About this episode
Will Roquemore shares his journey on the PCT, exploring personal challenges and the support of the hiking community.
Will Roquemore goes by Last Strap on the trail, a name earned before the PCT even started, handed to him by a friend who instituted a rule that he was not allowed to partake in any extracurricular fun until his last strap was fastened, because otherwise he would never leave camp. He is a fourth-generation Idahoan, PCT class of 2025 finisher, and full-time nomad living in a converted 2016 Toyota Prius V wagon he has called home since COVID, when a landlord raised the rent during lockdown and a friend asked him why he needed all that stuff anyway. He showed up at the southern terminus with a 14.63-pound base weight, a fanny pack the size of a walk-in closet, a two-year relationship, and a biggest fear that something bad would happen to someone he loved - and his partner broke up with him five days in, leaving him to hike 2,650 miles broken-hearted, rage-hiking 20-mile days before he had trail legs, on what he calls legendary mode. The trail gave him a tramily willing to listen, a logging semi driven by a man with a Don't Tread On Me hat and a Chihuahua named Gunner, and, at the very end, a father who went from "get a job, hippie" to building a map of every campsite his son had ever…
People in this episode
Hosts: Doc, Bleav
Guest: Will Roquemore
Topics covered
- trail stories
- PCT
- hiking experiences
- personal growth
- relationships
- nomadic lifestyle
Keywords
- PCT
- hiking
- nomad
- Idaho
- trail magic
- relationships
- tramily
- personal growth
Mentioned in this episode
Places: Idaho, southern terminus, Harts Pass
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