Episode #206 - Brant Bazner (Brant and Garvey)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2020
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
Our guest today, Brant Bazner, lives in the iconic trail town of Damascus. He moved there to be near the trail and has now been hiking on the AT for several years, mainly with his dog, Garvey.
Steve and Brant have a wide-ranging conversation about hiking on the trail with a dog, along with a discussion on gear and a few of Brant's stories about his years of hiking on the AT.
You can catch up with Brant at Garvey on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYX2u59E9uxUD92oFVKdZeg
We also have Chloe Decamera from the Appalachian Trail Conservancy on the show, talking about Leave No Trace principles as the hiking season warms up. Chloe has a wealth of information and clearly articulates what you need to know when you take to a trail near you.
Chloe has shared several excellent links as you prepare for the trail. We talk about "Don't be that guy" on the podcast, so check out these links
Don't Be That Guy:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuekIhaoBuWaLCkXWvhdoFy8ag5sGOLxt
Thru-Hiker Registration (AT Camp) Link:
A.T. L.N.T. Online Awareness Course:
A.T. Recommended Food Storage:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6LnIl-Gt8U&feature=youtu.be
In today's show, I also mention an email I had from a listener, Frances Youngblood, drawing my attention to an event happening in Lebanon, MO on April 25th. On that Saturday Frances' friend, Tracey Sheets, will be holding a program to introduce foster children (ages 14-20) to the outdoors.
THIS IS WHERE YOU CAN HELP. We're trying to get new or gently used hiking books into the hands of these youngsters and, if you can help, please sign them on the inside, telling who you are and where you're from so that these young people have some connection to you and to the great outdoors. Please mail them to Tracey Sheets, PO Box 751, Ozark, MO 65721. Thanks for your help.
Finally, Paul Stutzman's epic journey comes to an end as he stands on top of Katahdin. It's been a blast.
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. |
| 0:34.7 | Hi guys, and welcome back once more to Mighty Blue on the Abilaxon Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:40.9 | where we introduce you to guests you may never have heard of, yet we have a connection to hiking and normally the Appalachian Trail that is so visceral and so real that their stories are compelling and worth listening to. |
| 0:52.4 | Those of us, all of us who've touched the trail, |
| 0:54.5 | have been left with a lifetime of memories and feelings that we've rarely been able to |
| 0:58.5 | replicate back in our real lives. This show attempts to share those stories and allows non-hikers |
| 1:03.8 | to listen along with our guests as they remember that day, that moment, when life stood still |
| 1:08.9 | for them. For many of us, we've never been the same. |
| 1:12.7 | Today's main guest, Brent Bazner, has another of those stories. |
| 1:16.5 | Brandt and I have done about the same mileage on the AT, yet while I've done the complete trail |
| 1:20.4 | twice, Brandt has spread his miles over many years in long sections, several of those miles |
| 1:25.5 | with his beloved dog Garvey. |
| 1:29.4 | Brent and Garvey will be long soon. |
| 1:32.5 | Another new name is Chloe DiCamara. |
| 1:35.7 | I'm sure that many of you will have heard of the Leave No Trace principles and probably know pretty much what that means. |
| 1:38.9 | I reached out to the Appalachian Trial Conservancy recently |
| 1:41.8 | and asked them for somebody to come on the show |
| 1:44.0 | who really knows about Leave No Trace. Chloe got the short straw. the Appalachian Trial Conservancy recently and asked them for somebody to come on the show who |
| 1:44.2 | really knows about Leave No Trace. Chloe got the short straw yet she is so good at educating |
| 1:50.2 | us on how we should all behave when we're out in the woods. Chloe will be on after Brent. |
| 1:55.6 | Finally, and it really is finally, Paul Stutzman's journey on the AT has come to its conclusion. |
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