Episode #351 - Samuel Crisp (Shaker)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2022
⏱️ 69 minutes
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Summary
This week, our guest, Samuel Crisp, is another of the Class of 2022 thru-hikers. His mature approach to the trail, his understanding and treatment of his injuries, and his intentional reflections, make for a fascinating conversation.
Sam was lucky enough to summit Katahdin with his mother; indeed, he summoned up that image to keep him motivated on the trail when the going got tough.
To see more of Sam, you can watch his hike through his vlog at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZuwzNRxP0Q&t=3s
Our latest member of the Mighty Blue Class of 2023 is Mark Carpenter, a retired firefighter, whose real concern is facing the prospect of extended separation from his wife. For many, missing family is a real test, yet it is one of many aspects of a thru-hike that we all have to face out there.
I got a message from one of our guests from the past; Stephanie "Sunshine" Lorenze. She hopes that the Mighty Blue family can help her YouTube channel move up a level by subscribing to it. She did the PCT in 2022, so subscribe if you'd like to watch her stories. https://www.youtube.com/@sunshineshikingandadventur9932/featured
While I can't promise it will be ready when you read these notes, our "merch" store is projected to be open this week. You should be able to find it at https://hrntradingpost.com/. I hope you find something there that you like!
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. |
| 0:33.6 | Hi everybody, it's good to be back with you again. This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail of |
| 0:38.1 | the ultimate midlife crisis and I'm your host, Steve Adams or Mighty Blue, and this is episode |
| 0:43.2 | 351 of the podcast. Our guest today is a very accomplished young man who is another of the |
| 0:50.3 | 2022 completers. His name is Samuel Chris or Shaker and I'm sure you're going to be both |
| 0:56.4 | impressed by him and you'll learn a lot from him in our conversation. He's a physical therapist |
| 1:01.6 | and he offers some really good advice on how to take care of yourself on long-distance hikes. |
| 1:06.4 | And he's quite the philosopher as he shares what he learned out there this year. It really is |
| 1:10.4 | the most simple message, particularly for younger people out on the trail. |
| 1:13.6 | I made more notes from my conversation with Sam than pretty much anybody I've ever interviewed before. |
| 1:19.6 | Sam will be on in the moment. |
| 1:21.6 | After Sam, we got another guy in our mighty blue class of 2023. |
| 1:25.6 | This time it's Mark Carpenter, a retired firefighter. Mark |
| 1:29.3 | and I had quite a laugh in our conversation. Seems like an easy-going bloke and I'm sure he'll get |
| 1:33.7 | on well with everybody out there. Then George Tophanos puts in a big day in the Shenies, |
| 1:38.6 | the day after Independence Day, finding yet another set of Boy Scouts in a shelter. He is not happy about it. |
| 1:45.9 | Now, I know I've been promising to open my Hiking Radio Network store to sell you all sorts |
| 1:50.6 | of t-shirts, mugs and hoodies and so on. As I write this on Wednesday afternoon, |
| 1:55.5 | I'm hoping to be able to have the store open as you listen tomorrow Thursday. If I can't, I |
| 2:00.7 | can't. But I'll't, I can't. |
| 2:01.9 | But I'll be giving it a go. |
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