A PNW Sampler: Thru Hiking the Enchantments

About this episode

The episode covers the first part of a three-day hiking adventure in Washington's Enchantments, including personal experiences and tips from the hosts.

Carrie, Molly, and Rachel tackle the first part of their ultimate three day weekend in the PNW: thru hiking Washington’s Enchantments. (Don’t worry, they follow this hike up with a backpacking trip the next day). Molly discusses her unique transition from hiking boots to trail runners. Carrie discusses how we concocted “a crazy insane girl plan.” Carrie discusses what it’s like to work 8 night shifts in a row prior to a thru hike. Molly provides a tip that helped cure her downhill knee pain. Carrie gives a suggestion to make long slogs more pleasant. If you haven’t listened to our previous two episodes about how to thru hike the Enchantments successfully, please check them out! Let us know what you think!

People in this episode

Hosts: Carrie, Molly, Rachel

Topics covered

• thru hiking
• Pacific Northwest
• backpacking
• knee pain
• hiking tips

Keywords

• thru hiking
• Enchantments
• Pacific Northwest
• hiking tips
• knee pain

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Washington, Enchantments

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