{"id":200127,"date":"2025-05-06T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/?p=200127"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T18:14:51","slug":"urban-hiking-with-liz-thomas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/urban-hiking-with-liz-thomas","title":{"rendered":"Urban Hiking with Liz Thomas"},"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\/45d9874b-6853-49b9-9307-2c3ab6daad03?dark=false\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wild-ideas-worth-living.simplecast.com\/episodes\/urban-hiking-with-liz-thomas\/transcript\">Transcript<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Liz Thomas is one of the most accomplished hikers in the U.S. She&#8217;s completed the Triple Crown and set a self-supported, fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail in 2011. Liz has a ton of experience in remote parts of the wilderness, but for the past 10 years, she&#8217;s been creating and hiking long-distance routes in 15 cities around the U.S.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Connect with Liz:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eathomas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Website<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/lizthomashiking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treelinereview.com\/?utm_campaign=button_list_VisitWebsite&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=later-linkinbio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Treeline Review\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you enjoyed this episode, listen to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/blog\/podcasts\/hello-nature-la\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hello, Los Angeles<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Purchase tickets to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outsidefestival.frontgatetickets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Outside Festival 2025\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you to our sponsors:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Capital One and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/membership\/mastercard?trackingId=podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the REI Co-op\u00ae Mastercard\u00ae\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rei.com\/b\/teva\/c\/all\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Teva<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Transcript Liz Thomas is one of the most accomplished hikers in the U.S. She&#8217;s completed the Triple Crown and set a self-supported, fastest known time on the Appalachian Trail in 2011. 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