Episode #348 - Stuart Phelps (Puppy Love)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2022
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
Stuart Phelps, or Puppy Love, is our guest this week. Stuart had set himself a goal to thru-hike the trail when he turned 50, yet, as often happens, the window opened a little earlier and he set out in 2021, turning 48 on the trail.
His story is a mixture of fun, mutual respect, love, and illness, and makes for a fascinating conversation. Wait until you hear how his first date with his girlfriend went!!
You can follow Stuart's blog at https://stuhikes.com/blog/, and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/stuphelps/.
This week's member of the Mighty Blue Class of 2023 features Betty McEnaney. Betty was a trail angel for our own Katie Westling last year and they took this selfie together.
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. |
| 0:33.3 | Hey guys, and welcome back to the show. |
| 0:35.8 | You're listening to episode number 348 of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:42.0 | I'm your host Steve Adams or Mighty Blue and our main guest today is actually someone to whom the expression of midlife may well apply. |
| 0:49.7 | Stuart Phelps was in his late 40s when he threw hiked in 2021 and it is another of that increasing |
| 0:54.6 | demographic on the trail that provides some balance between the oldies like me and some of the |
| 0:59.6 | younger hikers out there. Stuart turned 48 on the trail and as you're here we had a bunch of laughs |
| 1:04.9 | talking about his decision to go, not least when he told his brand new girlfriend on their very |
| 1:10.6 | first date before heading out there. |
| 1:13.1 | I would love to have been a fly on that wall. |
| 1:16.0 | Stuart will be along shortly. |
| 1:18.1 | A second guest today is another member of our Mighty Blue Class of 2023. |
| 1:22.3 | Her name is Betty McEnany and while you haven't heard her before, you've certainly heard of her on this show. |
| 1:28.7 | Betty will be here after Stuart to explain. |
| 1:31.6 | Finally, George Tophonus pushes on, having almost quit last week. |
| 1:36.4 | He has more moments of doubt, yet he's starting to work his way through those moments, |
| 1:40.0 | as most of us learn how to do some days out there. |
| 1:43.2 | Now, I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was starting to have dynamic ads inserted into |
| 1:47.8 | my shows to earn a little bit more revenue. I'm not too sure if that's happened yet, |
| 1:52.1 | but I'm setting this show to receive them in between our three distinct sections. |
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