Triple Crowning with Stage 4 Cancer with Jeff "Long Strides" Vonvai (BPR #330)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's episode of</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">Backpacker Radio</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">presented by The Trek, brought to you by LMNT, we're joined by Jeff Vonvai, known on trail as Long Strides. This conversation will put life's problems into perspective—because for the past seven years, Long Strides has been thru-hiking with stage 4 colon cancer, despite being given just a 3–6 month prognosis. Jeff shares what it's like to balance intense rounds of chemo and surgery between hikes, the challenges of rebuilding his trail legs each time he returns to the trail, and how cancer has transformed his outlook on life—saying he's happier now than he was before his diagnosis. Be ready to feel inspired.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We wrap the show with the news that the Continental Divide Trail's southern terminus now requires U.S. citizenship and an Army-issued permit, how to hike the Colorado Trail on le...