Episode #31 - Steve Adams (Mighty Blue)

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis

Steve Adams

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2017

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

As this is my show, I thought I'd get myself interviewed and, in the absence of any questions from my listeners, I went ahead and asked Diane, my lovely wife, to interview me. She asked me a few things I hadn't really thought too much about and, listening back as I edited the show, I realized how much I'd changed in the past few years. The thought say, ten years ago, that somebody would one day interview me about hiking was as likely as somebody asking Kim Kardashian the nuances of nuclear fission. It just wouldn't happen. I was able to reflect further on my own hike, as well as my upcoming trip back onto the AT and my real task for the year of my second (and probably last) attempt at the John Muir Trail. I'll be blogging about that journey and eventually writing a book about it. You should know my email address by now, but you can also find me on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. I love to hear from people and always respond. Atticus (Jessa / Attie) is through the Smokies and continues to have a blast. She seems to be having the best of the weather in this rather unpredictable year. Fear and Loathing this week is a longer than normal interview, with Gabe Burkhardt (Hermes or Sketch). He talks of the importance of finishing his 2016 hike and the internal precipice he found himself on the edge of during that hike. This is a powerful conversation that you may consider unsuitable for children. Read Gabe's excellent blog. He pulls no punches and illustrates his stories with great sketches. Thanks as ever for supporting the show, either on Patreon or buying my books. I'm so grateful to everybody for their support. Remember, you can also get my free e-book, Hiking the Appalachian Trail is Easy: Especially if You've Never Hiked Before, by going to my author's site, steveadams.info and leaving your name and email address.

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0:00.0	Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:26.2	Hi and welcome back. Today marks episode number 31. Not an especially exciting event in itself
0:33.4	other than it marks the end of the first volume of my book.
0:42.2	A few weeks ago I told you that I was going to answer questions from you, the listeners, to mark this show.
0:46.0	I set up a speed pipe account and I put the widget on my website and looked forward to the wealth of interesting questions.
0:49.2	What did I get?
1:00.9	Yeah. Yep, bloody crickets.
1:07.6	So, in my stubborn, pig-headed and particularly British way, I'm going to go ahead with the interview.
1:11.0	My lovely wife, Diane, put together a bunch of questions that she thought listeners might have come up with, as well as some she wants answers to
1:16.5	herself. You'll hear that in a short while. I only got to speak with Atty once this week.
1:23.4	In fact, it was Monday. We missed each other a few times and once when she texted me to tell me that she had a signal,
1:30.2	I was lying like a slob in my beach chair on Venice Beach here in Florida.
1:35.6	Much as I really enjoyed catching up with her, that was one time I had to let her hike on.
1:41.2	When we did catch up the following day, she updated me on her adventure. I can't help it,
1:46.8	but I get an almost paternalistic pride when I speak with her. Jess has struck me as special
1:52.1	when I first reached out to her, and that first impression has only been reinforced by her progress
1:57.0	so far. There's still a really long way to go, but she's kicking ass right now.
2:02.6	Now, a word of warning for those of you who may listen with youngsters. This week's
2:07.6	Fear and Loathing on the Appalachian Trail is an extended interview with Gabe Burkhart,
2:16.2	known to me as Hermes in 2014,
2:19.0	but a sketch to those of you who shared the trail with him in 2016.
2:23.4	Gabe struggles with depression in its many forms, and his interview today is visceral,
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