Episode #204 - Rory Anderson (Bigfoot)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2020

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

A packed show this week, with about 90 minutes of goodness!!

Rory Anderson, or Bigfoot, is this week's main guest. Rory is an accomplished hiker, having completed the Appalachian Trail in 2016. He has done several other trails and recently broke the Fastest Known Time (FKT) for the Superior Hiking Trail. As Rory stresses, he's not superhuman; he's just a very determined guy with a plan. He and Steve talk about ultra-lite backpacking and the never-ending quest to shave off a few extra pounds from your pack.

You can follow Bigfoot's YouTube channel, called Follow Bigfoot, at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkA3z-lSyEg6ZN-BqMy6wow

For his FKT Superior Hiking Trail video, go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKjmG0QkGTs

His FKT gear list is at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B-Je29UhWI

In this podcast, Rory also talks about his passion for Halloween and shares a video of his 2019 haunt at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_B-cvQ5mik It is well worth watching!!

Steve also chats with Wim Schalken of Hiker Medals, the sponsor for today's show. You can find out more about Wim's awesome project at https://www.hikermedals.com/

Paul Stream, of The Barn in Gorham, tells us about his hostel in Maine, which you can find at https://www.libbyhouseinn.com/

In Steve's reading of Paul Stutzman's Hiking Through, Paul has an unlikely encounter....with a giant rabbit!!

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,
0:24.0	joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:34.4	Hi guys, and welcome back to the show.
0:36.7	You are listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail,
0:39.0	the ultimate midlife crisis. And I am Mighty Blue, the ultimate midlife crisis. The show is
0:45.7	sponsored once more by hiker medals and as a bit of a bonus today, we're going to hear from
0:49.6	Wim Shulkin, the guy who had the great idea of coming up with medals for hikers, and as you're here, he's giving back to the various trails through these medals. Today's main guest, though, is Rory Anderson, or Bigfoot. I'm sure that many of you know Rory through his hiking exploits and his YouTube channel, and we've been trying to talk with one another on the show for some time now, So I'm glad I've got him onto the show today.
1:17.8	Rory will be along soon. They will reveal these strangest passion that he has, but we'll come to that later. Also on today, and definitely the last hostel owner in this series about hostels I enjoyed
1:23.9	in 2019, is Paul Stream of the barn in Gorham.
1:28.6	By the way, in case you're wondering, the fact that I haven't featured some other hostels
1:32.4	does not necessarily mean that I didn't enjoy staying there last year.
1:36.5	Some didn't respond to my email or phone call, some were away, and one just didn't want to
1:40.2	interview with me.
1:41.6	Suffice to say, however, there are plenty of excellent places to stay
1:44.7	when you decide to get out onto the Appalachian Trail. Finally, Paul Stutzman's hiking through
1:50.4	finds us near the end in Maine, where Paul has a terrifying encounter with a giant rabbit. But first,
1:59.9	as most of you already know, I went on my first AT hike in 2014.
2:03.6	When I finished, my pride and joy was that photo at the top of Mount Katan.
2:07.4	It was all I needed.
2:09.3	Then at the end of last year, after my second through hike, I was given a medal by a friend of mine.
2:13.9	Yep, an AT medal to mark my through hike.
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