Episode #258 - Joseph Barnett (Subway Gramps)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2021

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Joseph Barnett had quite the adventure hiking the Appalachian Trail during the latter half of 2019 and the first half of 2020. He faced a bunch of problems, took days off regularly to explore the towns around the trail with his wife, developed a hernia along the way, yet emerged at Springer Mountain battered but victorious.

Along the way, Joseph documented and photographed people, plants, and animals, eventually producing a 500-page book he'd like to share with everybody. Quite how we're going to get it to you all, I haven't figured out yet. But watch this space for news in the future.

Joseph's determination and self-belief carried him forward, sharing his hike with both his daughter and wife at various times, and meeting a guy with whom he hiked over 1,000 miles.

We're introducing our new Class of 2021 hiker this week. She is Katie Westley, or Phoenix Rising. This week, we learn about why she's heading out on the trail in March. New week, I'll be learning more from Katie regarding her gear.

Katie is supporting Resources For Resilience on her hike and talks about them briefly on the show. If you'd like to learn more, visit them here. https://resourcesforresilience.com/

Additionally, you can follow Katie's YouTube channel here. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChEDoHA8w7RgCgs8MxuiIxA

In our ATC segment today, Julie Judkins tells us "How to be an Ally." If you'd like to put more of this into practice, or understand further, visit https://appalachiantrail.org/event/2021-hiker-guidance-how-to-be-an-ally/

Finally today, Larry Luxenburg is talking about Trail Magic in his book, Walking the Appalachian Trail.

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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.
0:32.9	Hi everybody. I love you to have you back with me on the show. This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachshund Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, and I am Mighty Blue. Now, we've got quite a long show today, so I'm quickly going to tell you what's coming up, and then we'll get straight to it. First up, and today's main guest is Joseph Barnett. Joseph completed the AT not a long ago, and, well, let's see how he kept a voluminous journal and a huge number of photos. He's put it all together, though it needs a bit of tidying up. However, when it's done, he's going to offer you all a free link to read all or part of it. There's tons of detail, and I see that it could be a really good resource for people planning a hike. Joseph will be along soon. Now, as you know, the Appalachian Trail Conservancy has extended its part of the program into the new year, but we're coming to a close soon. Now, those of you have been with me for a while will recall that in the past I've followed somebody's hike every year. Well, today, you're going to hear from this year's subject.
1:28.1	Katie will be long after Joseph.
1:31.0	The ATC are still with us, of course, and after a bit of scheduled juggling, we have Julie
1:35.1	Jodkins along to tell us how to be an ally.
1:38.7	Julius after Katie.
1:40.7	Finally, of course, Larry Luxembourg's Walk in the Appalachian Trail.
1:43.5	And today Larry covers the super wonderful subject of those magical times we all love on
1:49.5	the trail.
1:50.2	Yep, it's trail magic.
1:52.1	So let's get on and meet Joseph Barnett or Subway Gramps.
1:59.4	So today we've got a contemporary mind. Well, he's in these latter 60s like me.
2:04.6	This is Joseph Barnett, who goes by the delicious name of Subway Gramps.
2:09.0	Hey, Joseph, how are you?
2:10.4	Great.
2:11.6	Good, good.
2:12.9	Now, as I say, you're in your ladder 60s.
2:15.7	So why did you wait so long to get on the trail?
2:19.8	Well, I had two careers.
2:21.9	One was the Navy for 20 years.
2:23.6	And then I had 20 years working in Tallahassee as a periodontist.
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