Episode #222 - Marissa Neel (The Executioner)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2020

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

It's an all-woman show today, with Marissa Neel, the Executioner, as our main guest. She has a very funny, brutally honest YouTube channel, and is exactly the same person in our conversation.

Marissa shares plenty of witty insights and a stoic determination to get to the end. The story of her last night camping on the AT is a visceral example of what it can be like out there. I could relate on so many levels.

Her YouTube channel is not to be missed, so click here. https://www.youtube.com/user/mkneel2/videos

Kate is now moving through New Jersey and past the 300-mile mark. The ankle still hurts, but she continues to push north. Below, she is with her current hiking partner, Luna, at the top of Culver Tower.

I mention the open position at the Devil's Backbone Brewery as Chief Hiking Officer in my comments in the show. If you'd like to apply, check it out at this link. https://www.dbbrewingcompany.com/cho/

Finally, Grandma Gatewood reaches Baxter State Park.

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
0:05.2	about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis,
0:23.9	joins Steve and his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:33.8	Hi everyone, and thanks so much for coming back to the podcast.
0:54.9	I'm Steve Adams or Mighty Blue, and you are listening to yet another episode of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. On today's show we have a really, how can I put it, forthright guest. Her name is Marissa Neal and a friend of the show, Josh, referred me to her.
1:00.1	Josh sent me a link to her YouTube channel and I was immediately struck by her self-deprecating manner, her quirky behavior and her unbreakable spirit. We do get a little lavatorial in the
1:06.5	beginning of the show, so watch out for that, but it was a really fun chat, and I can't commend her
1:11.9	YouTube channel enough. Marissa will be on soon. We're also back on with Kate, who is delighted
1:17.7	that Pennsylvania is in her rearview mirror, but as I warned her last week, she is discovering
1:22.5	that the rocks don't stop at the Pennsylvania-New Jersey border. Kate will be on after Marissa.
1:29.0	Finally today, Grandma Gatewood is on the verge, New Jersey border. Kate will be on after Marissa. Finally today,
1:33.3	Grandma Gatewood is on the verge of completing a hike. She reaches Baxter State Park.
1:39.4	Just before I introduce you to Marissa, I wanted to, well, have a bit of a shout out to myself.
1:44.4	I don't know if you recall, but a few months ago, the hiking radio network of six podcasts passed one million downloads combined. And that absolutely blew my mind.
1:50.5	Astonishingly, this show, Marty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, will be passing its own
1:55.4	million download mark sometime in the middle or the end of July. I'm definitely going to be thanking you all then, but I wanted to mention and thank you all today
2:04.8	for your support and somebody just noticed how close it's getting to the mark.
2:09.0	I've got a couple of other things to share with you, but I'll do that later.
2:12.0	So let's get on with it.
2:13.1	Here is Marissa Neal or unbelievably executioner.
2:21.5	Thank you. is Marissa Neal or unbelievably executioner. I'd like to introduce you to the least threatening executioner I think that I've ever seen.
2:27.1	This is Marissa Neal. Hi Marissa. How are you? I'm doing good. How are you?
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