Episode #238 - Briana and Cambyr Sullivan (Chickweed and Kaleidoscope)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2020

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Another couple of 2020 Appalachian Trail thru-hikers this week, with Briana and Cambyr Sullivan, a mother and daughter duo who recently completed the trail. Significantly, Cambyr turned 14 on the trail and, as you'll hear, she has a remarkably mature view of the magic of the trail.

One of the many wonderful things about their story is that their relationship shifted during the hike, with shared responsibilities and goals altering their familial dynamic.

Their story is inspirational, so much so that the two of them appeared on the Drew Barrymore TV show the day after they spoke with me. Hopefully, I didn't ruin them for Drew!! Find out for yourself by clicking here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtN5vjn2wCU&app=desktop

I highly recommend Briana's blog at https://naturespirit.me/AT/ and you can connect with her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/brianamsully/

No Bill Tickner this week as we were unable to connect in time before I went away for a few days. Bill will be back next week.

Keith Foskett's Balancing on Blue delves into the nether regions this week. Don't say I didn't warn 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
0:05.3	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 so much for coming back and sharing some time with me.
0:40.5	I'm Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis.
0:44.0	I am Mighty Blue, and this is my midlife crisis.
0:48.8	I did the Appalachian Trail at the age of 61 on the very first hike of my life.
0:51.8	Just in case I wasn't hurting enough, I did it again last year.
0:53.4	At 66 years old.
0:55.3	Every week we have guests who have done one or more of the long distance trials and this week is no exception. I saw a terrific
1:00.3	story on Facebook of a mother and daughter who had recently completed the trail. Let's face it,
1:05.0	2020 isn't the easiest of years, so I wanted to learn how they've been able to keep going,
1:09.5	particularly because the daughter,
1:16.0	Canber, turned just 14 on the trail. As you'll hear, both Canberra and a mother, Brianna,
1:21.2	are quite the pair. The two of them will be on shortly. Bill Tickner, after his starring role in the show last week, was supposed to be following the two ladies. Unfortunately, as
1:26.7	you're going to hear later, I'm going away early Wednesday morning and
1:29.2	have been unable to record an update from Bill.
1:31.9	So this week, we'll just have two sections.
1:34.6	Our main interview and Fuzzy's book, balancing on blue, where our hero is discussing
1:39.1	the, let's say, sweat issues that can come about on an Appalachian Trail through hike.
1:44.9	Gold Bond Powder is mentioned.
1:47.8	Sandwich between the two sections will be my weekly thank yous
1:50.7	and some really exciting news for the show
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