Episode Summary: Halloween Bonus Episode release, because it's scary to hike with an injury, the thought of it taking you off trail is terrifying. Listen in.

In this subscriber episode of YWIB we sit down with Renee “Azul” Aldrich to cover hiking while married (and your spouse is NOT with you), but also hiking with a potentially hike-ending injury. How’s intimacy when you haven’t seen you spouse for weeks or months? What emotional hurdles do you have to overcome to keep waking up to hike each day when it may be your last? We only had Azul for a short episode because she had to hop back on trail (the CDT) but expect a full-length interview with her in the near future.

Topics: Marriage, Injury, CDT, Intimacy, Emotions, Mental

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Timestamps and Questions: 

0:00:00 – Intro by The Fire Once Lost

0:00:24 – Opening

0:02:03 – Hiking without your partner/significant other

0:04:57 – Maintaining intimacy

0:06:41 – Handling difficult conversations when apart/insecurities/bonding with others

0:09:48 – Cookie dough croissants

0:10:20 – Advice to couples

0:11:29 – Injuries

0:12:12 – Azul’s injury while hiking

0:14:22 – Azul’s age + dominating on the trails!

0:16:10 – Injuries and making modifications

0:17:25 – Perspective on completing trails

0:20:22 – Breakdown of Colorado Trail and Continental Divide Trail

0:21:35 – Advice for people hiking with injuries

0:23:30 – Two burning questions

0:23:38 – Best poop memory

0:24:27 – Favorite piece of gear on CDT

0:26:42 – Outro

Created, hosted, and produced by Yeti Legs and Basecamp (aka Wesley and Marie Black)

Edited by Charlotte Royal (yes!)

Intro and Outro track is Appalachian trail by “The
Fire Once Lost”, an American/Bluegrass artist from Denmark.

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