Episode #312 - Shepard Smith (Soundscape)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Shep Smith, or Soundscape, had a particular mission when he was on the Appalachian Trail. As a former oceanographer, Shep chose to map the sounds of the trail. He shares a few insights today, along with stories from his hike.

If this fascinating subject gets you as much as it did me, you can check out the interactive map that Shep refers to in our conversation. It is at https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/8839ac254aa2473a9f2d2947d48ce799

Also today, I caught up with Chuck Hays, now in the Smokies.

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0:00.0	You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers about hikers for everybody.
0:18.2	Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests
0:27.2	every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:35.7	Hi guys, thanks for coming back to the show. And for reasons I think you're aware of, this is the start of a series of Mighty Blue podcasts that are going to be pared down a bit over the next six weeks.
0:46.8	Dana and I are off to the UK for three weeks. Then I'm going to be hiking the West Highland Way and Hadrian's Wall Path in Scotland.
0:54.0	So we'll be having our regular
0:55.5	main guest, then one of the class, maybe two of the class of 2022, all of whom I'm recording
1:01.8	prior to leaving on the 10th. That way you're going to be able to hear from those already on
1:06.5	the trail and the last minute preparations of those about to go out. When I get back from Scotland,
1:11.6	I running them all on to see the progress they've made. Show notes and my commentary will be shorter
1:17.1	because I've got a lot of hiking radio network episodes to front load before my departure.
1:21.9	I think I'm going to get everything ready, but this shorter format will help me make sure that I do.
1:27.0	So, no book reading reading no thanks to all
1:29.7	our donors though you know I love you all and no me rambling on about nothing to get in the
1:35.0	way of your enjoyment today we have a really interesting bloke on the show his name is
1:40.4	Shep Smith or Soundscape and as you're here it's quite a secret he kept from most of his fellow hikers He was also on a bit of an interesting mission And I think you'll get a kick from his science experiment on the trail Also today, after Shep, we catch up with Chuck Hayes again He's still heading north And with about three weeks under his legs Since he rejoined the trail He's in the middle of the smokies. So let's get on and hear from Shep Smith or Soundscape.
2:09.0	I think this one's going to be fascinating. It certainly opens up an aspect of the trail that
2:14.2	I have never heard anybody talk about in any detail at all.
2:18.9	And our guest today is Shep Smith or Soundscape.
2:22.5	Hey, Shep, thanks for coming on the podcast.
2:24.3	All right.
2:24.4	Thanks, Steve.
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