Episode #287 - Person Irresponsible (P.I.)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2021
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
For the Mighty Blue show, it's a bit of a first today. Our guest is Person Irresponsible, or PI, and she is as unlikely a hiker as you've ever met. Yet, with grit and determination–and the fact that she had nowhere else to go–PI managed to thru-hike the Pacific Crest Trail in Covid Year.
It was lonely; she was inexperienced, and she shares how she used a program designed for something else to navigate her hike. It's a fascinating story.
If you'd like to follow more of PI's adventure, and if you'd like to read more about her book, you can go to http://www.mlconaquad.com/. You can also find her (still anonymous) on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/person.irresponsible.3
The book is also available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Everything-You-Ever-Taught-Me-ebook/dp/B096FYV6J9/ref=sr_1_1?crid=30ZK3PG7JFE38&dchild=1&keywords=everything+you+ever+taught+me&qid=1631128862&s=digital-text&sprefix=everything+you+ever+taught%2Camazon-devices%2C184&sr=1-1
And don't forget, our sponsor for the month of September is Cedar Trail Gear, with their 3 Point Multi Tool. Make sure you check them out at https://cedartrailgear.com/
Katie and I chatted this week when she was halfway up Mt Avery in Maine on a beautiful Wednesday morning. Sounds idyllic, doesn't it?
And Winton Porter's Passin' Thru gets onto the prickly subject of ultralight gear. He has a warning for the unprepared!
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we taught 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. |
| 0:33.8 | Welcome back to the show and I am so excited to introduce a new sponsor for the month of September. |
| 0:40.3 | This is Mighty Bill on the Appalachian Trail sponsored by Cedar Trail gear. We're going to come back to them in a moment. |
| 0:46.9 | My name is Steve Adams and it's my job to introduce people to you who have some great hiking stories. |
| 0:53.1 | Sometimes they're accomplished 20,000 mile hikers, |
| 0:56.3 | sometimes they're section hikers, |
| 0:58.0 | sometimes they're young and sometimes they're old. |
| 1:00.9 | But this week, our guest, for the first time ever on the show, |
| 1:05.2 | is going to remain anonymous. |
| 1:06.9 | She's referred to as person irresponsible or PI, |
| 1:10.5 | and P.I will share her unique story and why |
| 1:13.3 | she's anonymous in a moment. We've also got a great update from Katie as she's now out of |
| 1:18.6 | 100 mile wilderness and pushing through Maine. Once more we called up when she was part way up |
| 1:23.2 | mountain and I promise you it took me right back there. Finally today we're going to have the next |
| 1:29.0 | chapter of Winton Porter's passing through and his very specific take on ultralight gear. But before all |
| 1:34.7 | that you were probably wondering who Cedar trail gear are. Well listen to this. Now we've all |
| 1:40.4 | heard of leave no trace and I hope that we all apply the principles but, let's face it, it is really difficult to dig a deep enough hole |
| 1:48.9 | with those small plastic and metal trails. |
| 1:51.7 | Well, cedar trail gear are come up with a solution, and like all good gear, |
| 1:57.1 | their three-point moldy tool has several important functions for you and the hiker in your life. |
| 2:02.5 | This ingenious device will not only easily dig your cat hole to the correct depth, |
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