Episode #402 - Dan Klaiber (Rockhopper)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 30 November 2023

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Dan Klaiber is our guest this week and, while he had been planning a PCT thru-hike, Covid threw a wrench in the works and he had to look elsewhere. What he came up with was an epic journey through Britain, linking many established, and several not-so-well established trails to produce his very own long-distance trail.

He's a great planner, so the logistic geeks among you will enjoy reading the document he sent me, as well as his LighterPack link at https://lighterpack.com/r/lel2lg You can check out the full detail of his hike at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1PJlXtUQxh54HgubLSA31FK0F4vYKT807?usp=drive_link You can also see more pictures on his Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/danklaiber/

When Dan reached the end of his hike, his now-fiancee had commissioned a beautiful memento that will serve as a wonderful reminder of his hike and the start of his new life with Claire.

Jessica has been getting help from our listeners along the way and is now about to enter PA. Just two states to go.

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.

And don't forget. Our entire series of videos from our Woods Hole Weekend in 2022 is now FREE and available at my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8ImK4qpNc&list=PLu8u88nsJtgWZxT8DLwEW2yXcz4gT6HXs There, you'll find all sorts of tips and tricks that our guests took away from the weekend that helped them with their own hikes this year. Check it out.

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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,
0:24.1	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.
0:36.0	This is episode 402 of the show. And in case you don't know, you're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. I'm Steve Adams on Mighty Blue, and this week we're going to be heading across the pond to my old home, the UK. Now, many of you know that I hiked the West Highland Way in Scotland last year and I planned to hike the
0:54.6	630 mile south-west coast path next year. Well, Dan Claver, whose original interest was in a
1:01.3	PCT through hike, well, Dan just up the game for all Brits wanting to see their most beautiful
1:06.5	trails. I'm not going to steal Dan's thunder, but let's just say that he's making me think long and hard
1:11.7	about what he's just done. We're going to hear from Dan in a moment. Then with Jessica coming up
1:17.8	on nine months on the 80 this year, we catch up with her again as she approaches Pennsylvania.
1:23.6	And as several of our Mighty Blue class of 2023 have experienced,
1:31.5	our listeners have been reaching out to help her achieve her dream of a through hike.
1:36.4	Jessica will be along after Dan, followed by Then the Hell Came by George Tophanas.
1:39.5	This week, George gets his first sighting of Catardin.
1:43.5	For those of us have experienced that moment, we know exactly how he felt.
1:48.4	So let's get on and meet Dan Claver or Rockhopper.
1:56.5	Our guest today is a fellow Brit, and unfortunately we haven't got subtitles for you.
2:01.6	He's Dan Claver, and I promise you, he's got quite a story that proves the serendipity of through hiking that all of us feel when we're out there. Hey Dan, thanks for coming on the podcast.
2:07.2	Hi, it's absolutely welcome. And yours is a, I think, and more I looked at it, it's a multi-layered
2:13.2	story that's going to unfold as we move through it. But first, let's hear a little bit about you.
2:18.1	What was the long-distance trail that first attracted you to the idea of long-distance hiking?
2:23.6	I think for me, I grew up very much involved in competitive cross-country athletics.
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