Episode #291 - Shannon Shaver (Feather Blue)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2021
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
I recently saw a bunch of hikers finish under a banner headline of "Warrior Expeditions," and I was drawn to a black and white summit picture of today's guest, Shannon Shaver.
Shannon's hiking really started after she saw Martin Sheen in The Way, that terrific little movie that tells about a pilgrimage on the Camino De Santiago, in Spain. That lead to her own pilgrimage and an early attempt on the Appalachian Trail that was ended by Covid in 2020. But Shannon is nothing if not tenacious, starting all over again in 2021 back at Amicolola Falls, in Georgia.
Her shakedown hike for the AT was the Superior Hiking Trail in Minnesota that prepared her well for the AT. But it was the support that she recieved from the Warrior Expeditions that really struck a chord with me. You can find out about them at https://warriorexpeditions.org/ while you can learn more about Shannon at her blog, https://shannonhikestheappalachiantrail2020.art.blog/ or her Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/shavannin_blue/
Katie is in Vermont, having made a tough decision about New Hampshire. As you'll hear, it was probably the right decision at the right time.
Finally today, it's Snow Day at Mountain Crossings, though the work continues through the fun.
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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. |
| 0:34.3 | Hi guys and thanks for coming back to the show. This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the |
| 0:38.9 | ultimate midlife crisis. And every week we chat with somebody or bodies who have been impacted by |
| 0:45.0 | hiking. Often this is hiking on the Appalachian Trail, but sometimes our guests introduce other |
| 0:49.8 | trails to you. My job as the host is to try and tell our guest stories as best I can. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm always prepared for the show by having an initial conversation with each guest, |
| 0:58.9 | but sometimes they'll say things that lead me down an entirely different path, much like |
| 1:03.2 | hiking in fact. Today we have a recent AT completer. Shannon and Shaver was part of a group of |
| 1:08.9 | hikers who set out with a group Warrior Expeditions |
| 1:11.6 | and she tells us about that |
| 1:13.4 | and her own hike. |
| 1:14.9 | She also had a great summit picture |
| 1:16.6 | so I think we talk about in her conversation |
| 1:18.4 | Shannon will be on shortly. |
| 1:20.7 | Also today Katie Westling |
| 1:22.2 | has had to make a difficult decision though |
| 1:24.0 | as you'll hear it is for the very best of reasons. |
| 1:28.9 | We'll hear from Katie after Shannon shannon then winter porter's book passing through will tell you about a snow day at mountain |
| 1:34.1 | crossings which is interrupted by a very worried wife and i've something else to tell you about |
| 1:39.6 | just before i read winters book so hang around for that. So let's get on. Here's Shannon Shaver, |
| 1:45.5 | or Feather Blue. So this week, we've got somebody who recently published an epic |
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