Episode #275 - Lisa Speas (Conundrum)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 17 June 2021
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Lisa Speas or "Conundrum" has been long-distance backpacking for many years traversing a variety of trails, the longest of which being the Appalachian Trail. Her AT journey was anything but typical and even included flatlining in the emergency room.
Lisa and Ryan discuss her journey on the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath, and the Great Allegheny Passage. She also shares her experience and advice for women hikers over 50 and how her backpacking style has evolved over the years.
Katie Westling is out of the Shennies at last!! The knee continues to improve, and she is past the Roller coaster. All in all, a week of success, including her picture at the ATC in Harpers Ferry.
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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. |
| 0:34.4 | Hi, everyone. Thanks again for coming back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate |
| 0:39.3 | midlife crisis. I'm Ryan, or J.R., and I'm hosting this week. So this week's guest is someone |
| 0:46.1 | that I've been connected to for a few years now, and I've really enjoyed keeping up with her |
| 0:50.5 | journeys throughout that time. And she was also very encouraging to me last year when |
| 0:56.3 | my through hike did not play out the way that I thought it was going to on the AT. She recently |
| 1:02.7 | completed a trail that I had not heard of. And I was really curious to hear more and learn more |
| 1:08.8 | about all of her different trail experiences. So that's how |
| 1:13.7 | I ended up chatting with Lisa today for the interview. So great conversation. I think everyone |
| 1:19.9 | will be able to get something from it, whether it's advice or learning about some new trails |
| 1:25.2 | or hearing some unique perspectives on hiking that may be new for |
| 1:29.2 | folks. |
| 1:30.5 | Lisa will specifically talk about her experience being a female hiker over the age of 50 |
| 1:35.6 | and what that's like and advice and kind of words of wisdom for for others that may |
| 1:42.2 | fit that category and may have some questions or uncertainties about |
| 1:46.1 | backpacking and hiking, especially by themselves. |
| 1:49.3 | So really enjoyed the conversation and I hope you all are able to get something good |
| 1:53.7 | out of it. |
| 1:54.1 | So let's go over to that conversation now. |
| 2:00.1 | All right. So I am on today with Lisa to talk about some hiking. How are you doing, Lisa? |
| 2:05.8 | Doing great. How are you doing, Ryan? I'm doing very, very good. I was saying a little before this that you |
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