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

Episode #325 - Dennis Pack (Bookworm)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8599 Ratings

🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Dennis Pack is nearer my generation of hikers, and this week he shares the story of his 2021 flip flop. He's a great believer in serendipity and enjoyed the way in which things just "happen" out there on the trail.

He has a well-grounded, gentle wisdom, some of which he learned on the trail, though much of it he clearly accumulated over his 60 years. His cousin had been diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia and, not knowing much about this, he learned what he could and shared it on the trail. If you'd like to read Dennis's journal, you can find it at https://www.trailjournals.com/journal/24090

You can also follow him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Hikingforlewy

If you'd like to learn more about Lewy Body Dementia, check out these two links: https://www.lbda.org/ and https://dementiaspotlightfoundation.org

Our Mighty Blue Class of 2022 is thinning out fairly rapidly, and this week, we hear the diverging fortunes of Sarah Landis and Brittaney Allvord.

If you'd like to find out more about "Then The Hail Came," check out George's website at https://georgesteffanos.webador.com/. You can also find George's book on Amazon at this link. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QFG4ZR6

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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.

0:07.9

Just before the music this week, I wanted to recognise a tragedy that took place on the

0:12.7

trail a few days ago. God knows, we have enough to be upset about in this world, but the

0:17.9

Appalachian Trail community was hit by a disaster of its own this

0:21.0

week. A young man, trail named Grandmaster, was sitting at the edge of the cliffs at McAfee Nob this

0:27.2

past weekend. It wasn't right on the edge, he wasn't fooling about, wasn't drunk or stoned,

0:32.7

as some people have cruelly suggested. It was just chilling, having his breakfast, living the dream.

0:39.2

Apparently, he simply passed out and fell over the age about a hundred feet below.

0:44.6

Emergency services got to him, but he soon passed away. This just shouldn't happen, but it did.

0:52.0

I don't know the young man. I'd never heard of him,

0:56.2

but I feel the loss of him as a brother.

0:58.0

It was following his dream and if we can take some comfort

0:59.5

he was doing what he wanted when he died.

1:02.3

This reaches all of us

1:03.4

and I didn't want to get on with the show

1:05.0

without mentioning Grandmaster.

1:07.5

Rest in peace, brother.

1:20.9

Music Rest in peace, brother. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail,

1:23.8

the ultimate midlife crisis

1:25.8

joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.

1:35.7

Welcome back to the podcast. This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, and I'm your host Steve Adams, or Mighty Blue.

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