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This Family of 8 Hiked 2000 Miles Together w/ Ben Crawford of Fight for Together

Go Bucket Yourself

English - December 10, 2020 08:00 - 1 hour - 55.9 MB
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Imagine hiking 2000 miles, in a row, with everything you need to survive on your back. Now imagine doing it with six children, one of which also required being carried on your back. What a big story! Ben Crawford shares his experience with his family through-hike in this episode with Chris and Debbie.

That's all very interesting, but what's even more interesting is what doing this hike taught Ben and his wife Kami about being better humans and parents. Listen along, as they dig into:

what "Fight for Together" is all aboutrethinking the idea that an adventurous life must be lived before marriage and childrenhiking your own hikehow the trail provideslearning to ask for and accept helpthe internet hate machineredefining traditional parent and child roleswhat Ben means by safety secondlearning to find alternative ways and pathsliving their lives from the perspective of telling the best story possiblewhat lessons they've applied from the trail to their lives at home moving forward

They share some laughs along the way, in this deeply honest and vulnerable conversation about what it means to be a parent and a child experiencing life together. You'll want to hear it all!

Quote from this episode:

"After all, we thought, when the world sees walking into the woods with your kids as controversial, something's wrong somewhere in the culture." - Ben Crawford

Resources mentioned in today's episode

FightForTogether YouTube channelGet their book and learn more about them on their site fightfortogether.comOr get their book on Amazon 2000 Miles Together | The Story of the Largest Family to Hike the Appalachian TrailFight For Together on InstagramOur website gobucketyourself.comShow notes from today's episodeOur FREE Stop the Drift workbook

Music used in today's episode

Intro by the great Charlie HaydenOutro - Thinking Free by Ketsa

Stay in touch!

🌎 gobucketyourself.com Chris @bucketyourself on Insta Deb @imperfectprogress.me on Insta Get Deb’s book HERE