Episode #401 - Emily Johnson (Cobweb Rose)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 23 November 2023
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
Another newly minted thru-hiker from the Class of 23 joins us this week. Emily Johnson turned to backpacking when she met a guy who would become her hiking mentor. She found escape in the woods from her stressful job as a young nurse during Covid.
Emily pushed through the horrendous variety of weather that thru-hikers encountered this year, making it to Katahdin in exactly six months.
You can follow Emily at her various social media channels. On Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/6821010384580558/?hoisted_section_header_type=recently_seen&multi_permalinks=7430986266916297 , on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/cobwebrose_on_the_trail/ and on her YouTube channel at https://youtube.com/@cobwebroseonthetrail2447?si=jtwfLSVFnFaFxB-4
We catch up with Jessica as she is trying to race winter and get her own thru-hike wrapped by Christmas. Unfortunately, her partner was at Urgent Care as we spoke.
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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. |
| 0:34.1 | Hey guys, thanks for coming back and joining me on the podcast with episode 400 in the rearview mirror and heading towards number 500. |
| 0:42.8 | You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:46.2 | I'm Mighty Blue or Steve Adams. |
| 0:48.6 | Today on the show, we have another of those wondrous young women who never ceased to amaze me. Emily Johnson, |
| 0:56.1 | with the enchanting name of Cobbore Rose, completed her through hype this year and she |
| 1:00.8 | shares her rather intimate story of why she was out there. In part it was to do with her experiences |
| 1:06.6 | during COVID as a nurse, though it had been a dream for quite some time. She also plays a very |
| 1:12.2 | warm tribute to a guy who she refers to as her hiking mentor, and he clearly helped to get ready |
| 1:17.7 | for the trail. Emily will be on shortly. With the rest of our Marty Blue Class of 23, |
| 1:23.1 | back at home, having either curtailed or completed their hike for this year, we catch up with |
| 1:28.1 | Jessica Lang Wright as she's hit her home state, heading for Harpersbury. |
| 1:32.7 | Then we're in the final chapters of Then the Halcane, with George Stephanos experiencing kindness |
| 1:37.0 | and a lot of class at Shaw's hostel in Monsoon before entering the 100-mile wilderness. |
| 1:43.0 | I've also got a bit of Black Friday news, so stay tuned for that. |
| 1:46.9 | I think you're going to want to hear it. |
| 1:48.9 | So let's meet Emily Johnson or Cobb-Rose. |
| 1:54.4 | Our guest today is Emily Johnson with the awesome trial name of Cobb-Rose. |
| 2:00.6 | Hey, Emily, thanks for coming on the podcast. |
| 2:02.5 | Hi, Steve. Thanks for having me. Well, of course, we'll have to start with that. How on earth did you get |
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