Episode #211 - Cari Pattison (Sprout)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2020
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
We have another pastor on the show today. Cari Pattison is a member of the Class of 2019 (as am I) and she tells the story of her hike as it unfolded last year. She had planned a return to the trail this year but, with the Corona Virus now threatening to overrun most of us, she has had to accept that this year won't be possible for her.
Cari's calm presence on the show may well reassure others as they contemplate their own broken plans. If you'd like to follow Cari on Instagram, you can find her at https://www.instagram.com/follow_thejoy/
Additionally, her fascinating and extremely well-written blog on the Trek can be found at https://thetrek.co/author/cari-pattison/
There are a lot of different opinions on the virus and how hikers should respond. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy has had its say (along with the associations of other long-distance trails) and I will be giving my view on the show this week. To add to that, we have a hiker who (at March 25) is currently still hiking north.
Grandma Gatewood continues her struggle north, with Post-WWII America unfolding in front of her.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:23.8 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:34.0 | Hi again, yes, it's me. |
| 0:36.0 | Mighty Blue, my little old show. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:39.5 | the ultimate midlife crisis. And crisis is what we appear to be in right now. I'm writing |
| 0:46.4 | and recording it on Wednesday, March the 25th and the whole world is gripped by the coronavirus |
| 0:51.7 | pandemic. None of us know if the current predictions |
| 0:55.1 | and prescriptions are correct yet. I don't know about you, but it seems that the whole world |
| 1:00.0 | is bracing itself for a very uncertain future. As you know, the various trial associations |
| 1:05.1 | have suggested that everybody should get off whichever trail they're on and that section and through |
| 1:09.9 | heights should be at the very least suspended. As you'd imagine, this has gone down like a cup of cold sick on |
| 1:15.9 | Facebook and other social media platforms, yet I somehow feel that it's incumbent upon me, |
| 1:21.7 | as somebody who's lucky enough to have a platform, to share my opinion with you. If you disagree |
| 1:26.4 | with me, I will be delighted to have you on the show to share your views. |
| 1:30.7 | In the interim, however, this week's guest is the marvellous Reverend Carrie Patterson. Yes, another pastor on the show. |
| 1:37.9 | Carrie and I have been dancing around one another for weeks and we were only recently able to arrange a recording session. |
| 1:44.3 | Carrie is a member of the class of 2019, as was I, and she will be along shortly. |
| 1:49.5 | After that, in the interest of some balance, I have a short interview with a guy named |
| 1:53.5 | Jason Woods. Jason started his attempted through hike a week ago on March the 18th, |
| 1:59.4 | and his reflections are current and in my view still |
| 2:01.7 | valuable. After Jason, I'll be telling you where I stand on this subject and finally we'll wrap up |
| 2:07.3 | with Chapter 5 of Ben Montgomery's Grandma Gatewards Walk. You'll also notice that I haven't |
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