Episode #375 - Al Marriott (Lookout)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
We have a shorter show than usual today, as I'm away hiking. There is still a great interview and the next segment of the book "Then the Hail Came."
Al Marriott is an adventurous guy, traveling worldwide to satisfy an urge to wander, recording his journeys via his YouTube account. His mind fell to the Appalachian Trail, and he set out to do it last year.
Al is a natural storyteller and shares some poignant moments out there, particularly with his tramily, though an unpleasant encounter with a tree branch was also something of a high(low)light.
You can follow Al on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/AdventureTogetherOfficial , on Instagram at both https://www.instagram.com/adventuretogether.ig/ and https://www.instagram.com/Afrocrow/, while his YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/adventuretogether1
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, it's me again, and thanks for coming back to the show. |
| 0:37.1 | You are listening to episode number 375 of the podcast, Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. I'm your host, Steve Adams, and as you doubt us know by now, I'm currently out of hiking on the Appalachian Trail for five days. So this week, our show is missing catch-ups with our class of 2020 2023. That being said, we've got a terrific |
| 0:54.6 | guest today. Our Marriott, otherwise known as Lookout, is a fellow Brit who's a real adventurer |
| 1:00.0 | and traveller. He set his sights on the AT last year and headed over to get it done. His approach |
| 1:05.5 | is very understated and he shares some great stories with us, including an extremely nasty |
| 1:10.6 | one about a particularly windy night. |
| 1:13.6 | After Al, we'll be going straight to the rest of the chapter I was reading last week from Then the Halcame. |
| 1:18.8 | Next week, I'll be back again, and normal service will be resumed. |
| 1:22.3 | So let's get to it and meet Al Marriott or Lookout. |
| 1:28.0 | So today we've got another listener recommendation. This is Al Marriott or Lookout. So today we've got another listener recommendation. |
| 1:30.7 | This is Al Marriott or Lookout. |
| 1:32.7 | Hey Al, thanks for coming on the show. |
| 1:35.0 | Hey, good to be here. |
| 1:36.3 | And like many Brits, and I'm not sure people could tell you're British yet, but they soon will |
| 1:41.0 | when you start speaking more, you're a bit of an adventure, aren't you? |
| 1:44.1 | Where did the inspiration to travel come from in your earlier life that made you want to do this |
| 1:50.1 | travelling thing that you do now? My father travelled a lot and so he was going all around the world |
| 1:57.6 | and he didn't let the fact that he had a young family holding back. |
| 2:02.1 | He still went away for work for long periods and he would come back with the most |
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