Episode #251 - Steve Yale (Walmart 2021)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2020
⏱️ 92 minutes
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Summary
We're back to our three-segment show this week, with Steve Yale, or Walmart 2021, as our principal guest. Steve got his name when he first hiked the AT in pretty much all-Walmart gear. He has since worked out better options, but his love of the trail shines through in both our conversation and his devotion to a life of thru-hiking the AT.
In contrast to the negative responses that some people experience on Facebook, Steve has been embraced by the Facebook community, gaining support and strength from them throughout his initial and further hikes.
You can follow Steve within that community at https://www.facebook.com/steve.yale.395
Jordan Bowman, Director of Communications for the ATC is our second guest this week. Jordan is a fellow member, with me, from the AT Class of 2014, and his responsibility has been to fashion and develop the message coming out from the ATC on behalf of the trail. It hasn't been an easy year.
If you're planning a hike on the Appalachian Trail next year, check out their Hiker Preparation series of videos on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFH_6GYIHxE&list=PLUtubPrCAycOb-j-OsqTW5yQQxjQKfQja
I revealed the competition winner today for our map giveaway. Christopher Marshburn is the lucky recipient. Here's a link to the Facebook Live draw that I did on Wednesday.
Finally, Larry Luxenburg's Walking the Appalachian Trail digs into the motivations of people's hikes and we learn that virtually nobody does it like anybody else!
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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. |
| 0:19.3 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:34.1 | Hi guys, and it's lovely to be back with you. You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:39.7 | the ultimate midlife crisis and we're back to our full schedule after our shorter episode last week. |
| 0:45.0 | Someone commented on Facebook that my shorter show was in fact over an hour long. They're right, |
| 0:51.0 | but to me it felt a little incomplete when I didn't give you a middle section of the show. |
| 0:55.2 | Anyway, we're back on with the ATC segment again this week, so we're well over an hour. |
| 1:00.5 | Our main guest today is a rather remarkable character. |
| 1:04.1 | Steve Yale or Walmart 2021 wrote to me and his hook was that he did his first hike in |
| 1:09.7 | on Walmart gear, hence the name. |
| 1:13.5 | But since then, he can't stay off the trail. |
| 1:15.8 | You'll hear from Steve in a moment. |
| 1:18.1 | Today, in the ATC part of the show, |
| 1:20.4 | we have their director of communication, Jordan Bowman, |
| 1:23.4 | and Jordan's topic is the message matters, |
| 1:25.9 | defining the AT's voice. |
| 1:28.0 | Given what's happened this year, it seems to be a good time to talk with the communications |
| 1:31.4 | guy. |
| 1:32.3 | Jordan will be long after Steve. |
| 1:34.3 | And we have a winner in our map giveaway, generously donated by Larry Knight and Don Robinson. |
| 1:40.2 | If you listen to the show, you'll know how that came about. |
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