Uploaded May 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Welcome to "This Week in Backpacking"! This week we cover a daring hiker rescue in Olympic National Park, a thru hiking record set in the late winter of 2020 on the Ice Age Trail and much more!


This week's episode is on location in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore! Check out all of the special guests introducing the following segments:


✅Bryce Canyon Astronomy Festival
✅Elk Calving Season Underway in Yellowstone
✅Olympic National Park Hiker Rescue
✅Backpacking Cookbooks by Inga Aksamit
✅Isle of Mann Hiking with Milosh
✅Record Setting Hike by Emily Ford


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📗 The Hungry Spork: Trail Recipes - amzn.to/3uX9pMf
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🌐 Learn more about the Ice Age Trail
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