# Dark Miles - The Permanent Tramily with Ben "Paladin" Cox

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Podcast: [Hiker Trash Radio](https://stenobird.com/podcast/hiker-trash-radio-2158694)
Published: 2026-05-25T08:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Ben Cox has been hiking his whole life. Long distance. Alone. He will tell you he hiked for the adventure. He will also tell you that he never really hiked alone — that he carries a permanent tramily with him everywhere he goes. His grandfather, who died when Ben was 15 and left him a saddle, a skinning knife, and a specific rifle because Ben was his cowboy grandchild. The girl in West Texas who passed that same summer. The others who came after. The Permanent Tramily is the story of a man who accumulated loss across his whole life — at 15, in the years after, and in a relationship that ended just before he bought a plane ticket to San Diego and hiked 2,650 miles north. It’s also the story of what he found on the other side. Dark Miles is a narrative documentary series from Hiker Trash Radio.

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