329 We Slept In 1 Sleeping Bag Together For 150 Nights w/ Justin C. (Let's Hit The Trail - YouTube)
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Who is Justin and what are his recent trail adventures?
Put the team on my back. Welcome to the backpacking podcast. For myself, John Kelly, I'm here with Jeremiah, Jerome Stringer. Yes. The man who is getting ready to celebrate two years of being a father this weekend.
Yeah, and I think that y'all might make an appearance. Yeah, we're gonna come down to Somerset and hang out with the family. That'd be fun, dude. I gotta tell ya, um my wife did go ahead and give our son his slide. Going down nonstop, pushing his bubble blower lawnmower around. Oh yeah. Nonstop. And there's there's a bounce house downstairs right now. So maybe your kids can jump in, play and I hope my kids aren't too big for it at this point.
No, uh Bridgie got in there last night. Oh okay, then we're good. We're good. Yeah. Yeah, so my kids are eight and nine years old and his son is two. And so we were there when you found out he was a boy. Yeah. Um We went live on this channel, I believe. Yes, we we I put I brought a phone, I went live and and we videoed the live announcement that he was gonna be a boy.
Yeah. And here we are, man, two years later. So two years later. Excited. And people still tune in and watch, which is crazy all by itself. Well, they're gonna have an exciting show today. An actual hiker. Yeah. He's done some miles, bro. Wonderland Trail, PC T, J M T recent. We're gonna get into his recent trip. He's been he he he
Hike to Teos or Taos or Taos or Tas or whatever it's called. Yeah. From Santa Fe. From Santa Fe?
What recent hikes did Justin complete from Santa Fe to Taos and on the PCT?
Yeah. How we can pronounce Santa Fe.
I've heard of that one. It was on uh Better Call Saul and on uh Breaking Bad.
There you go. Yeah. There you go. That's my that's where I get my geography lessons from. Yep. Now his mom knows him as Justin Cornell, but we know him as Justin from Let's Hit the Trail. So we're gonna bring him on here right now. Everybody, welcome to the show. Mr. Justin, how you doing?
I am doing great. How are you guys doing, John and Jeremiah?
So far so good.
Doing well, man. So far so good. Um yeah, like John said, uh before we get started here, make sure y'all check out um Justin's YouTube channel. And is it your wife? Is are y'all married, you and Anna?
Soon enough, hopefully. Uh right now we just like to say we're we're partners. You know, we've been together about four years now, so uh yeah, she's my partner Anna, but soon enough, yeah, we're gonna we're gonna make that marriage happen.
Well, they're on Instagram to g together, Justin and Anna Hike. That's A N N A. Justin and Anna Hike. And then uh of course the YouTube channel, John said, Let's hit the trail.
Let's hit the trail. That's right.
Well, thanks for joining us for a while today. Um, I actually I think John might have turned me on to your YouTube channel. I can't remember, but I said, Yeah, dude, he'd be fun to have on. Uh awesome up and comer in the YouTube game as well. But uh vlogged, you told us I haven't watched him yet, but you told us you vlogged your entire PCT through hike with Anna. And when was that?
That was in twenty twenty four. Yeah, we started started that trip.
What are the key secrets to a successful trail partnership?
April twenty first is our start date and we hike for about five months. And finished at the Canadian border on September nineteenth. So I I remember those dates vividly.
And you're still in a relationship after that.
Yeah, right. Congratulations, right? Like if we can make it through the PCT together, we can make it through anything, right?
There you go. There you go. Now I've done some backpacking with my wife as well. And uh I gotta tell you, there are some highs, there are some lows.
Absolutely.
Could you what would you say is uh some of the biggest secrets to having a successful Uh, I don't know. If happy's the right word, it's a bit of a grind doing a through hike, no matter like what the trail is and especially if it's for months. But what's the secrets to being successful together? Like actually doing a big trip like that with another person? It doesn't have to be uh, you know, a a significant other, by the way. Sometimes buddies wanna go on trail together and then they get a weekend and one of them's like, This was a big mistake.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Who is Justin and what are his recent trail adventures?
0:01–1:31
2
What recent hikes did Justin complete from Santa Fe to Taos and on the PCT?
1:31–3:04
3
What are the key secrets to a successful trail partnership?
3:04–5:23
4
How did Justin and Anna lose each other on the trail and what happened?
5:23–7:15
5
Which wildlife encounters (bears, bighorn sheep, deer) stood out on their trips?
7:15–12:21
6
What trail mishaps (poop stories, gear failures, water treatment) did they experience?
12:21–16:29
7
How do they share gear and sleeping setups while hiking together?
16:29–23:11
8
What tips do they have for staying warm and handling drafts on cold trails?
23:11–49:31