Episode #380 - Samantha Sharkey (Lemon Drop)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 98 minutes
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Summary
We're back to our usual format this week, with our main guest, three catch up interviews with our Mighty Blue Class of 2023 and the next chapter of George Steffanos's "Then the Hail Came."
I met Samantha Sharkey at Trail Days this year and invited her to come on the show. She shares a deeply personal story and truly had a life-altering hike. That is an often hyperbolic statement, though not in Samantha's case.
You can see more of Samantha's hike on her Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/sa_sharkey/
Joanne Flagg has reached New Hampshire and tells Steve about her first 4000 footer, Moosilauke, while Ron Ward's injury woes have continued. Ron is itching to get back out there, though the current outlook is uncertain at this point.
ON the other hand, Mark Carpenter is heading home for a wedding, happy to be going so well, but with a hilarious encounter with a raccoon under his belt.
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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| 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. |
| 0:33.5 | Hey guys, thanks for coming back to the podcast. This week we're up to episode number 380 of |
| 0:39.4 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. Our guest today is somebody I met at |
| 0:44.3 | trial days in Damascus this year. Her name is Samantha Sharkey or Lemon Drop and I know that when |
| 0:50.1 | people talk about the trail, they refer to it as being life-altering or life-changing, |
| 0:54.8 | and often that can be a touch hyperbolic. Yet in Samantha's case, it was absolutely life-watering, |
| 1:01.3 | in many ways. We'll find out how in just a moment. Our last two weeks have taken a bit of a departure |
| 1:07.4 | from our normal shows, and as an aside, I wanted to thank those of you |
| 1:11.2 | who took the time and effort to write to me about how last week's show touched accord within |
| 1:15.6 | you. It meant a lot to me to know that I'd honoured Gillian's memory appropriately, and I |
| 1:20.5 | know that the family felt that we achieved that. But today, we're back to the class of 2023 catch-ups |
| 1:26.0 | with Joanne Flagg, Ron Ward and Mark |
| 1:28.1 | Carpenter sharing their lady's status on the trail. After Joanne, Ron and Mark will be back |
| 1:33.1 | where George Tophonis and then the Howl came, where George discovers that the hike linking |
| 1:37.2 | the Green Mountains and the White Mountains is an awesome trail in its own right and it reminds |
| 1:41.5 | us of the importance of enjoying all of the trail and not just |
| 1:44.6 | the supposed highlights. I've also got a bit of news to share with you a bit later, so let's get |
| 1:49.3 | going and introduce you all to Samantha Sharkey or Lemon Drop. |
| 1:55.7 | Our guest today is somebody who I met at Trail Days. Her name is Samantha. Hey, Samantha. Thanks for coming on the |
| 2:01.9 | podcast. Hey, Steve. Happy to be here. You've got a big smile on your face. Everybody else talking |
| 2:07.5 | about the trail, don't they really? So it's always good to do it. Now, I think it's pretty fair to say |
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