Dixie LIVE on the Continental Divide Trail
Follow along with Jessica "Dixie" Mills as she attempts to complete the third leg of hiking's Triple Crown–The Continental Divide Trail. We'll have updates at least twice a week and they will all be posted between 1 and 24 hours after our conversation. This is about as live as you can get.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 25 minutes
- Episodes
- 33
- Years Active
- 2018
Episode #13 - Leavin' on a jet plane
With her sister's graduation coming up, Dixie left the trail this week. I caught up with her at Dallas Airport, between stops and already worn down by the transport system.
She reflected upon her jou…
Episode #12 - Heart thumpin' and camera filmin'
Dixie is past the 700-mile mark and will be leaving the trail for a week to attend her sister's graduation back home. We caught up today and, without any warning, Dixie told me of her dramatic encoun…
Episode #11 - A Mother's Day wish
Another five or six days between conversations, I managed to catch up with Jessica earlier today on Mother's Day. These are the days that make her miss her family, and I had been concerned that her b…
Episode #10 - The Long and Winding Road
We've been out of touch with Jessica for about a week. The spotty cell service has mitigated against us talking on a sufficiently clear line. Eventually, last evening, we spoke. Right from the start,…
Episode #09 - Going Rogue??
Got a text from Jessica today and caught up with her at over 8,000 feet where she had a decent phone signal. Plenty of sound effects in this one, with the click of her poles and her footsteps clearly…
Episode #08 - Perk goes walkabout
We had a few connections issues last evening but eventually managed to speak. Dixie is nearly 200 miles into the hike and seems to be enjoying herself. With water no longer an issue–50 river crossing…
Episode #07 - Saving the wildlife
We caught up again this morning, this time from Silver City. Dixie shares her water-gathering habits and her first 20+ mile day. She announces the date of the first video from the trail release and d…
Episode #06 - Back in town
I caught up with Dixie in the same place as before, Lordsburg, NM. She had returned to the trail by shuttle and hiked back into the same town. She's already getting into her stride and experiencing t…
Episode #05 - Hiking at Last
We caught up in town where Dixie and the team had shuttled to after three days on the trail. Somebody's been "doo-doohing like a goose," which is apparently a quaint southern term!
Episode 04 - BONUS
I happened to be speaking with Dixie last night and we recorded a few thoughts that she had before starting out in the next couple of days. We ranged from Ibuprofen to water caching, then Perk's toil…
Episode 03 - On the road again
Steve caught up with Dixie the day before she set off for New Mexico. She was in that "I'm not quite there yet" mode, yet with Perk in her home, she is already drifting into those camp rituals. They'…
Episode 02 - Ready to go
Dixie and Steve discuss her upcoming hike, with her final gear choices and who she's going to miss most of all!! Perk will be driving down from New York to collect Dixie and they will head for the Ne…
Episode 01 - Pilot
Jessica "Dixie" Mills is a couple of weeks away from her attempt on the Continental Divide Trail. This is the third leg of the Triple Crown. The podcast will be following Dixie as she prepares to le…