You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers

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.

Hi everybody.

Thanks for coming back to the show this week and sharing a few minutes with me.

This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate life crisis.

And I am Mighty Blue, otherwise not in my normal life as Steve Adams,

who is not in the least bit mighty.

I've got some quite big news today.

While this was scheduled to be my monthly episode while Ryan took a week off, it turns out you're all going to have to put up with only me going forward.

Ryan wrote to me the other day to explain that he was unable to continue with the show.

His work has been really pying up on him lately and he needed to make some choices.

Naturally, I'm sad to see him go, but he's definitely made the right choice for him. But at the same time, I'm kind of glad to be back on my microphone. The writing sabbatical didn't work out as well as I'd hoped, so coming back to the show full-time will stop me from berating myself for not having written more. Of course, I can't let this pass without humbly thanking Ryan for

stepping in for me and doing so well in the months that he has been on the show. I think he's done

really well and judging by some of my emails, you all tend to agree. So thanks Ryan, you were a

lifesaver. The only downside is I don't have that many guests currently recorded.

So I'm going to be scrambling over the next few days to bring some great interviews to you.

Please write to me at steve at hikingradionnetwork.com.

If you think there's someone out there who make a really good story and I'll get in contact with them.

If you've got their contact details, so much the better.

Luckily, today's guest, Steve Noda, was recorded back in March and actually scheduled

for this week, so that's worked out well.

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