You are listening to the Hikinglife crisis, joined 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,

where I share my story of through hiking the 80 in 2019, or at least trying to through hike

the 80 in 2019. Yep, it's just a day since we were together, but I thought you could put up

with me for another half an hour or so this weekend. As you know I tend to make use of Wi-Fi when I can and the chance came

this weekend to cover six days so after the three yesterday I'm back again with these last three

and of course it gives me two chances to sing the praises of our sponsor Saw Sawyer. So here goes. 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. Like all Sawyer stuff, it just works.

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 4 million people got clean water through a Soya water filter.

But if you think that Sawyer is just about water filters, you could not be more wrong.

Nope, they supply everything to protect you, both in the backcountry and the backyard.

Protect your gear and clothes as I did with their permethrin fabric treatment,

which is 100% odourless after drying.

With all the ticks and bugs around, this is an absolute must.

They also provide sunscreens and first aid products.

Find out more by visiting Sawyer.com.

Thanks guys.

When we were together yesterday, Trigger and I had left Delaware Water Gap

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