Episode #233 - Sally Brooks (Not Yet)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2020
⏱️ 85 minutes
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Summary
Today we have a comedian, a writer, and a podcaster, but, as you'll learn, she is also an Appalachian Trail thru-hiker. Sally Brooks has a compelling story that appealed to me the moment we started talking.
She is funny, wry, and observant, all qualities that she probably needs for her day (or night) job of being a professional comedian AND as a podcaster.
You can check out the podcasting and Sally's comedy at
http://dumblovepodcast.com
Mr. President is in CT and feeling the heat, while his cabin in California is going through much the same thing. Bill's pragmatic approach to that tense situation says a lot of good things about him.
Fozzie has reached the Smokies, always a highlight in the thru-hiking adventure.
Special thanks to Ever Green Adventure Foods for their wonderful support for the past three weeks. They have a great product and a wonderful business ethic that is all about protecting and giving back to the various long-distance hiking trails. Thanks, Toast and Jammz.
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/
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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. |
| 0:33.5 | Hey guys, it's good to be back with you in this last week of August. You are listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate Midlar Crisis, sponsored for the first straight week by evergreen adventure foods, for which, by the way, I'm extremely grateful. |
| 0:48.0 | This week, we've got another guest suggested by a listener. Jonas Schrot sent me an instant message introducing me to Sally Brooks. There was |
| 0:55.8 | absolutely no mention of any hiking on her part, so you can only imagine how pleased I was when it |
| 1:01.0 | turned out that she had indeed hiked the Appalachian Trail. When I spoke with Sally, I'm always |
| 1:06.0 | looking for an angle to bring the best story I can to you, And I spotted it pretty early on. I think you'll |
| 1:12.1 | enjoy our conversation and you'll love her story. As you'll hear, the two of us tended to laugh quite a bit, |
| 1:18.5 | so we both obviously enjoyed it. Sally would be on in a moment. After Sally, Bill Tickner or Mr. President |
| 1:25.0 | comes to us from Connecticut. And funny enough, we laughed a lot in that one as well. He's a very affable bloke and seems to enjoy sharing his hike with us. And then we've got Chapter 5 of Keith Foskett's book, balancing on blue. This week he's reached the Smokies, and for me that's where the trail makes you step up a gear. That's not to say that the earlier miles aren't tough because they |
| 1:44.3 | often are, but the Smoky Mountains, as much as anything, take you into a realm that you've |
| 1:50.0 | kind of imagined all your life. It's romantic, it's tough, and for the AT, it's quite high. |
| 1:56.2 | The feeling that you're moving on really hits you as you walk out of the smokies into Devonport |
| 2:00.6 | and you know that you've achieved something. But before all of that, there's this. |
| 2:06.9 | Have you guys ever tried Evergreen Adventure Foods? No, let me tell you about them. |
| 2:11.8 | You may remember that toast and jams were great guests on the show a few weeks back |
| 2:15.4 | and shared their terrific hiking stories |
| 2:17.5 | and how they came to start this business. |
| 2:20.6 | They were sick of the amount of plastic they saw in the back country and decided to do something |
| 2:24.6 | about it. |
| 2:25.7 | All the while they were looking for great, tasting, nutritious meals. |
| 2:29.5 | Well, their meals are not only packed with nutrients, but they are also packed in a fully compostable |
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