Episode #207 - Aaron Owens Mayhew (Sling)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Aaron Owens Mayhew, MS, RDN, CD is a registered dietitian, ultralight long-distance backpacker, and backpacking food cookbook author. Aaron has worked in the field of nutrition for nineteen years and has been a backpacker for nearly as long. After having a mid-life crisis in 2016, Aaron began long-distance backpacking on her 40th birthday by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail.

She has since launched her business, Backcountry Foodie™, a recipe and meal-planning service for backpackers. The service provides a platform for Aaron to share her knowledge and passion for eating well in the backcountry. She also runs her business and lives in a camper van full-time with her husband and dog. They have been on the road since April 2019 and look forward to where their outdoor adventures will continue to take them.

You can learn more about Aaron, and her advice, at her website https://backcountryfoodie.com/

You can also find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/backcountry_foodie/

Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/backcountryfoodie/

YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUpLNV2Ct1WQWZHhSF3eCw

Also today, we have the first chapter of Ben Montgomery's book about the first badass woman on the trail; Grandma Gatewood. If you'd like to buy the book, follow this link. https://www.amazon.com/Grandma-Gatewoods-Walk-Inspiring-Appalachian-ebook/dp/B00IQY2Q0O/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3F2GUEOT90P8Y&keywords=grandma+gatewoods+walk&qid=1582740316&sprefix=grandma+gate%2Caps%2C202&sr=8-1

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0:30.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network where we talk the walk with shows by hikers about hikers for everybody.
0:56.7	Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, Join Stephen and his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. Hi, and thanks again for tuning in to Mighty Blue on the
1:06.9	Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. We have a different show this week.
1:11.9	Not only do we not have a middle section, but our main guest, in fact our only guest,
1:16.0	is a hiker and a dietitian, and she's talking about food on the trail, with plenty of
1:20.5	ideas as to why you may wish to rethink your food options. Her name is Aaron Owens Mayhew
1:25.6	or Sling. As you're here in our chat, I am utterly clueless on this subject, but even I came away with a few tips that made me think further about my food choices. And the reason we don't have a middle section today is that I'm on the verge of starting to follow our woman of a certain age, Kate Stillwall, where we're going to follow the fortunes of Kate or Phoenix, where she attempts a flip-flop of the trail from Harper's Ferry on April 1st. You may remember that the original plan was to give Kate a separate show, but I thought she would fit better into my show in much the same way as Jessa did in 2017. I'm not quite ready to start that section yet, and I don't want to add something just for the sake of it.
2:02.1	And frankly, I messed up trying to get something else into the show for today and maybe next week.
2:08.1	So my plans have shifted a little, and I'll be introducing Kate to the show next Thursday, March the 5th.
2:14.1	Hopefully, all that makes sense.
2:17.1	Finally, today we do have a new book to read, and it is Grandma Gatewas Walk by Ben Montgomery.
2:22.7	Following the popularity of Paul Stutzman's hiking through, I wanted another really solid
2:26.7	story, and Ben gave me and the show that opportunity, so thanks Ben.
2:32.1	So, recognising that the show will be a little shorter than usual,
2:35.4	here is Aaron Owens Mayhew or Sling.
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