Episode #123 - Jessie Greger (Pipes)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2018

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

Choosing what to eat on the trail normally ends in Snickers, ramen noodles, or pasta and rice sides. While these certainly give you instant energy, the long- and even some of the short-term effects aren't exactly optimal. What if you had a healthy alternative that gave you more and longer-lasting energy, weighed less, and gave you a sense of well-being, rather than a bunch of highs and lows?

Jessie Greger believes that she has found that alternative. Jessie was living on a ketogenic diet and found that it suited her so well that she decided to hike the PCT on that diet. While she knew that it would be difficult to do it logistically, she enlisted her boyfriend as her supply buddy and set out.

It worked like a dream. Apart from an irresistible pancake challenge, her keto diet proved to be not only possible but in many ways preferable. She didn't experience those sugar rushes and lows and she found that her energy lasted longer than most other hikers. She probably needed it when she ran into scenes like the one below.

On her return home, she started Next Mile Meals, which provides some of the meals that she took with her, as well as information and recipes for keto eating. You can check out her website at http://nextmilemeals.com/ while she can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/nextmilemeals/

If you'd like to learn more about the benefits of hiking on this diet, read her blog post on the subject https://www.nextmilemeals.com/blog/keto-and-ultralight-backpacking

The latest member of the Mighty Blue Class of 2019 is Katy Amphlett. Katy has quit her job as a kindergarten teacher and has been preparing carefully for her journey. We wish her the best of luck.

Last, let's finish with Jessie and the contrasting pictures of her at the beginning and the end of her PCT journey.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network where we talk the walk with shows by hikers
0:05.3	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.
0:33.5	Hi guys and thanks for coming back again for episode number 123 of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis.
0:42.5	I've actually been thinking of changing that tagline, by the way.
0:45.5	I'm 66 and midlife crises are somewhere in my rearview mirror.
0:49.7	Maybe a better tagline would be a silly old fool's reflections.
0:52.9	Anyway, after we had a show last week with two young men, this week we're moving to
0:57.3	the ladies. Once again, both young and independent. As I know I've said before on the show,
1:02.5	the young women I met in 2014 on the Appan Action Trail was so strong, so determined
1:07.1	that they left the greatest impression upon me. Today, we have two others in exactly
1:11.9	the same mould. The main guest is Jesse Greger, and Jesse was brought to my attention by
1:17.1	a listener, Clay Cooper. I'm so glad that he gave me your contact details. This show is all
1:22.3	about inspiring you, empowering you, and hopefully informing you a little on your hiking journeys.
1:27.4	From my emails, I can tell that we're doing a pretty good job in this regard.
1:31.3	Jesse highted the PCT in 2017 and she did it in such a specific way
1:35.4	that I thought she'd make a great guest on the show.
1:38.2	I won't spoil it for you, but I can tell you that she'll certainly make you think
1:41.3	the next time you pack your food bag.
1:43.3	Jesse will be along soon.
1:45.6	The other young Amazonian woman is Katie Amflit,
1:48.8	our latest member of the Mighty Blue Class of 2019.
1:52.1	Katie is a kindergarten teacher and very clear in her preparations for the trip.
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