Episode #232 - Craig Fowler (Scatman)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 20 August 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

This week we have a serious overachiever on the show. Craig "Scatman" Fowler finished the Triple Crown of hiking and looked around to find something else.

In particular, he wanted to do something that nobody on earth had ever managed to complete. Once he had become the "One of Seven," his focus shifted to help people celebrate their own uniqueness.

If you'd like to learn more about Craig and his One of Seven Project, go to http://www.oneofsevenproject.com/

Mr President is just short of the Massachusetts border, staying in Bennington, VT. He shares an insight into some fellow SOBOs that had never occurred to me.

Fozzie is approaching the Smokies. As anybody who has ever done the AT, the Smokies have their own way of greeting you!

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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, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:34.0	Hi guys, and welcome back to the show. You are listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail,
0:38.6	the ultimate midlife crisis, sponsored by Evergreen Adventure Foods.
0:42.7	I am Marty Blue, or Steve Adams,
0:45.0	and I've hiked the Appalachian Trail twice in my 60s.
0:48.1	But this podcast highlights the achievements of other hikers.
0:51.5	People who have the ambition to take four to seven months out of their lives,
0:55.4	live like hobos, starve like dogs and smell like skunks, all for the glory of walking the
1:01.6	entire 2200 mile length of the Appalachian Trail or of another long distance trail.
1:06.5	I don't say it enough, but this is some achievement, and I hope you get something out of the
1:11.2	conversations that I have every week with my guests.
1:14.2	I've given you that overview just to what your appetite for today's guest.
1:18.0	This bloke is a serial overachiever.
1:21.9	His name is Craig Fowler or Scatman, and he's a triple crowner, though he's much more than
1:26.8	that. Craig has done something that no other human being on the planet has ever done.
1:32.2	Imagine that.
1:33.4	Exactly what it is, you're going to have to wait to find out.
1:35.9	I think you're going to enjoy hearing from Craig.
1:38.9	We're also back on with Mr President, or Bill Tickner.
1:42.5	The curse of the podcast hasn't derailed his hike yet.
1:46.2	We find him in Beddington, Vermont, just short of the Massachusetts border, and he shares
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