Girl Stuff 4.0: Disordered Eating, Chronic Illness, PCOS, and Waxing (BPR #337)

In today's episode of Backpacker Radio, presented by The Trek, I'm sitting this one out because it's the fourth edition of Girl's Stuff. Chaunce is joined by former guest Christine Reed and BPR first-timer Maggie Schoemann. The three cover hiking with a partner, where to get a vag wax on trail, birth control, weird body changes, including managing a beard on trail as a woman, eating disorders and how thru-hiking can trigger or resurface disordered eating (trigger warning), and much more. These are Chaunce's notes, so I'm just going to assume they're all accurate.

We wrap the show with Chaunce's take on the new Diddy doc and the triple crown of the worst parts of the holidays.

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Panel with Chaunce, Maggie, and Christine

• Maggie's Instagram
• Christine's Instagram

Time stamps & Questions

00:03:50 - Reminders: Apply to vlog or blog for the Trek, apply to be a Trail Correspondent, and listen to our episodes ad-free on Patreon!

00:08:45 - Introducing Maggie and Christine

00:13:26 - What is it like to do your first thru-hike while your partner finishes their Triple Crown?

00:22:30 - Discussion about making friends while thru-hiking in a couple

00:26:00 - What type of reaction did you get on the PCT?

00:32:14 - How was the Long Trail?

00:34:44 - What's it like to hike a trail that sucks with a platonic friend?

00:43:30 - Tell us about your chronic illness

00:48:30 - What specific foods did you mail yourself on the Long Trail?

00:52:35 - Discussion about PCOS

01:01:10 - Discussion about period cycles

01:09:40 - Discussion about nutrition and PCOS

01:20:00 - Discussion about PCOS and weight

01:29:50 - Trigger warning: disordered eating and body image

01:37:00 - Discussion about how thru-hiking intersects with disordered eating

02:18:20 - End trigger warning: discussion about getting waxed on trail

02:30:00 - Who determines what's cool on trail?

02:35:00 - Discussion about the evolution of women on trail

02:45:00 - Discussion about influencers on trail

02:54:00 - Recommend names of female influencers

Segments

Trek Propaganda

• This Simple Backpacking Mistake Almost Cost Me My Whole Hike by Kelly Floro

QOTD: Have you seen the Diddy documentary?

Triple Crown of the worst parts of the holidays

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