wake up panicked?

00:09:45 - Introducing the interviewees

00:11:52 - The Newlywed Game: Nat and Matt

00:29:07 - The Newlywed Game: Liz and Matt

00:30:30 - Outa Ware pants

00:41:20 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 1: Nat and Matt

00:43:08 - Give us the full rundown of your PCT hike in 2019.

00:47:04 - Were you apprehensive going into the PCT?

00:48:30 - What is it like prepping for a thru-hike as a couple?

00:50:49 - Walk us through rearranging who would carry what?

00:54:26 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 2: Liz and Matt

00:55:02 - Tell us your trail name origin stories.

01:03:08 - Frisky and Chuckle's origin story

01:10:22 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 3: Nat and Matt

01:19:33 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 4: Liz and Matt

01:20:20 - What's your most embarrassing partner story from trail?

01:30:30 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 5: Nat and Matt

01:31:04 - What was your biggest fight on trail?

01:33:04 - How do you avoid fights on trail?

01:37:00 - What made you realize you were being competitive?

01:38:29 - Do you have a conflict resolution strategy?

01:44:08 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 6: Liz and Matt

01:44:56 - What was your biggest fight on the PCT?

01:50:07 - What was your biggest fight on the CDT?

01:56:57 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 7: Nat and Matt

01:57:10 - Guiding for Skurka

01:58:33 - What is your most R-rated trail story?

02:05:40 - When was the first time you had sex in a tent?

02:08:33 - Seven Minutes in Heaven Round 8: Liz and Matt

02:12:25 - Were there any other questions you were expecting?

02:15:38 - If you had one piece of advice for someone going on a thru-hike with a partner, who would it be?

02:24:18 - What are other things that should go on a pre-trail couple's contract?

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