Arizona Trail: The Finish Line

Send us a text Blissful meets the Southern Terminus of the AZT just as a windstorm picks up on the Utah/Arizona border. In this episode: After a night in the "cowpie" field – flat and squishy – Blissful sleeps well under moon shadows. It's easy walking towards Vermillion Cliffs where she meets a couple of hikers who give her sage advice about making intentional decisions and looking for people who communicate with her in her emotional language. Angry clouds build as a sandstorm buil...

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Long-distance solo hiker Alison Young knows hard-core backpacking as few people do. With footprints on six continents and memories from trails like Te Araroa and the Pacific Crest, she is a member of a very small and prestigious group. In a series of personal essays coupled with found sound and her own flute playing, this podcast explores her journey of self-discovery as a middle-aged woman, sharing the sometimes unglamorous but vital truth about empowerment, inspiring others to blaze their own trails in this journey we call life.