Wildcard: A Raw $24k Budget Breakdown & Escaping 'Joyless Urgency' | S5 E4

Wild Card time! No prompts, no script, and no rules! 

Expect the unexpected as this jam-packed episode swings from the bizarre to the profound. You'll hear wild field updates featuring a 1:37 AM wake-up call by sheriff deputies in a cemetery, a chaotic mid-day standoff between a coyote and a turkey, and the pure joy of a trail angel loaning out a truck packed with ice cream.

But it's not all crazy stories; the crew gets incredibly vulnerable about the logistics and psychology of thru-hiking, tackling everything from heavy pack weights and physical conditioning to the therapeutic escape from corporate "joyless urgency," the beauty of forming an all-female "girl band" trail family, and a completely transparent financial breakdown of a $24,000 thru-hiking budget. 

Correspondent Roster

In this episode, we hear from:

• Logan Hannah - Instagram
• Parrish "Quip" McWhorter - Instagram
• TJ McQuiston - Instagram
• Chris Becraft - Instagram
• Jessica "Hellman" Bagnell - Instagram
• J Michael Shaw, II - Instagram
• Scott Anderson - Facebook
• Sorrel "Team Ultraheavy" Perka- Instagram
• Danny Nelson - Instagram
• MacKenzie "Wilt" Wieder - Instagram

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Hosted, produced, and edited by Andrew "Shanty" Baldwin (Instagram). Trail Correspondents is a production of The Trek.