Episode #281 - Richie Holbrook (Walks With Donor)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
About ten years ago, you would never have guessed that Richie Holbrook would be taking on the Appalachian Trail. He was in a wheelchair, on oxygen, and with a hopeless pair of lungs. A transplant turned out to be his life-saver. This year, he was able to get on the trail and begin his journey to Katahdin.
His remarkable story is a testimony to not only grit and determination, but also the unwitting gesture of an anonymous person who chose to be an organ donor. Richie's journey is a legacy for that person and he is trying to spread awareness of the need to opt in to organ donation, rather than the more obvious solution of requiring people to opt out. That one change would make a huge difference in the pool of potential organ donors. If you've never thought of this issue before, Richie will open your eyes today.
You can find out more about organ donation at http://organdonor.gov/, while Richie can be found on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/richard.holbrook.1656 and on YouTube at https://youtube.com/channel/UCv8U1Iuo33Vue69NoQc_saA
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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, |
| 0:24.0 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:34.6 | Hi guys, thanks for coming back to join me on the show. |
| 0:37.3 | Though, as you probably know by now, I should be out on the John Muir Trail. |
| 0:42.5 | In fact, if you're listening to this show on the Thursday of its release, |
| 0:45.9 | I will be on my second day of the trial |
| 0:47.5 | and hoping that my preparations for this hike are more successful |
| 0:50.9 | than my previous JMT hike attempts. |
| 0:53.4 | You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian trial, |
| 0:55.6 | the ultimate midlife crisis, and I am Mighty Blue. |
| 0:59.1 | As I mentioned last week, these episodes were on my way. |
| 1:01.5 | Are going to be shorter yet, |
| 1:02.5 | I think I found some great people to talk with, |
| 1:04.7 | and I hope that you get something out of them all. |
| 1:07.3 | Today's show is, I promise you, nothing short of miraculous. |
| 1:12.7 | Our guest is a guy called Ritchie Holbrook. |
| 1:15.3 | Ritchie was introduced to me by one of this year's more interesting hikers. |
| 1:19.0 | Her name is Shannon Finn or Joy. |
| 1:21.9 | Richie had shared his story with Joy and she reached out to tell me about him. |
| 1:26.2 | What he told me was literally amazing. |
| 1:30.0 | And hang about Renostrum near the end, because I've got a funny outtake for you. |
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