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Outside Online

TITLE:
Gabaccia Is Taking Her Slow-Me-Down Medicine

TAGLINE:
When the thru-hiker’s dream trip was cut short, she learned that failure is just a chance to reset your goals to match your reality

Gabaccia told her story to producer Stepfanie Aguilar for an episode of The Daily Rally podcast. It has been edited for length and clarity.

I am really proud when it comes to pain tolerance, so I was like, I feel like I’m not in that much pain. But, it was in that moment when I thought, Geez, if this gets infected, it’s probably not going to be good at all.”