Juliana Chauncey is a long-distance hiker, author, and co-host of Backpacker Radio; the #1 hiking podcast. She has hiked over 5,000 miles of trails including the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, Colorado Trail, John Muir Trail, Ozark Highlands Trail, Foothills Trail, Northville-Placid Trail, and Trans-Catalina Trail.

 

Her book, Hiking From Home: A Long-Distance Hiking Guide for Family and Friends has served as a resource to aspiring hikers and their support circles to educate loved ones on the ins and outs of long-distance hiking and what to expect when your family member or friend is setting off on a multi-week or multi-month hike. 

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She has co-hosted the Backpacker Radio podcast with The Trek since its inception in 2018, and has helped it grow to the #1 hiking podcast with over 8 million downloads worldwide. As a team, her and her co-host Zach Davis, founder of The Trek, have hosted events across the country from live podcast shows to hiker meet-ups.

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Juliana has also spent the past 5 years researching for a new project called Mile by Mile, which will provide a deep history of the Appalachian Trail that can be consumed while a hiker is on the trail. This project will begin as a podcast that offers an introduction to seven themes: Formation, Inhabitation, Exploration, Colonization, Industrialization, Urbanization, and Conservation. From there, episodes will cover ~20 mile stretches of trail so that a hiker can learn about the areas they are hiking through as they walk. This project is currently in the research phase.