Episode #216 - Steve Ortiz (Survivor)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

This week, our guest is a listener who is also a LASHer, a long-ass section hiker. His name is Steve Ortiz or Survivor. His trail name gives away that the mere fact that he is hiking the Appalachian Trail in sections is a blessing in itself.

A cancer diagnosis has not slowed down this self-confessed adventurer and, while he regrets that he has to stay off the trail during the current crisis, he is itching to get back out there to complete his goal.

If you'd like to keep up with Steve, take a look at his blog; it has some glorious trail pictures. You can find it at https://www.a-bucket-list-of-adventures.com/

My special guest for the middle section is a surprise, though it is a very personal conversation with somebody who has occupied a lot of my thoughts in April.

Finally, Grandma Gatewood is in New England, just as a hurricane is slamming its way towards her!

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers
0:05.3	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.
0:34.6	Hi everybody and thanks for coming back to the show. For our regulars, welcome back. And for anybody
0:40.4	who happens to have stumbled here by accident, you have found Mighty Blue on the Apple Action Trail,
0:45.0	the ultimate midlife crisis. I am Mighty Blue, the bloke having that midlife crisis. In fact,
0:51.8	I've had it twice now, having through height the AT in both 2014
0:55.1	and 2019. Every week on the show, we have somebody who's walked or is about to walk the AT or another
1:01.6	long trail. To be honest, I'm not too rigid about who I speak with. They just need to have
1:06.2	something to say about backpacking and they're prepared to have a chat with me about hiking
1:09.8	in general and the Appalachian Trail in particular. Today's guest is Steve Ortiz, otherwise known as
1:16.3	survivor, and that, as you're going to learn, is a bit of a theme running through today's podcast.
1:22.0	Steve's a lasher or a long-ar section hiker. He wrote to me and wanted to share his story and
1:27.0	I was happy to hear
1:27.7	from him. Steve will be long in a moment. Our middle section on the show is going to be a bit of a
1:33.5	surprise until we get to it. It's something I've been worrying about for over a month and, well,
1:39.2	you're here after Steve. Finally, today we hear again from Grandma Gatewood's Walk.
1:49.7	This week, a massive storm is barreling up the east coast of the United States and heading straight for New England.
1:51.9	Guess where Grandma Gateway is?
1:53.4	Yep, she's in New England.
1:58.2	So now, let's get on and meet Steve Ortiz or Survivor. Well, this week on the show, we've got a lasher or a long-air section hiker. Now, I know that the section hikers normally go on the Jester Section Hiker show, but this week I thought I'm going to take my turn. This is Steve Ortiz or Survivor. Hi, Steve. How are you? Good, Steve.
2:17.7	How are you doing?
2:18.6	I'm not too bad.
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