Episode Details

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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