Episode #223 - Eric and Jessica Matos (Toast and Jammz)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 106 minutes

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Summary

I think that this is the longest show we've ever had!! Our main guests are Eric and Jessica Matos, or Toast and Jammz. They were introduced to me by Jester, from the Jester Section Hiker podcast and they have a strong hiking resume. We talk about both their hiking and their passion for leave no trace and sustainable use of wilderness places.

Toast shares a few stories about their first hike together as a couple and how, when they were on the John Muir Trail, an idea for their business came to them. They have an inspiring message and vision for a time that needs businesses like theirs.

If you'd like to learn more about Toast and Jammz (and, of course, Jelly Belly), check out https://evergreenadventurefoods.com/ and follow them on social media at https://www.instagram.com/evergreen_adventurefoods/

and https://www.facebook.com/evergreenadventurefoods

Phoenix, our Woman of a Certain Age, is dying to get out of New York. Her ankle still bothers her, but she's soldiering on. Late this evening (Wednesday, Jun 17) I heard from her as she passed 400 miles.

Cori Strathmeyer wanted to share news of a charity that is helping three African countries to get clean water. Hikers can help in this effort, either by signing up to walk yourself or sponsoring me as I take on a challenge. I highly commend this cause to you. Go to https://www.hikeforh2o.org/ to sign up.

Grandma Gatewood summits Katahdin and the writer, Ben Montgomery, wanted to follow in her footsteps. Listen as he follows in the path of this trail-blazing woman.

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
0:05.3	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.
0:34.0	Hi everybody and thanks for coming back to the show. You are listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. I'm the guy having that crisis. My name is Steve Adams or like the title of the show, I'm Mighty Blue. I've twice high at the 80 in my 60s. I've got half an eye on maybe doing it again. Who knows? We've got quite a long show today, so let me tell you what's coming up. First up, we have Eric and Jessica Made Us, or Toast and Jams, and as you'll hear, their daughter, Jelly Belly. We've been chatting about a possible sponsorship on the show, and when I read about their hiking background, I really wanted them to share that with you, whether they sponsor us or not. I think you'll be impressed by the two of them and you'll definitely be impressed by their business. Toast and Jams will be on first in a moment. Phoenix, or Kate Stilwell, is our woman of a certain age and she's still moving north, having crossed the border into New York this week. Phoenix will be on after Toast and Jams.
1:32.2	And just before we hear Grandma Gatewood get to the top of Catardin, I've got a little extra for you.
1:37.9	A friend of the network, Corey Strathmire, will be telling us about an important charity that she's working on,
1:42.0	and it's one that deserves some attention from hikers. Corrie will follow Phoenix.
1:46.5	Lastly, Grandma Gatewood reaches her goal, though it isn't the end of the story.
1:47.9	So let's get on.
1:51.4	Here are Eric and Jessica, or Toast and Jams.
1:57.9	Okay, I'd like to introduce you to our guest today.
2:04.1	Eric and Jessica made us or Toast and Jams. Hi guys, how are you? Doing well.
2:08.8	Thank you for having us. Hi. Well, good tool to you. First thing I'm going to clear up is your trail names because while Toast and Jam tends to go together pretty nicely, and I understand that you
2:13.8	are named separately and there's nothing to do with Toast and Jams. So tell us us about it you go first then jams so my trail name was given to me because i always
2:22.7	wore headphones when i was hiking and uh very sociable yeah right that was the comment from this
2:29.4	one over here and um he he would pass people first he hikes in front of me to clear out the snakes and the spider webs. And people would say hey, and they'd say hey to me, and I would never hear them. So eventually, after so many times of coming into camp and people talking to me and not hearing me, he would explain to them, oh, she's listening to music, she's jamming out. And I would have it blaring in my ears and just that's what gets me
2:51.7	up the hills and so eventually someone looked and just said jams you're jamming out your jams
2:56.7	and that's how it happened that is nice and why are you toast then eric yeah i'm toast because uh
3:03.5	the short version is i'm horrible uphill or i used used to be anyway. So early on in my long...
3:08.4	I'm not feeling.
3:09.2	Right?
3:09.7	Early on in my long distance career when I first started, I hiked with Redbeard.
3:15.9	We first started the AT together in 2014.
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