Episode #342 - Hunter Rud (Hunter)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2022
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
We have another recent thru-hiker today. He is Hunter Rud and, when you hear his story, the Appalachian Trail wasn't on his radar until very recently. But, like many others before him, he became more absorbed by the prospect of hiking it the more he researched.
It wasn't all sunshine and roses for Hunter when he was out there this year, yet the support and encouragement he received from his entire family–including the latest weather forecasts from his uncle–got him to his Katahdin moment. You'll be impressed by him, as I was.
You can check out a couple of his pictures on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/hunterrud3/
A new mid-section of the show for October will focus on hostels along the trail. This week, my friend, Dianne Seger, or Lady Di, talks to me about her decision to start a hostel in Damascus after her 2019 thru-hike. Her website is at https://www.ladydibnb.com/
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, |
| 0:24.0 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.6 | Hey guys, thanks for coming back to the show. |
| 0:36.1 | You are listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:38.5 | the ultimate midlife crisis. And since we last met, Hurricane Ian has wrought its devastation |
| 0:44.0 | across the state of Florida and plenty of points north of Florida as well. For me, well, I was so |
| 0:50.1 | lucky. I spent Monday putting up shutters on my own home before helping neighbours with their |
| 0:54.8 | shutters. Then on Tuesday, I quickly recorded last week's show before we lost power, the internet |
| 1:00.6 | or both. Well, we lost internet for about two minutes in total and kept power pretty much throughout |
| 1:06.3 | the storm. Thanks to all of you who reached out concern for my welfare. I was very touched by your concern. |
| 1:12.8 | Courtney, who hosts our Hiking Unfiltered podcast, lives in Fort Myers and she has had a terrible |
| 1:19.0 | time, being evacuated, and coming back to no power or internet. Fortunately, a house wasn't flooded, |
| 1:26.0 | but it did suffer some damage. Yet, throughout all |
| 1:28.5 | of this, she still recorded a show, sitting on the steps of her home, talking to her husband, |
| 1:33.6 | Travis, or now hiking, can prepare you for a hurricane. Now that is being dedicated. She still |
| 1:39.9 | hasn't got power, but she's grateful and only thinking about her less fortunate neighbours. |
| 1:45.0 | Way to go, Courtney. |
| 1:51.4 | This week on this show, we are a young guy, Hunter Rood, has been an outdoorsy type all of his life, |
| 1:56.4 | but as you're here, never really considered a long-distance hike till, well, he did. |
| 2:00.4 | I really enjoyed his attitude and I hope you enjoy meeting him. Hunter will be on shortly. |
| 2:02.6 | And a couple weeks ago, I put a notice on Facebook to ask you all what you'd like me to do |
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