Episode #248 - Larry Knight (McGyver)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 10 December 2020
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
This week, Larry Knight shares his Appalachian Trail thru-hike story. It was never really a bucket list item for Larry but, as often happened, a confluence of events culminated in Larry finding himself at Springer Mountain, heading north. Injury curtailed the first attempt, but Larry returned to finish the job the following year.
When Larry was finished, he wanted a memento of the trip and started thinking about a map that would be personal to him and his hike. This has developed, and a listener to our show, Don Robinson, recently bought and gifted one of Larry's meticulously detailed maps to Steve. Larry then picked up the ball and offered to personalize a map for Steve. It is nothing less than spectacular. Check out the video further below.
If you'd like to learn more about Larry's wonderful maps, visit his website at https://www.redeftmapping.com/ or find him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/Red_Eft_Mapping/
Steve and Larry discuss how these maps came about and–very generously–Don Robinson and Larry are donating the original map to one of our listeners. Larry himself poses the question on our show, so don't forget to enter this competition.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs2XvoTHrkw
Alyssa Reck was somewhat thrown in at the deep end with a few minutes' notice for this week's ATC segment but handled herself admirably. Alyssa's subject was "Why Connections Matter: From Engagement to Responsible Recreation."
If you'd like to learn more about the issues discussed, Alyssa has provided the following links. Hiker Resource Library https://appalachiantrail.org/hiker-resources, This is a collection of resources for hikers to stay safe, healthy, and responsible on the Appalachian Trail.
Register on A.T. Camp https://atcamp.org/
Recreate Responsibly Coalition https://www.recreateresponsibly.org/
Folks can also always find ATC us on Social Media.
Lastly, Gene Espy figures in this week's reading of Larry Luxenburg's "Walking the Appalachian Trail."
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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. |
| 0:33.6 | Hi guys and thanks for coming back to listen to the show. We're between Thanksgiving and Christmas and you're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:41.4 | the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:43.7 | Now, I know that I'm always pretty enthusiastic about my guests, but really, today, I'm beside myself. |
| 0:52.0 | You see, today Larry Knight or MacGyver is going to tell us all about his hike and then he's |
| 0:57.6 | going to tell us what he does now. |
| 0:59.8 | At the end there will be an amazing giveaway for which Larry is providing a question. |
| 1:03.7 | So stay tuned and make sure that you enter this week's contest. |
| 1:07.7 | And on the subject of contest, we have a winner for the signed copy of Ben Crawford's book about his amazing 80-thru hike along with his wife and six kids. |
| 1:15.7 | I've also posted a short video of the drawing on my YouTube that I've timed to come out at the same time as this podcast. |
| 1:21.4 | I make the announcement after our second section of the show. |
| 1:24.4 | That section is our ATC segment and this time it's the turn of ATC's social |
| 1:29.0 | media manager, Alyssa Rick. Alyssa's subject was Why Connections Matter from engagement to |
| 1:35.1 | responsible recreation and I'll have a bit of further news about the ATC once we've spoken to |
| 1:40.2 | Alyssa. Finally, Larry Luxembourg tells us about another legend of the trail, Gene S.B. |
| 1:47.0 | It's funny, you know, Larry wrote this in the 1990s when people like Earl Schaefer and other 80 |
| 1:52.1 | legends were still alive and I've fully expected Gene Sby to be gone but apparently he's still |
| 1:57.2 | with us at the age of, I think, 93. How wonderful. So let's get going. |
| 2:02.7 | And I'm delighted to be able to introduce you to Larry Knight or McGuiver. |
| 2:10.3 | Our guest today is Larry Knight or Maguire. He is a through hiker and will certainly |
| 2:16.5 | be concentrating on his hike. It's in another |
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