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On Trails Worth Hiking, we bring you the most interesting backpacking and trekking routes in the world. Every trail has a story. In the first part of each episode, we tell you the stories behind the trail. In the second part, we tell you how to hike the trail. In each episode, guests who have hiked the trail join Jeremy, our host, to talk about the experience of hiking it. Join us on each episode as we hear the story, then hike the trail.
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Meghann Grah, from the blog, The Grah Life, joins Jeremy to talk about her adventure in Son Doong Cave in Vietnam. The Son Doong Cave trek takes hikers ona multi-day trek through the largest known cave passage in the world! Meghann tells us all about what it takes to do this trek and what it was like to hike in the cave, including swimming in lakes and rivers inside the cave. Jeremy recounts the history of how the cave was formed and discovered. The Grah Life: https://...
In February 2026, Jeremy joined a group hike on the Ocean to Lake Trail, which we originally covered in Episode 49. The thru hike was sponsored and led by the Loxahatchee Chapter of the Florida Trail Association. The OTL takes hikers through diverse ecosystems from Florida's biggest lake, Lake Okeechobee, to the Atlantic Ocean at Hobe Sound. In this update episode, Jeremy talks with other hikers and Wayne Vassello, the hike leader. Jeremy also gives his impressions of ...
Listener Tara Lamberti joins Jeremy to talk about her thru hike of the Dingle Way on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. This inn-to-inn adventure takes hikers on a full circuit of a beautiful peninsula in the southwest of Ireland. Hikers will spend eight to ten days walking over 100 miles as they explore the farmland, coast, and villages of rural Ireland. Membership/Support: https://buymeacoffee.com/trailsworthhikingwebsite: https://www.trailsworthhiking.com/Insta...
Listener Brett Bauch joins Jeremy to discuss this relatively new trail that crosses the entire country of Liechtenstein in less than a week. The trail takes hikers through the Upper Rhine Valley in the heart of the Alps. The trail winds through all 11 municipalities of this European monarchy, where hikers will see castles, walk on a roman road, and pass through quaint villages. And of course Jeremy takes us through the history of this unique European destination. trail websi...
Listener Kevin Morgan joins Jeremy to talk about his hike of the Gerard Hiking Trail in Northwestern Pennsylvania's Oil Creek State Park. This loop hike takes backpackers on a 36-mile adventure through not only a beautiful wilderness, but also through the remnants of the world's first oil boom. To make things more interesting, Kevin tells us how he hiked this trail in the dead of winter. And Jeremy recounts the history of Pennsylvania's nineteenth century oil boom. Our spons...
Emma Fry of Vegan Adventure Holidays joins Jeremy to talk about her solo thru hike of more than 600 miles on England's South West Coast Path. England's longest national trail takes hikers along the bucolic, yet rugged and challenging coastline of the southwest peninsula of Britain. And Jeremy gives us the colorful history of Cornwall and the surrounding areas, including how its mining past intersects with his own family heritage. Vegan Adventure Holidays: https://veganadvent...
In this episode we hear about two very different ways to design a local wilderness adventure in the same area. Jeremy recounts his local backpacking adventure in Marin County, California, and listeners Janna and Grant Glaze describe their own lodge-to-lodge adventure in the same area, which they hiked with their toddler son, Summit. Jeremy also talks through some of the factors to consider in designing your own local wilderness hiking adventure. Janna and Grant's YouTube channel: ...
Nutritionist and naturopath, Steph Watts, joins Jeremy to talk about the Larapinta Trail, a long-distance trail of more than 200 kilometers in the remote outback of Australia's Northern Territory. This trail takes hikers through a picturesque desert region of red rock, mountains, and gorges. To donate to the Alzheimer's Society in support of Mick Donaldson's Pacific Crest Trail thru hike attempt: https://www.justgiving.com/page/stoatwanders 10% off at Outdoor Herbivore - TWH10P: &...
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On Trails Worth Hiking, we bring you the most interesting backpacking and trekking routes in the world. Every trail has a story. In the first part of each episode, we tell you the stories behind the trail. In the second part, we tell you how to hike the trail. In each episode, guests who have hiked the trail join Jeremy, our host, to talk about the experience of hiking it. Join us on each episode as we hear the story, then hike the trail.
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