Nov 4, 2026 · 1 hr 37 min · 20 segments
Every great journey starts with questions, but not all of them get answered until the very end. In our Season 5 finale, the 2026 Trail Correspondents look back at a time capsule they created before…
Okay, past me was very curious, but that's great because I have all these answers, which is wild.
So I'm just gonna kind of go through what I was saying and do my best to answer these burning questions from my past self.
But one thing that really stuck out to me when I was listening back to what I had recorded before starting is the moment where I say, like, I want this so badly.
And hearing myself say that, I just feel transported back to that feeling of joy.
so much anticipation and truly wanting it so badly and, but not exactly even knowing what I want and like what a through hike looks like and what this experience will be.
And there was a moment in New Hampshire where where I think, you know, my friends and I were struggling off the mountain and I remember thinking no one's ever going to understand this unless they've done it themselves.
And even then, like just what we're experiencing is so special and yeah, it's, it's really feels really sacred as corny as that sounds.
Um,
so I started out with my dad the first five days, which is a lot of fun.
And, He met a lot of people that I ended up hiking around the entire trip and finished near.
But as we know, my friends Singe and Loon ended up being the two people I hiked with the most, specifically Singe, who were incredible.
Um, just, I think all the time, like, I don't have any doubts that this was the right time for me to hike.
But if I ever started to think that it was like, yeah, but then you wouldn't have met these two people.
Um, And then of course we had a more extended Tramily when we first started, which was wonderful.
Okay, past me was very curious, but that's great because I have all these answers, which is wild.
So I'm just gonna kind of go through what I was saying and do my best to answer these burning questions from my past self.
But one thing that really stuck out to me when I was listening back to what I had recorded before starting is the moment where I say, like, I want this so badly.
And hearing myself say that, I just feel transported back to that feeling of joy.
so much anticipation and truly wanting it so badly and, but not exactly even knowing what I want and like what a through hike looks like and what this experience will be.
And there was a moment in New Hampshire where where I think, you know, my friends and I were struggling off the mountain and I remember thinking no one's ever going to understand this unless they've done it themselves.
And even then, like just what we're experiencing is so special and yeah, it's, it's really feels really sacred as corny as that sounds.
Um,
so I started out with my dad the first five days, which is a lot of fun.
And, He met a lot of people that I ended up hiking around the entire trip and finished near.
But as we know, my friends Singe and Loon ended up being the two people I hiked with the most, specifically Singe, who were incredible.
Um, just, I think all the time, like, I don't have any doubts that this was the right time for me to hike.
But if I ever started to think that it was like, yeah, but then you wouldn't have met these two people.
Um, And then of course we had a more extended Tramily when we first started, which was wonderful.
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