Episode #128 - Tyler Lau (The Prodigy)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 24 January 2019
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The awesome Tyler Lau is a man on a mission. Not only has he completed a Calendar Year Triple Crown, but he is also working for more diversity on the trails of America. An Asian American, he volunteers to support his various social projects and truly walks the walk. He started a Go Fund Me page to sponsor the various causes. You can find that at www.gofundme.com/8000milesto8000smiles.
He hasn't had the chance to fully absorb the scale of his walking achievement and is slowly adjusting to life back with other people.
Tyler's experience is considerably different from many others, with the sheer size of his hike pushing him to eschew the traditional end of one hike as he heads to another. That he took on this task to be a catalyst for change is a fine example of using his outdoor skills to benefit others.
You can follow Tyler on several platforms:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HikingProdigy-202569297197744/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hikingprodigy/
He has a website currently under construction which will be available soon: http://www.hikingprodigy.com/
Similarly, his YouTube channel is under construction and will be at hikingprodigy when it is available.
If you'd like to reach out to Tyler, his email address is hikingprodigy@gmail.com
We return to my non-preparation for my upcoming hike of the AT. Listeners have offered their input and some decisions are hardening. Hopefully, by the time I get onto the trail, I'll be ready.
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 everybody, and thanks for sticking with me on Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate |
| 0:39.2 | midlife crisis. We're up to episode number 128 and with due respect to all of our great |
| 0:45.2 | recent guests. This week we have the chance to hear from somebody who at the end of December |
| 0:50.4 | completed an astonishing achievement only ever done before by less than 10 people. |
| 0:56.3 | How do I know that? Well, Tyler Lau, the prodigy, became number 10. So that must make you so. |
| 1:03.1 | We're going to hear from Tyler in a moment, so make sure that you have a cup of coffee handy and your |
| 1:07.2 | ears ready to be amazed. I'm still in Spain. I'll be returning to Florida next week, |
| 1:12.5 | and any preparations I've made for my upcoming AT through hike have been merely theoretical. |
| 1:17.8 | I'll only be able to put my hands on items and make an informed choice once I go to a really top |
| 1:22.7 | outfitter. We have a couple in my hometown, so I'll certainly go there first, but I thought I'd also go |
| 1:28.4 | to REI in Orlando, which is about a two-hour drive from my hometown. |
| 1:33.0 | My part of Florida seems to be kind of underserved by REI, but I think the effort is likely to be |
| 1:38.7 | worthwhile. |
| 1:39.6 | Actually, I think I mentioned last week, or maybe the week before that, that I'd reach out to Z-Pax on the other coast of Florida |
| 1:46.0 | to see if I could come and see them, |
| 1:48.1 | perhaps buy some gear and maybe even interview them. |
| 1:51.0 | Somewhat disappointingly, I didn't hear back from them |
| 1:54.0 | other than an automated response, |
| 1:55.9 | so I've reached out again and still hoped to do that. |
| 1:58.6 | I probably combined the Orlando trip with Z-Pax and stay overnight there. |
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