Three years ago I started asking people about a race in the woods of eastern Tennessee that almost nobody finishes.
I couldn't stop.
In forty years, the Barkley Marathons has been finished twenty-six times. No GPS. No aid stations. No published start time. An entry fee of a dollar sixty. And every year, forty people go in anyway.
I went to find out why.
The Barkley: A Love Story — a three-part audio documentary from Hiker Trash Radio — drops in two weeks.
Episode One: "I Discovered It"
Episode Two: "The Edge of Possible"
Episode Three: "They Figured It Out"
Link in bio.
#TheBarkley #BarkleyMarathons #HikerTrashRadio #HikerTrash #bm100
I couldn't stop.
In forty years, the Barkley Marathons has been finished twenty-six times. No GPS. No aid stations. No published start time. An entry fee of a dollar sixty. And every year, forty people go in anyway.
I went to find out why.
The Barkley: A Love Story — a three-part audio documentary from Hiker Trash Radio — drops in two weeks.
Episode One: "I Discovered It"
Episode Two: "The Edge of Possible"
Episode Three: "They Figured It Out"
Link in bio.
#TheBarkley #BarkleyMarathons #HikerTrashRadio #HikerTrash #bm100
Show Notes
Three years ago I started asking people about a race in the woods of eastern Tennessee that almost nobody finishes.
I couldn't stop.
In forty years, the Barkley Marathons has been finished twenty-six times. No GPS. No aid stations. No published start time. An entry fee of a dollar sixty. And every year, forty people go in anyway.
I went to find out why.
The Barkley: A Love Story — a three-part audio documentary from Hiker Trash Radio — drops in two weeks.
Episode One: "I Discovered It"
Episode Two: "The Edge of Possible"
Episode Three: "They Figured It Out"
Link in bio.
#TheBarkley #BarkleyMarathons #HikerTrashRadio #HikerTrash #bm100
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