Episode #174 - Appalachian Trail (Days 153 to 157)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2019
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Summary
In a marked contrast to yesterday's show, this one is a little bit of a doom and gloom episode, with those earlier doubts all coming back to haunt me as I come down with an infection.
The trail is an extended lesson in life that will test you throughout. I may be near the end but I'm as susceptible to self-doubt as much as anybody.
Seeking sunshine in my cloudy mood, I discover true trail angels and the meaning of real trail magic. If nothing else, that discovery has made the past few days worthwhile.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:25.2 | joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:36.3 | Welcome back again for the second installment this week of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:40.9 | the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:43.7 | I hope you listened to the episode we released yesterday because to say that this episode is a bit of a downer for me is somewhat of an understatement, |
| 0:53.4 | especially after those highs of the previous days |
| 0:56.0 | in the White Mountains. As you heard yesterday, I hope you heard yesterday, I'd felt better that at any |
| 1:02.2 | time in the hike, and I was really getting excited about my chances, and this all changed |
| 1:06.9 | overnight, totally and utterly. Yet I found out in these last few days what trail magic and trail angels are all about. |
| 1:16.2 | When you need something on the trail, something imperceptible happens |
| 1:20.4 | and what you need will be given to you. |
| 1:23.9 | Don't believe me? |
| 1:25.3 | Then listen to the story of the next few days. |
| 1:32.5 | Day 153. Pinkham Notch Visitor Centre, mile 1872.6 to Imp Campsite, |
| 1:40.8 | mile 1885.6, a 13 mile day. |
| 1:45.8 | When we closed the last show, the last day, I was feeling great. |
| 1:52.6 | I had this ticklish cough and so on, but this day I had a dreadful day, terrible day in the Wildcats. |
| 2:05.0 | The weather was beautiful again. I can't remember whether we got rain or not, but I don't believe we did at all. But it was just an awful day for me. |
| 2:12.4 | It's extraordinary to me how your days can just change around so much by being affected by something. |
| 2:19.7 | And we knew that it was going to be tough climbing anyway. |
| 2:22.5 | There was no doubt about that. |
| 2:23.8 | And we also knew that the climbs down were going to be pretty darn dreadful as well. |
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