Episode #190 - Sahada Buckley and Luke Runels (Cloud and Leaf)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2019

⏱️ 70 minutes

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Summary

We've had a variety of guests on the show over the past three years but I'm pretty confident that no guest (or guests) has ever been as laid back about their journey as Sahada Buckley and Luke Runels. They were out in the woods to get away from life's distractions, playing music, singing, and avoiding much of the modern paraphernalia of everyday life.

Often going radio silent, Sahada and Luke experienced the trail in a way I've never heard before. They took more than a week in Washington DC and even longer in New York City.

The first three photographs in these notes are credited to Carly Geraci, while I wanted to include a pic of Luke lying, seemingly asleep, on a railway track. Love it!

We also have Julie "Jester" Gayheart, our new host on "Jester" Section Hiker, a podcast coming soon. Julie shares a bit of news and gives a preview of what you can expect with the show.

Finally, Paul Stutzman's Hiking Through reaches the trail town of Hot Springs, where a bike ride triggers some difficult memories.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers
0:05.3	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.
0:33.6	Hi everybody and welcome back to the show. You're listening to episode number 190 of Mighty Blue
0:39.2	on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. Today's main interview is with a couple of
0:44.6	people who are definitely not going through a midlife crisis. They are Sahada Buckley and Luke
0:50.1	Ruhnall's, or Cloud and Leaf. You may remember so harder, or Cloud. She's the young woman
0:55.8	who I chants upon at the top of a mountain quite early in my hike in heavy cloud and she very
1:01.3	obligingly gave me one of the very best early moments on the trail with a rendition of a ballad
1:06.5	on a violin, entirely made up on the spot. It was eerily beautiful, and I always wanted to hear from her and a boyfriend again.
1:14.7	The two of them really hiked their own hike, so much so that they often win radio silent,
1:19.1	and several times I heard from Sahada's dad, Ralph, as he inquired if I knew where his daughter was.
1:24.9	But as you're going to hear, Sahadra and Luke were really letting
1:27.9	the trail come to them and experiencing it in exactly the way they wanted to. Cloud and Leaf
1:32.8	will be on soon. I haven't decided upon what we're going to do with our middle section from now
1:38.9	as we've caught up with all the Mighty Blue Class of 2019. So I took the opportunity this week to have a quick chat with Julie Jester Gayhart,
1:47.9	the awesome host of our brand new show that's designed especially for section hikers.
1:52.8	It's called Jester Section Hiker.
1:55.6	And Julie has some great news to share.
1:58.0	Julie will be on after Cloud and Leaf.
2:00.7	Finally, Paul Stutzman. Having pushed his way
2:03.6	through the smokers last week, he's on his way to Hot Springs and a bike ride, which brought to mind a
2:08.6	fateful bike ride from his childhood. So let's get on with it then. Here's Sir Harda Buckley and Luke
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