Episode #330 - Amber and Josh Niven (Dandelion and Still Don't)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 7 July 2022
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Amber and Joshua Niven were next to me in the Author's Tent at Trail Days, and I asked them to come on the show when I heard their great stories of having separately hiked the AT before meeting one another at Trail Days.
They have experienced the trail differently, so their book is a product and amalgamation of those experiences. It is a true coffee-table book that you can pick up and open anywhere; there'll always be something of interest to read, or to see.
If you'd like to learn more about them and their book, you can find them on these sites. http://Www.discoveringtheat.com
http://Www.AmberAdamsNiven.com
Also, if you're in the vicinity of Hot Springs on August 13, why not drop into Big Pillow Brewing to meet them at the official launch of their book?
http://www.thru-at.com/events/launch%20party
One of the members of our Class of 22 still heading north, Sarah "Sunny" Landis, has reached Vermont and continues to have a blast. We caught up with her at Manchester Center on a zero day.
Katie Westling was on MacAfee Knob when I called her. Check out the photo she'll be looking at for the rest of her life. Epic!!
George Steffanos has really been putting himself through it and, just when he was on the verge of quitting, he found the best medicine.
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, |
| 0:23.8 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.4 | Hi guys, it's so good to be back with you again. |
| 0:36.6 | This is the 330th episode of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. I am that midlife crisis, almighty blue. Like last week, today's guests are people I met at Trail Days in the author's tent. Amber and Josh Niven were presenting their brand new book, but it was mainly their diverse story that I wanted to tell today. |
| 0:56.0 | They both did the AT, but separately, and didn't meet one another until after the trail. |
| 1:00.6 | It's such a neat story, but you'll have to wait a few minutes to hear it from them. |
| 1:04.3 | Then Sunshine or Sunny Landis is here as part of the Mighty Blue Class of 2022. |
| 1:09.7 | Sunny has been having a blast so far and as you're here, |
| 1:12.5 | that hasn't stopped. Sunny will be on after Amber and Josh. Then Katie Wessling on the Virginia |
| 1:17.8 | Triple Crown. I actually called her when she was at one of the stops on that Triple Crown. She'll be |
| 1:22.6 | on after Sunny. Finally, in George's to Phanises, then the Hale came. George and his buddy have a shockingly bad day, only to discover what the best medicine for that is. |
| 1:34.2 | So let's meet Amber and Josh Niven, or Dandelion, and still don't. |
| 1:41.5 | So today our guests are a husband and wife hiking team. This is Amber and Josh Niven. Hey, guys. How are you? |
| 1:47.6 | Hey, hey. We're doing good. Hello. Well, good to see your house, actually, because I've been looking at your book and you've got this amazing looking cabin in the woods. We're going to talk about that later, actually. You've got a great story to tell, |
| 2:05.3 | but before we get on to that, and I just realized I didn't know these until I called the other day, your trail names are dandelion and still don't. So tell us about those trial names. |
| 2:10.8 | Yeah. Oh, man. You brought my favorite question first. You know, I actually don't use my trail name that much um |
| 2:19.0 | it was given to me i was out you know hiking for years doing sections during the summer months |
| 2:24.7 | uh with my friends you know anywhere from two to four weeks and uh never gained a trail name doing that |
| 2:30.1 | and got on my um through hike and made it all the way to Damascus, Virginia and was sitting |
| 2:34.5 | in the, what was then the blue blaze. And I think the guy's name was Timber was talking to me, |
| 2:41.9 | and he asked me what my trail name was, and I told him I still didn't have a trail name, |
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