Long Walks and Rabid Dogs - Cam "Swami" Honan (Part I)

Backpacker Magazine has called Cam "Swami" Honan the most traveled hiker on earth. He has walked more than 75,000 miles across 68 countries. His Hiking Poll score is 7 out of 100 — the lowest score in the history of Hiker Trash Radio, and a record Cam considers fair. In Part 1, he and Doc cover the origins of the trail name Swami, the genesis and planning of the 12 Long Walks, the Calendar Year Triple Crown (which was a byproduct rather than a goal), what 14,000 miles of cold soaking does to a person, the gas station eggnog discovery that saved the winter AT section, the dodgy situation question that unlocked the rabid dog story from Egypt in 1995 (one of the finest adventure stories in the history of this podcast) and memorable trail characters Insane Dwayne and Tea Bag. The poodle dog bush reaction at mile 450 on the PCT that put him in a Ridgecrest ER for five days on antihistamines and steroids and left him looking like the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man is also there. Again, his score: 7.