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Podcast: The 1000 Hours Outside Podcast
Episode: 1KHO 563: We Took Our Kids on a 2,650-Mile Walk | Vince Strawbridge, Pretty Good at Walking
Description: What happens when a family of six points themselves south and walks the entire Pacific Crest TrailâCanada to Mexicoâwith kids ages 16, 14, 13, and 11? In this powerful conversation, author Vince Strawbridge ( Pretty Good at Walking ) shares the decision to trade GPAs and schedules for a five-month âclassroom with no walls,â and what the trail taught them about capacity, character, and family. We get inside the real logisticsâmailing food boxes, burning through shoes, racing post-office hours, learning trail lingo like hiker boxes and trail magicâand the real parenting: discerning pain vs. injury, pacing to your slowest hiker, letting your fastest...