Episode #335 - Ted Lovett (Bulldog)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Just a week before I head out to hike in California, and we have another "vintage" hiker to hear from today. Ted Lovett, or Bulldog, wanted to hike the AT and finish on his birthday. Being a precise, mission-driven military man, that's exactly what Ted did. He shares his story with us.

He met people he wouldn't normally come across when he was out on the trail and delighted learning from all of them. He didn't always enjoy the hike, but he took something positive from it every day.

At Katahdin, Ted was lucky enough to be joined by two of his daughters and achieve that epic summit with them. What a glorious moment that must have been.

Also today, we catch up with Dan Whitesides and Katie Westling, both close to the end of their own epic journeys.

Two things I mention on the show.

1. The Woods Hole Weekend, which is being held on October 6-9 at the iconic Woods Hole Hostel. Details of the weekend can be found on the Woods Hole website, at https://woodsholehostel.com/. I've only just sent the details to Neville and her team, so it should be there sometime today (Thursday).

2. If you'd like to take the last spot on Chris Casado's TSX Challenge, hiking with Chris, me, a couple of our listeners plus a bunch of great companions, email Chris at chris@tsxchallenge.com. I hope to see one of you out there.

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.
0:34.3	Hi everybody and thanks for coming back to the show once more. This is episode 335 of our podcast Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail,
0:41.5	The Ultimate Midlife Crisis.
0:43.4	And today's guest is another of my vintage.
0:46.3	We have on Ted Lovett or Bulldog who recently finished the 80, proving yet again
0:51.1	that you don't need to be a 20-something to hike a couple thousand miles. You just need to have the determination and grip to follow through on what you want to do. Ted is one of those guys. He's lifelong military, so when he takes on a mission, then he'll follow through with it. Ted will be on shortly. And by the way, I just want you to know that I do mean it when I say thanks to going back to the
1:11.5	show once more. You know what? In about, I don't know, it must be about three months time,
1:16.6	maybe less than three months. We're going to pass through two million downloads since we
1:20.3	started. So for those of you who've listened to every episode, you've listened to, well now,
1:26.9	335 of them. Thank you. With more and more
1:31.0	people coming to the end of their hikes for this year, we're also catching up with one of the
1:35.2	Mighty Blue Class of 2022. He's still on the trail. It's not been a good record for us this year.
1:41.3	But Dan Whitesides or Trumpet and his dog Frankie, as usual, are having a
1:45.6	blast. And then with less than a week until she completes her 80 dream over the last 18 months,
1:52.0	Katie Wessling has finished with New Hampshire and is just three or four days from the end.
1:56.7	We catch up with Katie in the rain. Then the vast sixth chapter of Then the Hell came by, George Stephanos.
2:06.0	Another 20 minutes lug today in one of my favourite parts of the AT in the south, the Rhone Highlands.
2:12.4	So let's meet Ted or Bulldog.
2:17.4	Our guest today is another one of our, I don't know, how can I put it, vintage. or Bulldog.
2:22.2	Our guest today is another one of our, I don't know, how can I put it, vintage hikers.
2:24.5	This is Ted Lovett or Bulldog.
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