Episode #218 - Bobby O'Donnell (Handyman)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

We've got another terrific show today, with Bobby O'Donnell, a listener, providing our main conversation. Bobby and I discuss a pivotal moment in his life that led him to marathons on seven continents and, in 2018, the Appalachian Trail. His story has moments of sadness, disaster, and triumph, all of which he drew on during his hike.

A paramedic, Bobby has been working during this crisis, and his personal experiences have shaped his response to adversity.

You can connect with Bobby on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/runningwildbook/

He is on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/runwildbook

His website is https://www.runningwildbook.com/

Kate Stillwell, our Woman of a Certain Age, has decided what she wants to do with her intended thru-hike this year. She shares that decision with Steve.

Grandma Gatewood's growing fame has reached the pages of Sports Illustrated and she burnishes her superwoman credentials by her stoic approach to the swollen rivers in the north.

If you like what we're doing on the Hiking Radio Network, please consider supporting us with either a one-off or monthly donation. The donate button is on the Mighty Blue podcast page at https://mightyblueontheat.com/the-podcast/

Any support is gratefully received.

Music for the "A Woman of a Certain Age" segment is by permission of Kate's friend, John Jensen. You can see and hear it in full on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlP7g7qivo4

Thanks, John.

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,
0:05.4	about hikers for everybody.
0:07.3	Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:33.9	Hi guys, and it's lovely to have you along again listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail,
0:38.8	the ultimate midlife crisis.
0:40.8	I'm your host Steve Adams or Mighty Blue, bringing hopefully some great stories to you from the trail
0:45.4	and again hopefully brightening up your day a little as we all try to get through this flipping
0:49.8	coronavirus crisis.
0:52.1	I am successfully driving myself crazy staying indoors the whole time.
0:56.7	Yet I count myself as one of the lucky ones as I'm retired and not personally affected by
1:00.6	the terrible unemployment that I fear we're just starting to see the beginning of.
1:04.9	Today's main guest is Bobby O'Donnell or Handyman.
1:08.1	Bobby wrote to me with a stellar story and I think that the interview does
1:11.1	justice to his story. Hope you agree when we hear from Bobby in a minute. Kate Stillwell,
1:16.8	our woman of a certain age, is back, making a decision about whether or not to go for a hike
1:21.7	this year. We'll find out what she decided to do after Bobby. Thanks to all of you wrote to me
1:27.4	answering the three questions that I gave last week
1:29.5	in our book giveaway, I'll be recapping those questions a little later for those of you who
1:33.6	still want to enter.
1:35.3	And also today, Grandma Gatewood appears in Sports Illustrated, though not in a bikini.
1:40.9	Her story 65 years ago was really starting to infiltrate the country's consciousness.
1:45.9	She also finds out that not learning to swim when she was younger was probably a big mistake.
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