You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network where we talk the walk with shows by hikers

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.

Hi guys, I hope you're all well, and thanks for coming back to the show, which is, by the way,

mighty blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis.

And today we have indeed what looks like a midlife crisis.

Our guest, Craig Mainz or Hawk, started the AT from Amicolola Falls the same day that I did last year, February the 26th.

The fact that I finished in August, I'm going to doddering the whole fall,

and he just finished just a couple of months ago,

suggests that he's either a slow hiker, or he hiked way further than I did.

You probably won't be surprised to learn that it's the latter,

though you'll have to

stick around to hear exactly how far he went on his journey this year. But it wasn't only his

foot journey that makes Hawke's story astounding. It was so much more. Hawk will be along soon.

My hostel section is winding down now, partly because I didn't hear back from a few of the

hostel owners, but also because I want to add another middle section into the show.

Currently, I'm not too sure of what I want to put there, so I'm reaching out to you to tell me

what you'd like to hear.

Email me at Steve at hikingradionnetwork.com or Steve at Mighty Blue on theAT.com with your suggestions.

For today though, I was lucky enough to chat with a trail maintainer, and even luckier,

a trail maintainer who is younger than the average age of 66. You'll hear from Tracy Zum-Zum-Zum

Davis-Wittmire after Hawk. Finally today, Paul Stutzman's hiking through has reached a critical stage,

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