Episode #63 - Nick Buchannan - "How did you find hiking buddies?"

<p data-pm-slice="1 1 []">In this episode, Courtney talks with Nick Buchanan, one of the founders of the Tri-State Events Hiking Group in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. They talk about why Nick chose hiking as a way to improve his physical health, the surprising hiking challenges that can be found in the tri state area, how "outdoor people" tend to be so friendly and Nick answers the question - "How did you find hiking buddies?"</p> <p>More about Nick:</p> <p>"I am a divorced father of one son that loves to spend time with his son. I am a mechanical engineer by trade but explorer by hobby.</p> <p>I hiked as a kid with my grandparents but as life got busy busy I lost this hobby. Late 2019 I was the most out of shape ever at 245 lbs. I found myself with high blood pressure and I decided I needed to make some changes to my life if I wanted to live a long healthy life.</p> <p>Around Christmas time 2019 I started hiking. I hiked mostly by myself early 2020 but I did find a few friends to hike ...