Episode #385 - Adrienne Washney (Mother Hen)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 3 August 2023

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

One of our listeners introduced me to Adrienne Washney, who thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2022. She incorporated her shakedown hikes into the thru-hike, by taking the first few weeks in weekend hikes and gradually adjusting or refining her set up. When she was ready to go it alone, she'd sorted out the kinks.

Adrienne had quite the adventure, even leaving the trail with about 80 miles to go to Katahdin to attend her son's wedding; she even had a momentary pause over that!

Always thoughtful and often reflective in her answers, Adrienne was a joy to talk with. You can follow her adventures on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/adrienne.washney, and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tryingthehardhike_at2022/

We check in with five of our Class of 2023 members today; Joanne Flagg, Mary Marks, Ron Ward, Jessica Lang-Wright, and Bryan Robbins. Joanne got to Katahdin and met a moose one morning. Check it out.

https://www.facebook.com/joanne.flagg.79/videos/298348022714840/

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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, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:33.3	Hey guys, thanks for coming back to our podcast, Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, The Ultimate Midlife Crisis.
0:39.0	This is episode number 385 and I'm Mighty Blue or Steve Adams.
0:43.3	While I remember, we're looking for suggestions for our 400th episode.
0:47.2	I've had several emails with suggestions, so if you've got a good idea, let me know
0:51.0	at Steve at hiking radio network.com.
0:54.3	Today we're going to meet Adrian Washney or Mother Hen.
0:57.1	One of our listeners, Susie Milner, has suggested I reach out to Adrian sometime last year.
1:02.0	I think we had a bit of a communication to glitch, which means it was my fault,
1:06.9	and it all went quiet for about six months when I reached out to her again.
1:10.5	This time I didn't drop the ball, so Adrian will be telling her story shortly.
1:14.9	Today's going to be a bit of a hybrid show as I'm speaking with five of our class of 23 members.
1:20.4	Things are getting critical out there, so I wanted to touch base with many of them this week,
1:24.7	some of whom are going on while some of them are at home and not
1:28.2	like to get back out there. So with five extra interviews, we'll table the next instalment
1:33.3	of then the howl came until next week. I've also got a very spooky moment I caught a microphone
1:41.8	that I'm going to share with you all as well.
1:47.7	So let's get on and hear from Adrian Wojney or Mother Hen.
1:57.2	Our guest today hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2022. This is Adrian Wojney. Hey, Adrian,
2:00.2	thanks for coming on the podcast. Hey, thanks for having me. Well, thanks for doing this now because you're going away for a couple of days, don't you? So, Adrian, thanks for coming on the podcast. Hey, thanks for having me.
2:04.3	Thanks for doing this now because you're going away for a couple of days, don't you?
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