Episode #240 - Woods Hole Hostel Retreat

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

We've got a bit of a departure from our normal set up today. Instead of a particular hiker, I've got a disparate collection of characters who attended our inaugural Woods Hole Retreat a couple of weekends ago. I've tried to recapture the event by chatting with nearly all the participants and hope that you'll enjoy this one-off change.

We covered a four-day weekend, starting with a short hike into Dismal Falls from the Weary Feet Hostel. At the Falls, we camped overnight and shared some tips on overnighting and the various considerations you have to take into account.

The following morning, we returned to Weary Feet, then drove to Woods Hole, where everybody joined up and spent Friday till Sunday lunchtime as our own little tramily.

Pretty much everybody spoke, and, as you'll hear, the weekend was a great success.

Special thanks go to Neville and Bruce for coming up with the idea and implementation and Tina for joining us from the Quarterway Inn. Tina showed off her AT necklace (Below). If you'd like to buy one or see more about them, check out her website shop at https://quarterwayinn.square.site/

You can also find out more about her hostel for a future stay (currently closed) at https://www.quarterwayinn.com/

If you'd like to find out more about Woods Hole, go to http://woodsholehostel.com/

and to learn more about Weary Feet, go to https://wearyfeethostel.com/

I've got Bill Tickner (Mr President) again as he pushes into his last state, Virginia.

Also this week, Andrew Downs, Senior Regional Director for ATC in Virginia, kicks off our new segment of conversations with the ATC. This week, the subject is "Thru-Hiking to ATC Staff: How Has My Perspective Changed after my Thru-Hike?"

Because of the length of this show, we're not including the latest episode of Fozzie's Balancing on Blue. That will be next week.

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0:14.7	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network where we talk the walk with shows by hikers about hikers for everybody.
0:33.4	Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis,
0:38.3	joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:48.3	This is a complete departure from our normal shows today.
0:52.3	You are listening to Marty Blue on the
0:54.4	Appalachian Trail and this is Steve Adams or Marty Blue. Normally our main guest is a hiker who's
1:00.2	managed to complete A or several trails and we try to tell the story as best we can. This episode's
1:05.9	different in that it's about a terrific weekend that I had in the first few days of October.
1:11.7	We're still going to catch up with Mr President,
1:13.8	and we'll be hearing from the ATC in the first of our season of ATC perspectives
1:17.6	that try to show you the full panoply of their interests and touches with the trail.
1:22.3	I've decided to push back the next episode of Fossey's balancing on blue until next week
1:26.2	because when otherwise I would show in about two or three hours I guess.
1:31.6	The woods whole weekend will be split into three sections interspersed by Mr President
1:35.8	and the ATC.
1:37.6	I hope that when you've heard everybody, you'll gain some insights into how well the weekend
1:41.5	went and what it was all about.
1:43.4	Let's get started.
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