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6 million steps, hundreds of recordings: Creating a sound map of the Pacific Crest Trail

NPR | By Jason Fuller,
Christopher Intagliata, Jeanette Woods
Published October 20, 2026 at 3:15 PM MDT

We journey with a hiker as he records the sounds of 2,600 miles of wilderness on the Pacific Crest Trail.

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