Episode #277 - Michael Sisemore (Sy)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2021
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
This week, our guest is Michael Sisemore, better known as Sy. As many people do, Michael hiked the Appalachian Trail when he was at a real crossroads in his life. He had no idea what he'd be doing after the trail but allowed himself the luxury of being open to all possibilities. The transformation that came his way was seismic, with the effects reverberating down the years nearly a quarter of a century later.
Michael found a life that worked for him, and has now written a book that talks of those changes, as well as the meeting and very close friendship with a true trail legend. His story is fascinating.
You can read some great excerpts from the book at http://www.intherealworldihike.com/ and follow Sy on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/at99sy/
If you'd like to buy his book, you can find it on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B094CXWV11?pf_rd_r=A7B6KASNTC21KNPFRT1S&pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&pd_rd_r=999176fe-f691-46ad-9b35-439412a22d99&pd_rd_w=MNzIJ&pd_rd_wg=qwQaX&ref_=pd_gw_unk
Katie has been putting in the miles this week, having eased herself back into her hike after her unfortunate injury. She also passed a special milestone.
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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, |
| 0:23.8 | joins Steve and his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.8 | Hi everybody, yep, it's me again. |
| 0:36.3 | Steve Adams or Mighty Blue, and you are listening to Mighty Blue on the Apple Action Trail, |
| 0:40.8 | the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:43.0 | And that tagline, the ultimate midlife crisis, that was something I kind of absently put up |
| 0:48.6 | when I was setting the podcast up back in 2016. |
| 0:52.0 | Of course, I'd revert to my own-life crisis. Well, actually it was about my |
| 0:55.8 | fifth. But you know what I mean. Today's guest, Michael Sysmore or Sye, is somebody who |
| 1:02.2 | articulates those life changes that take place on a through hike about as well as I've ever heard |
| 1:07.5 | them articulated. And it wasn't a mid-life crisis room. He was a younger guy. |
| 1:12.1 | Mike did the Appalachian Trail back in the very last year of the last century, yet many of the |
| 1:16.5 | ramifications of that hike are only hitting home now. We spoke a few weeks ago and I think |
| 1:21.9 | you're going to enjoy hearing what Mike or Cy has to say. It'll be on the moment. |
| 1:27.4 | Now, I normally wait until just before I speak with |
| 1:30.5 | Katie to do my thank you to our wonderful donors. Yet this past week has been quite the revelation |
| 1:36.2 | for me. If you recall, I was talking about giving value for value that so many of you have |
| 1:42.1 | stepped up with generous donations to help support the shows that we |
| 1:44.9 | do here on the Hiking Radio Network. We got recurring and some new monthly donations from |
| 1:50.6 | Michelle Brown, Hugh Icrest, Melanie Swisher, Anne Hinton and Dobson, and somebody who'd prefer to remain |
| 1:57.3 | anonymous. Of course, I'm going to honour that request, but you know who you are, |
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