You are listening to the ultimate midlife crisis,

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

Hi, and welcome back again to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis.

Sorry, it's been a few days. You know what the logistics are like here. So today I'm going to be

talking about the three days since we arrived at Lehigh Gap. Then tomorrow there'll be another show

for the three following days, bringing us nicely

up to date on Sunday evening. So, before we get started by the show, here are a few words

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and I loved it. I'm going

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