Episode #188 - Dianne Seger (Lady Di)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 17 October 2019
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Lady Di was part of one of my earlier "tramilies." We spent quite a bit of time together around Fontana Dam and the Smokies but were separated after that. She was yet another example of a fiercely independent, strong woman who brought a lot to the trail this year.
Starting her hike less than a week after her retirement, she was slow but steady throughout her journey. I particularly remember her cooking "real" food every night, unlike my own pathetic efforts.
Now that she has finished the trail–just a week before this conversation–she is still coming to terms with the impact of the hike on her and starting to adjust to retirement.
Tina Dunaway is the last but one of the Mighty Blue Class of 2019 and she has her own story that tells why she finished the trail after 600 miles. It isn't a happy ending but certainly one with hope for the future.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers |
| 0:05.2 | about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:24.0 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.8 | Hi guys and girls, and thanks as always for coming back to the show. |
| 0:38.1 | You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:41.9 | a show where my guests proved beyond any doubt at all that I wasn't completely crazy |
| 0:47.2 | to hike the Appalachian trial for a second time this year. |
| 0:50.2 | If there is a single thread that runs through this podcast, |
| 0:53.1 | it is the supreme love of this |
| 0:54.5 | trial that manifests itself in my conversations with my guests. I'd happily interview anybody |
| 0:59.7 | with a counterview, but I really haven't come across anybody who loaths the AT. Perhaps if you know |
| 1:04.4 | somebody, you could get in touch with me and I'll ask them all about it. This week, we have yet |
| 1:08.8 | another convert to the trail. Diane Saga or Lady Di was somebody I |
| 1:12.9 | met this year and I was immediately struck by a resourcefulness and independence. She's another of |
| 1:17.8 | those fearless women of a certain age who took on the trail this year. Remember I'm putting together |
| 1:22.3 | a show for next year with somebody from this very demographic and Diane is one of the people |
| 1:26.6 | who influenced my thinking |
| 1:27.7 | in this. Diane will be on soon. In our Mighty Blue Class of 2019 debrief, I catch up with Tina |
| 1:33.8 | Dunaway, who started a little after me in very early March. We didn't meet on the trail, |
| 1:38.7 | but I enjoyed catching up with her this week. She has a compelling story to tell. Tina will be here |
| 1:43.5 | after Diane. Finally, |
| 1:45.8 | we've arrived at Chapter 7 of Paul Stutzman's excellent book, Hiking Through. I've been really |
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