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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, thanks for coming back again to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate mid-life crisis.

Well, we tell the story of my journey on the Appalachian Trail in 2019.

It's only been two days since we last spoke, and nothing especially remarkable has happened,

but I had an opportunity to get the show out

I had an interview with a new through hiker new to me at least and I had another listener

come and visit me and I have a letter from a listener that really deserves a response so hopefully

you'll think the show is worthwhile our next stop will be Parmerton three days away. So this is logistically worthwhile as well.

I must confess, I am finding it more and more difficult to get the show out. I think these days,

I think my shortest day for the last two or three weeks has been 17 miles. And really we've

been putting the miles on pretty quickly so when we get to camp

or when we get wherever we get you know I'm often exhausted more exhausted perhaps as I should be

and and getting the show has become more difficult but you you know, I try to keep them going because

it's a great record for me. Hopefully you're enjoying it as well. And it does record sometimes

the humdrum stuff that does happen on a hike. So, you think it's worthwhile. But before we get

today, number 101, let's hear from our sponsor, Sawyer. When I hit the trail in 2014, I soon discovered that I come with the wrong water filter.

Everybody else had a Sawyer squeeze.

Eventually, I bought a squeeze and I loved it.

I'm going again this year, and top of my list of things to buy was the new micro-squeeze filter by Sawyer.

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