Episode #141 - Appalachian Trail (Days 29 to 31)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2019

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

A short few days and a cloudy Max Patch. Getting the mileage up to 14s and 15s but still feeling tired, either through lack of sleep, lack of food, or both.

Now in beautiful Hot Springs and enjoying the hospitality at Sunnybank Inn, or Elmer's. Life is still good.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers,
0:06.9	about hikers, for everybody.
0:19.2	Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis,
0:24.8	joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:36.2	Hi, and thanks for coming back again to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail,
0:40.4	the ultimate midlife crisis where we're following me on my hike over the AD this year,
0:47.5	as well as some of my class of 2019.
0:49.8	In fact, I'm going to catch up with some of those very soon.
0:53.8	Last time I spoke with you, I was at the Standing Bear Farm, which is really a place that
1:02.3	needs to be experienced, but I'll talk about that in a moment.
1:05.2	I'm now in Hot Springs at one of my very favorite places on the entire trail, Elmer's or Sunnybank Inn, but we'll
1:13.6	come to that also in a little while. Let's go back when I was about to leave Standing Bear Farm
1:20.3	a few days ago. Day 29, Standing Bear Farm, which is near Mile 240.8.
1:34.3	There is some dispute about that.
1:36.5	To Roaring Fork Shelter, Mile 257, which makes it look like a 16 mile day.
1:42.6	I don't think it was quite as long as that, though.
1:45.0	I want to say a word about Standing Bear Farm before and now.
1:49.5	When I came here before, it was kind of chaotic,
1:53.0	but it really all worked and I really, really enjoyed it.
1:57.0	But now, what they've got going on now is just extraordinary.
2:02.6	They've got this guy, I can't remember his name, was it Greg or something?
2:06.2	He provides hot food.
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