Episode #192 - Jess Jordan (Yalla)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

When we met Yalla on our thru-hike earlier this year, Trigger and I were immediately drawn to her as a person but it was her name that stuck with us for the rest of our journey.

Yalla tells us about her flip flop, starting at Harpers Ferry on the way to Katahdin then southbound from Harpers to Springer. She recounts two different hikes, which is the way she segmented them in her mind.

As luck would have it, she ran into a friend of mine in Georgia and when my friend mentioned Mighty Blue, they knew that had a friend in common. I'm so pleased that I got the chance to talk with her again.

Tina Tempest is the owner of Quarterway Inn, a hostel about 550 miles (or a quarter of the way) into a NOBO hike. I stayed at the Inn this year and loved it. Tina tells us about why she decided to run a hostel and the various services that she provides. I was told before I hit the trail this year that Quarterway was a "must stay." That advice turned out to be spot on. You can find out more about the hostel–and book it from April thru June–at https://www.quarterwayinn.com/

Paul Stutzman, from his book, Hiking Thru, moves farther up the trail, losing one partner and gaining another, if only for a short time.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:34.2	Hi everybody and thanks once again for coming back to listen to Mighty Blue on the Appalachshund Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis.
0:42.3	It's hard to believe for me, but this is episode number 192 and we're reaching 200 sometime at the end of this year or early next.
0:50.8	For those of you who are interested in this sort of thing, there have been over three quarters of a million downloads of these shows,
0:55.5	and they've been downloaded in every state of the United States and in 130 different countries.
1:01.4	That is amazing, isn't it?
1:03.4	So if you think you've got a story to share, just imagine who you're going to be able to reach out to with your story.
1:08.5	And maybe, just maybe, you'll ignite a light in a child's heart
1:12.1	who will one day find him or herself standing on that little brown sign at the very top
1:16.9	of Catardin, inspired by you. I think that is very powerful. So if you've got that story,
1:22.8	please reach out and email me at Steve at hikingradionnetwork.com or steve at mighty blue on theat.com.
1:29.5	Both will get to me and we'll get you on the show.
1:33.0	This week's guests, Jess Jordan or Yeller, came to me by complete serendipity, but
1:37.8	you'll have to howl around and listen to ride out how. Yaller will be on soon.
1:43.2	After Yeller, I thought I used the middle section for the next few weeks
1:46.0	by featuring some of the places I stayed in on my through height this year. Last week it was Greg and Jen
1:50.9	Seymour's new hostel which they are actually opening next year and that really gave me the
1:55.3	idea for this section. So today we've got the owner of a newish hostel and one that I stayed in.
2:00.4	We've got Tina from the quarterway in and let me just tell you that you'll be missing
2:04.1	a treat if you miss out the Quarterway Inn next year.
2:07.1	Tina will be on after Yeller.
2:09.2	Finally we're on to Chapter 11 of Hiking Through by Paul Stutzman, where Paul loses
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