Hiking with a Tote Bag, Ultramarathons in a Roundabout, and Creative Trail Shenanigans with Tate "Pyro" Dobson (BPR #302)

In today’s episode of Backpacker Radio presented by The Trek, brought to you by LMNT, we are joined by Tate Dobson, known on trail as Pyro. Tate is a certified wildcard. It’s not just that he’s hiked the PCT, AT, Long Trail, and Te Araroa, but how he’s done it, including hiking the Appalachian Trail and Long Trail spending $1,000 (alongside Quadzilla), hiking long stretches with carrying a Jansport pack, another stretch using tote bag, hiking the R2R2R eating only Motts Fruit snacks and the 100-Mile Wilderness consuming only maple syrup and a jar of peanut butter. He’s run a pair of ultramarathons around a roundabout, he’s run a beer mile with his mom, and has accomplished another mile consuming four shots of tequila and a tube of toothpaste. In other words, strap in. 

We wrap the show with some bucket list hikes you can do over a long weekend, the triple crown of stuipd word spellings, a listener poop story, and more.

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Interview with Tate “Pyro” Dobson

• Tate's Instagram
• Tate's Trek page

Time stamps & Questions

00:06:34 - Reminders: Check out The Trek and Backpacker Radio on Youtube, listen to our episodes ad-free on Patreon, and apply to blog for the Trek!

00:9:40 - Introducing Tate

00:11:40 - How do Chaunce and Tate know each other?

00:14:20 - How did you get into the outdoors?

00:15:11 - What trajectory led to dropping out of high school and college and how did you start thru-hiking?

00:18:25 - Tell us about your 2019 PCT hike?

00:20:55 - What’s your perspective on continuous footpaths?

00:22:53 - Where was your head at when you got off the PCT?

00:24:03 - When did you next get on trail?

00:25:37 - Are you a known figure in Durango?

00:28:00 - How did you get on the Colorado Trail?

00:31:22 - Any standout stories from the Colorado Trail?

00:31:51 - Do you