Tough Girl Podcast - Sonya Richmond on hikeing 24,000 km
I am so very honoured to have been featured on the Tough Girl Podcast run by the incredible and inspiring Sarah Williams!
Check out the article and listen in on our treks including time on the Camino de Santiago, GR65, Via Podiensis, Ontario's Bruce Trail and of course our #hike4birds along Canada's 24,000 km long The Great Trail. We also talk about striving to inspire youth to reconnect with nature through Citizen Science and Birding!
We invite you to listen in on the interview at: Tough Girl Podcast Sonya Richmond.
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Sonya Richmond - 42 year old Canadian who is currently
hiking across Canada on The Great Trail - 24,000km!
Sonya is a 42 year old Canadian who
is currently hiking across Canada on the longest multi-use recreational trail
in the world with her partner Sean. The 24,000 km long Great Trail
stretches from Cape Spear, Newfoundland to Victoria, British Columbia, and from
Edmonton, Alberta to Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. They began their
journey in Cape Spear, Newfoundland on 1 June 2019 and hiked just over 3,000 km
to Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec before the winter arrived. They will head back
to the trail in spring, and estimate they will complete their journey in fall
of 2022.
Sonya's love of hiking, camping, and
the outdoors began as child during multiple school trips into the wilderness.
She built on these experiences in university, where she studied Conservation
Biology and Forestry, and spent as much time as possible outside, doing field
research on forest songbirds. Her love of long-distance hiking began with
Ontario's 900 km long Bruce Trail, and grew when she hiked the 800 km Camino
Frances in Spain with Sean in 2016. Together Sonya and Sean hiked across
France on the Via Podiensis (GR 65) in 2017, and along Newfoundland's East
Coast Trail in 2018. After that they decided to make hiking a more
central part of their lives, and after selling the house, donating most of
their possessions, and leaving behind Sonya's desk job, they did a warm-up hike
along the Camino Portuguese in early 2019 and then began their adventure on the
Great Trail.
As they hike, their goal is to share
positive images and stories of their travels across Canada to showcase the
amazing and diverse people, places, history, and landscapes that make up this
country. By sharing their passion for birds, hiking, and nature in
person, on their blog, and through social media they hope to inspire people of
all ages and backgrounds, but especially youth, to get outside, explore, and
connect to nature through birding and Citizen Science.
Listen to Sonya Now!
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Show notes
- Who is Sonya
- Growing up in Canada
- Getting into hiking and nature
- The Bruce Trail, Canada
- Accommodation on the Bruce Trail
- Walking the Camino’s in Europe
- GR65
- Her love of hiking
- The Great Trail in Canada - 24,000 km
- Their reasons for walking the Great Trail
- Planning to hike the trail
- How long would it take?
- Starting in the East
- Breaking it down into sections
- Time and money
- Walking for a cause
- Having a passion for birds
- Selling their home
- Being ready for a change
- The reactions of friends and family
- Concerns before the start
- Dealing with Hurricane Dorian
- Problem solving while on the trail
- Day to day life on the trail
- The highlights so far
- Bird watching on the trail
- Getting fit for the trail
- Taking it slower at the start
- Budgets and accommodation
- Stating section 2 in March 2020
- What happens during the winter months
- Advice and tips for you to undertake your own challenges
- Why you need to try things out first
Social Media
Website: www.comewalkwithus.online. (has links to blogs for our hikes across Canada, the
Camino Frances, Via Podiensis, and East Coast Trail)
Feeling inspired week after week?
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