Episode #17 - James Claiborne (Buchanan)

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis

Steve Adams

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 12 January 2017

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

James Claiborne was a fellow member of the Class of 2014. I only met him a few times, though once, memorably, at the Curly Maple Shelter, just outside Erwin, TN. He was with the self-styled team of No Parents, No Bedtime, with Hawkeye, True Story, Science Tooth, and James, or Buchanan, himself. Their joy at being on the trail was infectious, with the team sticking together, in one iteration or another, for about 1,900 miles. They took time off the trail together, they camped together and, for a lot of the time, they hiked together. From left to right, No Parents, No Bedtime are James (Buchanan), True Story, Hawkeye, and Science Tooth. I still can't get over the fact that these crazy hikers did this. By the look of the picture, nor can they. You can find James on Facebook by clicking here, and you can email him directly at raven2543@mail.com. Jessa Hackman gives her first update in this week's episode, with her choice of footwear her main focus. Jessa is still hoping to be named by our listeners, with a prize of the print versions of my books, My Appalachian Trial I: Three Weddings and a Sabbatical and My Appalachian Trial II: Creaking Geezer, Hidden Flagon for the winner. Please don't forget to rate the show on iTunes and leave a review; it really helps and I appreciate the effort. To make it easier, click here, and you'll be taken straight to the podcast on iTunes. Thanks!!

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0:00.0	Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, join Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:26.6	Hello again and welcome to episode number 17.
0:30.9	Last week's introduction to our very own member of the class of 2017 was met with enthusiasm
0:37.0	both through email and on social media.
0:40.4	I was initially wary about doing this, so I was not to burden Jesser with additional expectation,
0:46.7	yet she has such a great response to that in the interview that I'm entirely reassured.
0:51.8	She's embracing the opportunity to share her story with listeners, so good on her.
0:57.0	Our current plan is to record every week with her progress in her preparations, then more
1:02.0	frequently when she starts a hike. I hope you're looking forward to this as much as I am and as I say,
1:07.3	it seems that you are. This week's guest is James Claiborne or Buchanan.
1:14.2	He is yet another member of my class of 2014 and I enjoyed catching up with him again.
1:20.6	James was one of the people who delighted in hiking with the group for the vast majority of
1:24.7	the trail, hitching up with some rather confusingly named
1:28.1	hikers, two of which were guys named Science Tooth and Bikini Line.
1:34.9	Don't you love some of these notes?
1:36.7	They crack me up every time I hear them.
1:40.1	As I mentioned last week, James took part in an incident that was one of the most memorable for me on the entire trail.
1:46.7	I'll leave it for him to explain, but suffice it to say that it involved pizza and beer, both big favourites among hikers the world over.
1:55.6	Here's James.
2:20.4	Right, I've now like to introduce James, actually I'm basically James Buchanan, but it's James Claiborne. He was known as Buchanan. But even stranger than Buchanan was the self-siled group that he was in, which was a team called No Parents, No Bedtime.
2:24.4	So, James, I think you need to explain, first of all, the origins of that name.
2:25.5	No parents, no bedtime.
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