Episode #263 - Zach Nagy (Just Awesome)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 25 March 2021
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Zach Nagy was introduced to hiking and car camping as a kid but a life in the rock business–working with Joan Jett–took him down another path until he met a woman from CT who reintroduced him to trails and revived those earlier memories.
His hike of the PCT was transformative, with the community on that trail an unexpected highlight and delight. Now clean, he shares the dark days and the camping nights of his life with a fresh enthusiasm.
If you'd like to follow Zach on his upcoming CDT thru-hike, as well as his other adventures, check out his YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8CaiumFMxCXZ6fgIEVvJHg
As Zach mentioned in our conversation, he is a passionate advocate for Hike For Mental Health, and his fundraiser for the CDT supports that charity. You can check that out here. https://www.hikeformentalhealth.org/hikers/just-awesome-hikes-the-cdt/
Katie's truncated start of the Appalachian Trail is about to be truncated once more, as she heads back home for her second Covid shot. We caught up after she'd experienced some of the trail's notorious Georgia weather.
Larry Luxenburg's Walking the Appalachian Trail introduces us to a variety of animals on the AT, in particular, Ziggy, the hiking cat!
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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. |
| 0:20.8 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.9 | Hey guys and welcome back to the show. In case you're wondering, you're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:40.7 | the ultimate mid-life crisis. |
| 0:42.3 | I am Mighty Blue or Steve Adams in my everyday life. |
| 0:45.6 | We've got another great show for you this week. |
| 0:48.0 | If you've been listening for the past couple of weeks, |
| 0:50.4 | you'll know that I'm starting a bit of a sabbatical from the show from the beginning |
| 0:55.2 | of April, which has luck would have it. It starts next Thursday. So this is it, my last Mighty |
| 1:00.8 | Blue show for a month. Next week, and for most weeks until October, Ryan Hopkins will be |
| 1:07.6 | hosting this show. I'll be coming back once a month with one of my shows |
| 1:12.1 | and I'll be coming back every week to interview Katie Wessling and she continues her 80 through |
| 1:18.0 | height dream. Ryan's going to do a great job. I've seen his plans. He's talked about his plans. |
| 1:24.1 | And I think you're going to find something new every single week. So I hope you stay tuned. |
| 1:28.9 | And this week, one of our old guests, Steve Ortiz or Survivor, introduced me to a really |
| 1:34.1 | terrific character who is genuinely in the rock business working for none other than Joan Jett. |
| 1:40.0 | Well, that sold me straight away. After all, who does not want to hear about hiking drugs and rock and roll? |
| 1:45.9 | Zach Nagy or Just Awesome will be along shortly. |
| 1:49.8 | With the ATC part of the show now finished, |
| 1:52.4 | our middle segment is a catch-up with Katie Wessling or Phoenix. |
| 1:56.3 | Katie had a very comfortable start, I think she'll agree. |
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