Episode #384 - Kristy Burns and Annette Dumbell (The Wander Women)

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2023

⏱️ 92 minutes

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Summary

Some of the most recognizable hikers from the Class of 2019, The Wander Women, join us today. At least, two of them do. Kristy Burns and Annette Dumbell are two women in search of adventure, using their retirement time to travel, hike, bike, and canoe.

They share their stories with Steve as they reminisce their adventurous life. These are two women who are clear-eyed and intentional about choosing how to spend their time.

You can join in their adventures by following them on social media. On Facebook, they're at https://www.facebook.com/RVsters. They can be found on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/wanderwomen_kristy_annette/, while their YouTube channel is at https://www.youtube.com/@wanderwomenkristyannette5021. I highly recommend you check out their Katahdin Day video.

Our Class of 2023 tell us about their varying fortunes, with Steve Nota having his Katahdin moment, as well as the accompanying emotions. Check it out.

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,
0:23.9	joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:33.1	Hey guys, it's good to be back with you again.
0:35.9	You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian
0:37.8	Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, and I'm Steve Adams on Mighty Blue. This is episode number
0:43.0	384 of the podcast, and while I mentioned the number of episodes, we're closing in on number 400,
0:48.9	sometime in November. I'd like to do something special for number 400, but I'm not sure exactly
0:53.2	what to do. Let me know if you have any idea. It'll be released just before Thanksgiving, so maybe a Thanksgiving theme. Anyway, you know the drill. You can email me at steve athikingradionnetwork.com, or if you check out our website, there's a microphone button that lets you record a message of, I think, up to about two minutes. Not many people
1:11.7	seem to notice that, but I'd truly love to hear from some of you. Today, we meet two lovely
1:16.7	ladies who were members of the class of 2019, as I was. In fact, I interviewed them briefly at
1:21.9	Glencliffe just before climbing Mount Moose Luck. There are Christy Burns and Annette Dumbbell,
1:26.8	collectively known as two parts of
1:28.8	the Wonder Women. When I met them, there was a third Wonder Woman, Lynn, but today we've got the two of them. I should warn you now, we had to record over the phone, and the sound quality isn't as good as I'd like, but I didn't want to miss the opportunity to speak with the Christy and Annette, so we may do. The Wonder Women will be on shortly.
1:45.4	We visit again with three of our surviving, for now, to speak with the Christie and Annette, so we may do. The Wonder Women will be on shortly.
1:45.4	We visit again with three of our surviving, for now, Mighty Blue Class of 23. Sadly, we lost
1:51.3	another one this week. Our class will be on after Christy and Annette. Finally, George
1:56.5	Staphanas has reached one of my favourite spots, certainly one of the most memorable on the
2:00.6	entire Appalachian Trail,
2:02.0	Franconia Ridge.
2:03.1	What a place!
2:05.2	Somewhere between all these goodies,
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