Episode #191 - Darrell and Alicia Brimberry (Next Step and Which Way)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 7 November 2019
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
When Darrell and Alicia set out to hike the AT in 2018 they assumed that they would hike the whole way together. It didn't work out that way and, as a result, they have different perspectives of the same hike.
When injury strikes, it is important to know beforehand what the plan would be for a couple on the trail. Darrell and Alicia had already decided what they would do, and one carried on without the other until they finally summited together at Katahdin.
The Brimberrys kept a journal that you can find at the link below.
http://www.trailjournals.com/Brimberry
Also this week, I reply to a listener's question and speak with Chica and Sunsets on their new venture.
Finally, Chapter Ten of Paul Stutzman's Hiking Thru finds Paul at Roan Mountain.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers, |
| 0:05.4 | about hikers, for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:34.3 | Hi guys, and thanks so much for coming back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:38.5 | the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:40.6 | Well, we speak with people who have been or want to be hikers, most often on the Appalachian |
| 0:45.0 | Trail. |
| 0:46.1 | This week we have another couple, Daryl and Alicia Brimbury, with their story of how they |
| 0:50.8 | had entirely different experiences on their adventure in 2018. |
| 1:11.1 | The Brimberys will be along soon. To other guests, yep, seems like it's couples week, are Greg and Jen Seymour, friends of the show, and better known to many of you as Cheekker and Sunsets. These two lovely people have a new venture and I thought I'd give them some free publicity about it. It's always nice to talk with them, so Greg and Jen will be along after the Brimberys. Now, do you recall that I used to read out podcast reviews in the past? |
| 1:17.0 | Yep, well, I stopped doing that, but I wanted to actually respond to one today. It's another five-star |
| 1:21.6 | review, by the way, but the reviewer makes an interesting point that I wanted to answer. |
| 1:26.3 | Lastly, we have the 10th chapter of Paul Statsman's hiking through. |
| 1:30.9 | This has been a great success with many of you. |
| 1:33.0 | I think it is because Paul raises so many issues about death, |
| 1:36.5 | coping with death and faith, |
| 1:38.5 | as well as his great descriptions of his hike. |
| 1:40.9 | Paul's story, as always, will be on at the end. |
| 1:43.7 | So first of all, let's hear from the |
| 1:45.3 | Brimberys. Okay, we've got another couple on the show this week. This is Daryl and |
| 1:54.2 | Alicia Brimberry, next step and which way. Hi, guys. How are you? Hey, we're great. Awesome. Good, good. |
| 2:00.7 | Now, you guys reached out to me recently to talk about your Hi, guys. How are you? Hey, we're great. Awesome. Good, good. |
| 2:09.3 | Now, you guys reached out to me recently to talk about what started as a joint through hike in 2018, I believe it was. |
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