Episode #173 - Appalachian Trail (Days 149 to 152)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 1 August 2019
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
With four days of glorious weather forecast, we couldn't wait to get stuck into Franconia Ridge and the Presidential Range, highlighted by summiting Mt Washington.
We were entertained in a log cabin, driven down, then back up Mt Washington, and experienced the area exactly how I think it should be experienced.
This episode has me at my peak on this trip. Join me again tomorrow as I tell you about my unexpected, yet rapid, decline.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers, |
| 0:06.9 | about hikers for everybody. |
| 0:19.6 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:25.1 | joins Steve and his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:35.4 | Hi, it's me, Steve, Mighty Blue. |
| 0:39.8 | Once again, I've got to apologise for not posting for a while, but as you're going to hear in these next two shows, things have gone from wonderful to lousy. |
| 0:50.2 | Many of you may already know that I've been off the trail for a few days with an infection, |
| 0:54.9 | but I'll get to that later in the next show. |
| 0:57.3 | In the meantime, welcome to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 1:02.1 | where I share my, until now, uninterrupted journey along the AT in 2019. |
| 1:07.8 | There will be no conversations this week, |
| 1:09.9 | just recounting of the amazing white mountains |
| 1:12.6 | and the time that I've had going through them with Trigger and Cushy. |
| 1:16.1 | Let's get straight to it. |
| 1:17.7 | We left you last week as I was about to go just a couple of miles up to Liberty Spring campsite, |
| 1:22.7 | ready to hit Franconia Ridge the following morning with several days of glorious weather anticipated. |
| 1:27.8 | Let's hear how it turned out. |
| 1:33.6 | Day number 149. Liberty Springs Campsite, Mile 1821.5 to Galehead Hut, mile 1831.9, a 10.4 mile day. |
| 1:47.9 | Just to catch up with you, really, we need to talk about what happened the day before. |
| 1:54.0 | We were going to do this two miles. |
| 1:56.4 | We set out from Franconia Notch, and it was a tough climb, |
| 2:00.6 | so I'm glad we got it out of the way before |
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