Trails Worth Hiking
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.
Trails Worth Hiking
Ep. 26: Zion Traverse
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Jeremy Pendrey
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Episode 26
Listener Allison Richter joins Jeremy to talk about her hike across Zion National Park in southern Utah. The Zion Traverse takes hikers across one of America's finest national parks through a magnificent desert landscape of towers and plateaus, as well as valleys filled with pine and juniper. Before the conversation with Allison, Jeremy tells us some of the geologic history of this magnificent landscape, the history of its exploration, and about a recent misadventure one visitor had in the park. And listen to the end of the conversation to hear Allison introduce Jeremy to the wonders of a kula cloth.
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