A Year-Round Guide to Franklin and Nantahala

Find all episodes from Season 4 here. Away Message: Season 4, Episode 1: 1,175 Miles The new season of our award-winning podcast begins with some fairly basic questions. What is

Rosemary and Goat Cheese Strata

Find all episodes from Season 4 here. Away Message: Season 4, Episode 1: 1,175 Miles The new season of our award-winning podcast begins with some fairly basic questions. What is

The Happy Accident that Created the Mountains-to-Sea Trail

Find all episodes from Season 4 here.


Away Message: Season 4, Episode 1: 1,175 Miles

The new season of our award-winning podcast begins with some fairly basic questions. What is the Mountains-to-Sea Trail? How was it created? Who were the first people to hike the whole thing? And who would hike all 1,175 miles of it today? In this premiere episode, host Jeremy Markovich talks to the man who (accidentally) created it, as well as a llama wrangler who ended up doing something no one else had done before. We also meet several hikers, who are about to set out on their own journeys across the entire state of North Carolina: by foot, by bike, and by kayak.

 

Jeremy Markovich: writer, producer, editor, host
James Mieczkowski: producer
Makenna Smith: intern
Elizabeth Hudson: editor in chief
Special thanks: Jim Hallsey, Betsy Brown, and Kate Dixon.

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From the episode: Watch this 2010 segment on Allen de Hart from the Our State television show on UNC-TV:

This season sponsored by Great Outdoor Provision Co.

This story was published on Apr 14, 2020

Jeremy Markovich

Jeremy Markovich is a former Our State editor, and is currently the communications director for the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University. Find his newsletter, North Carolina Rabbit Hole, at ncrabbithole.com.