{"id":198441,"date":"2024-12-10T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=198441"},"modified":"2024-12-10T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:21:09","slug":"completing-52-hikes-in-a-year-with-karla-amador","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/completing-52-hikes-in-a-year-with-karla-amador","title":{"rendered":"Completing 52 Hikes in A Year with Karla Amador"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"cb-itemprop\" itemprop=\"reviewBody\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" height=\"200px\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/f40c3c63-977c-4063-bcb2-c3ce545ef1de?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/completing-52-hikes-in-a-year-with-karla-amador\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a decade ago, entrepreneur Karla Amador set her sights on completing 52 hikes in a year. She didn&#8217;t consider herself outdoorsy, so it helped to break down her goal into small, actionable steps, like hiking at least one mile each weekend. She called this project &#8220;The 52 Hike Challenge.&#8221; 10 years later, she&#8217;s turned it into a national company that encourages thousands of participants to get outside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Karla:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lovekarlaamador\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>52 Hike Challenge\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.52hikechallenge.com\/pages\/rise-and-wander-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0&amp;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/52hikechallenge\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Listen to Karla&#8217;s new podcast,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.52hikechallenge.com\/pages\/rise-and-wander-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rise &amp; Wander\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsor:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dashboard.simplecast.com\/accounts\/2b218f9f-84c0-42a2-980b-de1950c78d63\/shows\/32ddc983-385c-47d5-ac70-165c3c8c5922\/episodes\/48dcf2dc-e56c-400c-970f-e5e2a234031a\/REI.com\/mastercard-podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check out the REI Co-op Mastercard program<\/a>\u00a0and learn about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reifund.org\/grantees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">local REI Fund grantees<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript About a decade ago, entrepreneur Karla Amador set her sights on completing 52 hikes in a year. 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