Episode #142 - Appalachian Trail (Days 32 to 35)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2019
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Another great few days, with weather extremes influencing the hike. Eventually, Steve learned–yet again–the importance of hiking your own hike.
He has put in some fairly long days and found himself to be completely exhausted.
Eventually, a plan was hatched and he is now in a far better frame of mind.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:24.9 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:36.7 | Hi and thanks for coming back again to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate mid-life crisis. |
| 0:42.8 | Well, I'm still on the trail, but something new has happened this month and I kind of want you to listen to it. |
| 0:50.0 | When I hit the trail in 2014, I soon discovered that I come with the wrong water filter. |
| 0:54.9 | Everybody else had a soy squeeze. |
| 0:57.4 | Eventually, I bought a squeeze and I loved it. |
| 0:59.7 | I'm going to again this year, and top of my list of things to buy was the new micro-squeeze filter by soy. |
| 1:04.8 | Like all soy stuff, it just works. |
| 1:07.7 | You can filter up to 100,000 gallons, and their full-sized squeeze filter comes with a lifetime warranty. Last year, believe it or not, more than |
| 1:14.7 | 4 million people got clean water through a Soya water filter. But if you think that |
| 1:19.2 | Sawyer is just about water filters, you could not be more wrong. Nope, they supply |
| 1:23.3 | everything to protect you, both in the back country and the backyard. |
| 1:31.2 | Protect your gear and clothes, as I did, with their permethrin fabric treatment, |
| 1:33.4 | which is 100% odourless after drying. |
| 1:37.3 | With all the ticks and bugs around, this is an absolute must. |
| 1:40.7 | They also provide sunscreens and first aid products. |
| 1:43.5 | Find out more by visiting Sawyer.com. How about that? We've got Sawyer. I'm so pleased |
| 1:48.1 | they decided to support the show and they can be with this for April and May and you never |
| 1:52.6 | know they may stay a little bit longer. It really has been quite the week. It's been another |
| 1:59.1 | of those times I, where I realize something |
| 2:04.4 | about myself and I made changes. I think when you come on these journeys, you need to be prepared |
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