Episode #196 - Andrew Haverstick (Gandalf)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

When Andrew Haverstick reached out to me recently telling me that he had a story to share, I called and listened to his story. Our subsequent conversation turned into one of the most poignant interviews on the show so far.

In 2018, when he thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail, he did so with an unfolding situation back home that was doubtless causing him stress. That said, Andrew's calmness in our conversation and his actions on the trail were all based around that unfolding situation. Listen to Steve and Andrew as they discuss Andrew's hike.

If you'd like to follow Andrew on his adventures, you can find him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/ahaverstick13/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg6eYbh5TShtPBmuiiIdxcQ

With no hostel owner to talk with this week, I took the chance to speak with Anna Huthmaker, of the Trail Dames Podcast. She told me of the development of the podcast and her plans for the future. You can catch up with the show at https://hikingradionetwork.com/the-trail-dames-podcast/
It is particularly apposite to do so in the next week or so as Anna gives you gift ideas for the hiker in your life.

Our sponsor, Terri Kidder, a Young Living Essential Oils Independent Distributor, has an offer for listeners. Just text "HIKER" to 937-848-1630 and you'll receive a response telling you how to get the Young Living Basic Hiker Pack for you or the hiker in your life.

Finally, in Paul Stutzman's Hiking Through, Paul passes the halfway mark and encounters a ferocious storm.

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
0:05.2	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.
0:34.2	Hi guys, it's Marty Blue again, and you are listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail,
0:38.7	sponsored for the second straight week by Terry Kidder, a young living essential oils independent distributor.
0:44.2	More about young living in a moment. This week we've got a really touching story about a young man
0:49.5	who hiked in 2018 amid all sorts of family and emotional issues going on. His name is Andrew Havastik or Gandalf
0:56.0	and he truly has a story to tell that's going to grip you. As you know, I've been reaching out to
1:01.3	various hostels I stayed in during my 2019 through hike and surprisingly it's been difficult to
1:06.4	tie anybody down this week to record. So I thought I'd take the opportunity to chat with the host of
1:10.6	another current podcast on the Hiking Radio Network, Anna Heathmaker, the Grand Poo-Barr of the
1:15.4	Trail Dames and host of the Trail Dames podcast. It's very appropriate that I'm speaking with
1:20.4	Anna today, and she has a few gift ideas for the hiker in your life in her most recent episode.
1:25.5	Finally, after moving through Harpers Ferry and passed in the halfway mark,
1:29.3	Paul Stutzman describes a horrendous storm that he experienced.
1:32.7	Certainly, it was much worse than anything I went through on the trail this year.
1:36.5	Now, before we get to Gandalf, let's hear about this week's sponsor.
1:40.1	Do you think your pack has everything that you need?
1:42.6	Think again.
1:44.0	Get prepared for the upcoming hiking season by stuffing your stocking
1:47.3	with young living essential oils and products.
1:50.5	Whether it's pan away oil to soothe those aching feet
1:53.8	or all natural bug repellent without the chemicals,
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