Episode #119 - Darwin

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2018

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Darwin is a relatively new thru-hiker, having hit and completed the Appalachian Trail in 2015. Yet his YouTube channel is hugely popular, with over 135,000 subscribers at the time of writing. His articulate, information-laden content is of great help to hikers old and new.

Darwin and his wife, Snuggles, sold most of their belongings in 2014 and radically altered their lifestyle, preferring to travel constantly as they had adventures. While the two of them shared the Appalachian Trail thru-hike, for Snuggles it was a "one and done" deal. So now, with Darwin on various trails, Snuggles writes and takes the occasional road trip.

You can connect with Darwin in several different ways.

He's on Facebook at http://facebook.com/darwin.onthetrail, on Instagram at http://instagram.com/darwin_onthetrail, while his YouTube channel can be found at http://youtube.com/darwinonthetrail

He also has a website, which you can find at http://darwinonthetrail.com/

We had a nice chat with Bruce Matson as he told of his fund-raising venture for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Remember, Bruce has arranged $100,000 of matching funds, so if you contribute your donation will be worth twice that amount to fund the invaluable work of the folks at the Conservancy. To make your donation, please click on this link http://www.rtkchallenge.com/support/

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network where we talk the walk with shows by hikers
0:05.2	about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:34.1	Hi, and thanks for downloading episode number 119 of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail.
0:39.5	I'm still in the UK travelling around and visiting with friends and relatives.
0:43.2	It's great, but I don't miss recording at home.
0:46.2	I know where everything is and organised enough to get these shows out on time to you.
0:50.3	Last week, for the first time, I didn't post the show at my normal time of 3 a.m.
0:54.9	I was at another friend's house and presumed I'd be able to get it all done in 3 hours.
1:00.2	I was nowhere near close.
1:02.5	Got out at about 5.30 a.m., which I suppose wasn't too bad.
1:07.2	Today, I'm at a seaside hotel in Christchurch, Hampshire, and trying to warm my hands up as I type my intro and record and then edit.
1:15.3	I tell you, Florida has definitely affected my internal body temperature, and November in the UK is just as cold as I remembered.
1:23.2	This week, though, we have a very distinguished guest.
1:26.2	You know how I normally introduce the shows
1:28.1	as episode whatever, the hiker's real name and then their trail name in brackets? Well, this
1:33.0	week, we've still got the episode number, but no real name, just Darwin. And Darwin, as you doubtless
1:39.5	know, is a very prolific and popular YouTuber. As you'll hear, he's a relatively new through hiker, but
1:45.3	already vastly experienced. He's got some great stories, so I'm sure you're going to love hearing
1:49.5	from him. We also have a short segment with another friend of the show, R.T.K. himself, fresh
1:55.1	of his 80 through hike and letting us know what he's been up to with his fundraising for the
1:59.3	Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
2:03.3	Finally, the next chapter in our book for the show,
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