Last night, Andrew and I hosted the last of our Ask Us Anything events this week. Our special guest was Mikaela Osler. Mikaela is a Triple Crown thru-hiker (AT, PCT, CDT), has set FKT’s on the Long Trail and Colorado Trail, is an excellent guide, and has an infectiously positive personality.
In this conversation, we cover:
- Which 70’s Swedish pop supergroup Mikaela knows all the lyrics of
- Mikaela, Andrew, and Katie’s most perilous incidents in the backcountry
- Weather expectations and travel logistics for our WV trips in October
- How we like to debrief trips
- Practicing LNT when traveling off trail
- How we determine trip locations and choose new ones
- Characteristics of our favorite clients
- How we minimize tick risk for our Appalachian trips
- The potential value of attending one of our trips if you’re already experienced
- Average fitness and vertical for our trips and how to interpret those numbers
- What inspired Mikaela’s FKT’s
- After doing so much off-trail hiking, do long on-trail thru-hikes still interest us?