Episode #357 - John Jordan (Morning Glory)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 19 January 2023
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
Today, we hear from one of the unsung heroes of our hiking world. He's not a thru-hiker–though his son did one–but he's a member of the Board of ALDHA, the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association. Where the ATC concerns itself with the well-being of the trail itself, ALDHA focuses on hikers.
John joined the board quite recently and is coordinating the ALDHA Care project, bringing a new enthusiasm to the role as he works out the best way to assist hiker hostels and, by association, hikers.
You can find out more about both the work of ALDHA and ALDHA Care at the links below. Check them out.
https://aldha.org/volunteer/aldhacare
Our latest member of the Mighty Blue Class of 23 is Dale Shotkoski. Dale looks to me as if his trail name is a bit of a shoe-in!! You can follow Dale on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/daleshotkoski/
Doctor Lynne is back again. This week,she brings us up to date with the latest information regarding hypothermia. I've created a Google Drive Doctor Lynne file. You can gain access to it and the growing information that we'll be adding in the coming weeks by clicking the link below.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1CJ5llgK7FUnbKnbtbWlsP6v_4dNentVa?usp=sharing
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. |
| 0:33.4 | Hey guys, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:35.8 | You're listening to episode number 357 of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, |
| 0:40.2 | the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:42.6 | We've got another very full show today and a bit of a departure. |
| 0:46.6 | Today, our main guest is a member of the board of the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association, |
| 0:51.8 | Older. |
| 0:52.7 | We've had Appalachian Trial Conservancy people on a few times before, |
| 0:55.9 | but never anybody from older, as far as I know. |
| 0:59.1 | John Jordan reached out to me several weeks ago, |
| 1:01.4 | and we arranged a talk. |
| 1:02.8 | He's got a specific interest, which he's going to be sharing, |
| 1:05.5 | but really he's one of these good people, |
| 1:07.6 | doing good things for hikers that often go unrecognise. |
| 1:10.4 | So I wanted to bring |
| 1:11.1 | him into the light, and little. John will be on shortly. Then Dale Schockoski joins the |
| 1:16.8 | Mighty Blue Class of 23, and you will instantly understand why I suggested that he should consider |
| 1:22.2 | the trial name of Santa when you see his picture in the show notes. As you may recall, Lynne Savino finished the show last week with a run-through of her |
| 1:31.2 | first-aid list for hikers. |
| 1:33.1 | This week, Lynn turns her attention to hypothermia, a very frightening condition as |
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