A Long Walk North >> Father Daughter Hiking The Pacific Crest Trail

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Leave Us A Voicemail or Email:  We also have a Facebook Page for the Podcast here. Megan created the outdoor podcast called... "Catch Me Outside" and you can follow that on IG here. If you want to leave us a voicemail for us to answer on a future show… you can find that link here.  You can message us through our website here if you want to do the old-fashioned email. Other Links: Our Main Instagram for our hike (@pctjsdoit) Our Podcast Instagram (@alongwalknorthpodcast) Our TikTok (@pctjsdoit) Our YouTube Channel Our Facebook Page Our Twitter Our Bio's Our PCT Hike Website Our own Trail Notes for the first 14 Sections Our Side Trips we plan to take Town Days On Trail Our Gear List Pacific Crest Association’s Website Sponsors for this show are Triple Crown Coffee, Purple Rain Adventure Skirts, and Thru-r. About Us: We are a pair of hiker-wannabe's from Toronto, Canada is working towards a goal of thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail together.  Dan is at the mid-point of his life and about to celebrate a half-century and Chantal is now old enough to enjoy a cold glass of cider in Canada.  By the time they embark, she will be able to enjoy a Northwestern craft IPA in the United States.  This episode is about the trail and to help our family and friends understand how big this hike is.

This Episode's Time Stamps, Photos and links to Things, Gear, Articles, YouTube Videos, Podcast Episodes you will find in the SHOW NOTES for this episode. Traci's segment starts at the 24:30min mark after our Hello's + Updates Traci is hiking to help Stop Soldier Suicide. You can help Traci reach her goal for Mission22 ***** Leave Us A Voicemail or Email: If you want to leave us a voicemail for us to answer on a future show… you can find that link here.  You can message us through our website here if you want to do the old-fashioned email. Other Links: Our Main Instagram for our hike (@pctjsdoit) Our Podcast Instagram (@alongwalknorthpodcast) Our TikTok (@pctjsdoit) Our YouTube Channel Our Facebook Page Our Twitter Our Bio's Our PCT Hike Website Our own Trail Notes for the first 14 Sections Our Side Trips we plan to take Town Days On-Trail Our Gear List Pacific Crest Association’s Website Sponsors for this show are Triple Crown Coffee, Purple Rain Adventure Skirts, and Thru-r. About Us: We are a pair of hiker-wannabe's from Toronto, Canada is working towards a goal of thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail together.  Dan is at the mid-point of his life and about to celebrate a half-century and Chantal is now old enough to enjoy a cold glass of cider in Canada.  By the time they embark, she will be able to enjoy a Northwestern craft IPA in the United States.  This episode is about the trail and to help our family and friends understand how big this hike is.

This Episode's Time Stamps, Photos and links to Things, Gear, Articles, YouTube Videos and Podcast Episodes ouTube Videos, Podcast Episodes you will find in the SHOW NOTES for this episode. ***** Leave Us A Voicemail or Email: If you want to leave us a voicemail for us to answer on a future show… you can find that link here.  You can message us through our website here if you want to do the old-fashioned email. Support Us on Patreon: If you want to support our trip for as little as $1 or $3 per month on our Patreon link to unlock extra bonus goodies & information.  On our website, we have a link if you want to buy us a beer on trail or a burger Other Links: Our Main Instagram for our hike (@pctjsdoit) Our Podcast Instagram (@alongwalknorthpodcast) Our TikTok (@pctjsdoit) Our YouTube Channel Our Facebook Page Our Twitter Our Bio's Our PCT Hike Website Our own Trail Notes for the first 14 Sections Our Side Trips we plan to take Town Days On Trail Our Gear List Pacific Crest Association’s Website Sponsors for this show are Triple Crown Coffee, Purple Rain Adventure Skirts, and Thru-r. About Us: We are a pair of hiker-wannabe's from Toronto, Canada is working towards a goal of thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail together.  Dan is at the mid-point of his life and about to celebrate a half-century and Chantal is now old enough to enjoy a cold glass of cider in Canada.  By the time they embark, she will be able to enjoy a Northwestern craft IPA in the United States.  This episode is about the trail and to help our family and friends understand how big this hike is. Rate Our Podcast: If you could... please give us a rating or write a review here.  On the last Spotify update if you go to the main profile of our podcast you will see that you can give us a rating from 1 to ***** stars.  We would love the feedback.  You can also write a review on the Apple platform.  We would appreciate the feedback.

On our website is the show notes that provide you photos, links and also a time log of certain things and topics that we talk about to allow you to jump around. Happy New Year!  Dan and Chantal want to give you an update on their 2023 hike of the Pacific Crest Trail.  In the introductions that usually go for the first 8 minutes... we spend about the first 22 minutes of this podcast catching up with Dan reflecting on the passing of his Father this past Nov and also reflecting on the last 9 years after splitting up with the Mother of his two kids.  Around the 23 minute mark, we update everyone on our 2023 hike.  After that Dan updates on the current financials of this trip. Going forward we are just about to start recording guests!  We hope you enjoy this little journey with us.  We appreciate the support people around us have given us including our Patrons. Happy New Year and we are excited to do this trip and document it along the way that we are doing. Dan + Chantal Show Notes: 0:00 / Opening commercial from podcast sponsor Triple Crown Coffee 0:39 / Opening funny… when watching virtually The Holeshoes 2015 PCT Hike on YouTube 1:08 / Podcast Violin Theme Song: Artist – Trampled By Turtles / Song: Wait So Long 2:02 / Opening Remarks by Dan giving a heads up that our PCT Update is after a lengthy opening “catch-up” between the two of them. Providing them with the opportunity to jump ahead to a time marker if they want to bypass the opening greetings. 4:07 / Podcast Segway Theme Song: Artist – Dispatch / Song: Only The Wild Ones 4:31 / Greetings from Chantal and the starting of our Hello’s. 5:55 / Dan’s Hello’s and answers Chantal on what his New Year’s Eve entailed. 6:48 / A Moscow Mule Drink (Esquire Magazine Link) 7:40 / Dan is down 30 pounds. 8:13 / Dan’s Sexy Sounding YouTube Yoga Coach For The Big Screen TV 8:38 / Dan talking about the passing of his Dad & his life timeline 10:44 / Dan talking about Chantal being cute as a baby. (check the show notes on our website to see her baby photos)  13:00 / After the PCT Adventure with my Son on our 5-6 month road trip. (YouTube Teaser) 13:50 / Dan talking about his IG post and we talk about her not getting the joke in the post’s description on the podcast.  It's on the @pctjsdoit IG account and on the show notes on your website.  14:50 / Chantal and Dans talk about Jello Pudding and then bugging Chantal with her noisy podcast drinking 16:08 / Chantal’s selfies she texted me to update her fans. (online show notes has her selfies)  Hit the show notes online to see the rest of the mini-time chapters here.