Episode #185 - Mike Colburn (Bassman)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Mike Colburn started his years-long section thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail during the last century. While he never intended to complete the trail in sections, it wasn't until the earlier years of this century that he realized that it was in his sights. With so little now to do, Steve and Mike discussed his long, long journey to this moment.

Along the way, Steve and Mike have run into one another on the trail, sometimes fortuitously, sometimes by design. The two of them have shared a friendship that was born on the AT and continues to thread through the AT.

Our Mighty Blue Class of 2019 debrief continues with Nate Stockton, or Turd Ferguson, as he recounts what happened on his epic hike this year.

Finally, Paul Stutzman provides us with some context for his feelings on that first night on the top of Springer Mountain, in Georgia.

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0:30.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network where we talk the walk
0:33.8	with shows by hikers about hikers for everybody.
0:48.3	Music the walk with shows by hikers about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
1:04.7	Hi, and thanks for joining me again on Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis.
1:28.4	I'm back at my desk putting together shows in the same way that I did before I went out to mess about in the woods and mountains earlier this year. The show's different, but the intent remains the same. I'm trying to give you stories of men and women who've decided that they want to fulfil a dream by hiking, whether it's just a few weeks, maybe just a day or two,
1:32.1	or the whole shebang, a through hike normally of the Appalachian Trail.
1:34.6	This week's guest is one of those people.
1:40.0	He started out on the trail several decades ago and almost accidentally he's on the verge of completing a multi-year section hike of the trail.
1:42.9	In fact, you'll be surprised at how little he actually still has to do.
1:46.5	His name is Mike Colburn or Bassman, and he's been a friend since I met him on the trail
1:50.8	where he was doing another section back when I hiked it first time in 2014.
1:56.1	Our paths have crossed several times since, and I think you'll enjoy hearing from my mate, Mike.
2:00.6	Another mighty blue class of 2019 member, Nate Stockton, returns to tell about his hike this year.
2:06.3	Nate and I have also become good friends and we'll probably be hiking together at some point
2:09.6	next year with the fat guys and gals back in the woods. Nate will be up after Mike.
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