Episode #329 - Emily Leonard (Black Bear)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2022

⏱️ 82 minutes

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Summary

I met Emily Leonard and her husband Bruce at the Author's Tent at Trail Days in Damascus early this year. Not only does Emily write about her AT hikes, but she also has terrific stories to share about them. Like me, she has completed two Appalachian Trail thru-hikes and has now written about the first one. She also produced a children's book that will introduce a whole new generation to the trail.

Additionally, Emily was featured quite prominently in the AT documentary, Walking Home. You can check that out here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4TWPbBlf70

If you'd like to learn more about Emily and her adventures, or buy her books, visit her website at https://www.emilysescapades.com/. You can also see all her books on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Emily-M-Leonard/e/B08JMCXGL3?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1656540614&sr=8-1

Follow Emily on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/emilysescapades/

and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Emily-M-Leonard-109205634573859

Also this week, we caught up with Dom Tammaro from the Mighty Blue Class of 2022. He has just finished the Virginia Triple Crown and sent me his pic at the iconic MacAfee Knob (below).

And Katie Westling is approaching that Triple Crown. We heard from her as she was on her way to Pearisburg. Perhaps next week we'll have her MacAfee Knob pic.

I also heard from George Steffanos this week, with the exciting news that he has documented his own 1983 AT thru-hike in pictures. I'll continue to share his website below but, in case you missed it, check out his awesome scanned slides from 40 years ago. You WON'T be disappointed. https://georgesteffanos.webador.com/places-i-ve-been

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 talk 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.
0:33.4	Hi everybody, good to have you back at the podcast. You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, and I am Mighty Blue on Steve Adams.
0:43.0	A few weeks ago, I was at Trail Days in Damascus, hanging out of the author's tent, setting a few of my books, meeting a bunch of friends and podcast listeners.
0:52.5	One of my fellow authors, Emily Leonard, was there with her husband Bruce, selling her books, and we had a bit of a chat. She has such a terrific story that I invited her to come on the show and share it with you all. Emily will be on in the moment. Then we hear from one of our surviving Mighty Blue Class of 2022, Dum Tomorrow, who is pushing on and is just past the Virginia Triple
1:12.4	Crown of Dragon's Tooth, McAvee, Knob and Tinker Cliffs. Don will share his stories about that
1:17.5	truly awesome stretch. And with Katie Wesley back on the trail and filling in some of the
1:22.5	miles she missed out on last year, we'll catch up with her again. She's actually just about
1:26.9	to hit the same Triple Crown that Dom has just finished and she updates us on a couple of hostels she's
1:31.3	visited since she came back. Finally, we finish up chapter three of George's to Phyllis
1:36.5	then the Hal came, with George getting to the end of the smokers with a very empty pack.
1:41.8	By the way, I heard from George this week and I'm going to share some of what he said to me.
1:46.2	But let's hear first from Emily Leonard or Black Bear.
1:52.3	I met today's guest at Trail Days this year with her husband Bruce.
1:56.6	This is Emily Leonard or Black Bear.
1:59.1	Hey, Emily, how are you?
2:01.2	Hi, Steve. I'm fine. Thank you. Do you Hey, Emily, how are you? Hi, Steve.
2:02.0	I'm fine.
2:02.6	Thank you.
2:03.6	Do you enjoy trail days, by the way?
2:05.5	I absolutely loved it.
2:07.5	It wasn't what I expected.
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