Episode #334 - Kevin Newsome (Reckless Abandon)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2022
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
This week's guest, Kevin Newsome, completed his thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail a year ago. I'd briefly met him at Trail Days while he was on his hike (we had a picture taken together) and I saw him for the second time a few weeks ago, presenting to a local charitable group near my home. I loved his presentation style and got him to come on the show.
He's a professional photographer so, as you'd expect, his Instagram and YouTube channels are worth checking out. You can find them here.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTWPiN81Eb6laUrzIMBoRXA
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/recklessabandon2021/
We're following the two ladies closest to the end of there hikes, with Sarah Landis and Katie Westling checking, with great news from both. Check out Sarah's soaking Katahdin pic.
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, |
| 0:23.9 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.3 | Hey guys, good to be back with you all again this week. |
| 0:36.7 | You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, and I'm Mighty Blue or Steve Adams. Now, this week's guess is a bloke who I met at trial days last year. He came to my author's table and we had a picture taken together. You'd be surprised that often that happened, by the way. It's still surprising me every time if somebody wants a picture with me. Anyway, I didn't see Kevin Newsom again until a few weeks ago. Do you remember that I had a bit of a heart scare? Well, one of my old friends, Ed Cleveland, contacted me to see how I was and invited me to a local Kiwanis lunch. The speaker was going to be talking about the Appalachian Trail, so it thought I'd love it. |
| 1:11.4 | I did. Kevin is a natural storyteller, so I invited him to come on the show, and he has. We'll be |
| 1:16.9 | hearing from Kevin in a moment. The Mighty Blue Class of 2022, certainly taken its lumps this year, |
| 1:23.8 | but today we've got Sarah Landis. It was due to Summit Cotardin this past Monday |
| 1:28.5 | we'll hear how she did |
| 1:30.1 | and from one success to another |
| 1:32.3 | Katie has just passed an important milestone |
| 1:35.2 | so we'll be catching up with both those ladies |
| 1:37.4 | after Kevin |
| 1:38.4 | then a truly marathon |
| 1:41.6 | chapter 6 of Then the Hell Came by George Stephanus. |
| 1:46.1 | My guess is that I'll be breaking it down into at least five parts. |
| 1:51.2 | So let's get on and meet Kevin Newsom or reckless abandon. |
| 1:54.8 | Here's Kevin. |
| 1:58.6 | My guest today is somebody I actually first met at trial days a couple of years ago. |
| 2:04.6 | He sat by to say hi, we took a photo together, while he was on his through hike. |
| 2:09.1 | This is Kevin Newsom or Reckless Abandon. |
| 2:12.2 | Hey, Kevin, how are you? |
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