Episode #359 - Toby Busch (Stovetop)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 2 February 2023
⏱️ 83 minutes
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Summary
Our guest this week is Toby Busch, a young man who lives out of his Ford Connect and records his life adventures on YouTube. Last year, he fulfilled a long-held dream and moved out of his van and onto the Appalachian Trail.
Along the way, he found his mix of solitude and community, and he reached Katahdin as a joyful thru-hiker. He's now back in his Connect and often moving about the country finding "70 degree weather!"
Toby recorded several of these adventures too, so you can follow along with him at his channel, which is at https://www.youtube.com/@tobyintransit2533.
Sonny Blackwell joins the MB Class of 23, with a similar plan to one of our recent team members. He put a few miles in before Christmas.
Doctor Lynne is back with another conversation for hikers about the importance of hydration on the trail. As always, she has notes on this important subject that you can download at 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, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.5 | Hey guys, it's so nice to be back with you all again. This is episode number 359 of Mighty Blue |
| 0:40.3 | and the Applachshund Trail of the ultimate midlife crisis. I want to start off the show by |
| 0:44.3 | thanking all of you, our listeners, for tuning in in your thousands. We've started 2023 really |
| 0:51.4 | well with over 40,000 downloads in our first month. So thanks for |
| 0:56.1 | continuing to listen. And this week we have another 80 through hiker, though he is definitely |
| 1:01.0 | a guy who goes his own way. Toby Bush or Stovetop lives out of his Ford Connect transit band. |
| 1:07.1 | He's been YouTubeing his lifestylers Toby in Transit, but last year he moved out of his van and onto the Appalachian Trail. |
| 1:14.4 | You know, this podcast gives me the opportunity to meet many different people |
| 1:18.7 | who lived such different lives. |
| 1:21.1 | Now, I've been wondering about that. |
| 1:22.6 | I couldn't do what Toby does, yet I'm full of admiration for his pure enjoyment of his life. |
| 1:28.4 | And that's why I love bringing these people into your ears. Toby will be on in the moment. Then we get into the end of |
| 1:33.6 | our Mighty Blue Class of 2023. Yes, I know there are quite a few. But the way the class sinned out |
| 1:39.9 | so early last year, well, I thought I needed a bit more stock this year in reserve, so to speak. |
| 1:45.3 | This week we've got Sonny Blackwell joining the class. Sunny also is his own way of doing things, |
| 1:49.9 | so I think you're going to get a kick out hearing what he's up to after Toby. Then the fabulous |
| 1:55.1 | Dr. Lynn gives us all the lowdown on hydration. As always, Lynn's notes can be picked up through access to our Google |
| 2:02.2 | Drive, the link for which is in the show notes. Many of you have already taken advantage of this, |
| 2:06.9 | so I recommend that you download these short papers to keep yourself safe out on the trial. |
| 2:11.9 | Finally, we'll have the second and concluding part of Chapter 13 of George Tophallus's |
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