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Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis,

joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.

Hi, and thanks so much again for coming back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the

ultimate midlife crisis. I know I keep saying this, but it's been quite a week. And to be

honestly, when you're on the trail, it's always quite a week. It's funny how these little

adventures unfold and bring new things to mind and you have to manage your hike

in a different way. We, as you know, I've been travelling the Tramley now for over a week,

well over a week in fact. And I guess, I suppose the thing that's happened most in my mind right

now is tempting fate and a question that one of our team asked earlier this week.

I'm going to come back to that as the week unfolds, obviously.

Our tram is still together, though we are showing some where it's going to be said.

And, you know, it's been one of those weeks where problems hit us and we've needed to address

those problems, which I think everybody's trying to do right now.

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