Episode #405 - Clark L Ward (Wild Coyote)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2023
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Clark L Ward is our guest this week. Clark is a Native American and, while his hike was important to him, it was the story he was sharing with hikers along the way that made his hike so meaningful for him.
Clark carried an orange flag that he got people to pose with at every opportunity along the way. Naturally, it accompanied him to Katahdin. His cause was Every Child Matters and all parents will feel empathy for the children involved. Clark sent me several links–below–that will amplify the message.
Orange Shirt Day link Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad answers kids' questions | CBC Kids News
You can also find Clark on Facebook at Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Coyote2010
Jessica's hike is getting to the end (as she heaves a sigh of relief). This week, we talk just 40 miles north of her ultimate destination–her Katahdin–at Harpers Ferry. She's ready to be done and get her reward for the grit and determination she's showed. Can't wait to hear from her at the end.
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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. |
| 0:34.0 | Hi everybody, thanks for coming along to listen to our last episode before Christmas. |
| 0:38.7 | This is episode number 405 of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:44.0 | And today, well, I've got a kind of unusual story to share with you. |
| 0:48.6 | Clark L. Ward hiked the trail this year. He finished, but it was the story that he was trying to share with his fellow |
| 0:54.7 | hikers, that is what today's show is about. Clark is a Native American, and to be honest, he told me a |
| 1:00.7 | few things that I simply never heard of, and as you'll hear, his story, while about hiking, |
| 1:05.8 | is about so much more as well. We'll hear from Clark in a moment. After Clark, we'll catch up with Jessica, with what |
| 1:12.6 | looks like being her second to last catch up on the show, as she and I and Mike are now just 40 miles |
| 1:17.7 | from their own Catardin, just south of the bridge into Harpers Ferry, where they plan to finish |
| 1:22.1 | this coming Saturday. Some of this hike hasn't been pretty, but it's always been gripping and she's at last |
| 1:28.5 | starting to believe it'll almost be over and she'll be the fourth of our Mighty Blue Class of |
| 1:32.6 | 2023 to complete a calendar year through hike, or maybe the fifth if we consider that |
| 1:37.3 | Steve Noda finished his hike after it had been interrupted last year. In next week's show, |
| 1:42.7 | I shall have a recording of Jessica from |
| 1:44.3 | Harpers Ferry at the end of her more than nine-month hike. And talking about getting to the end, |
| 1:49.7 | George Tophanas today relates his climb up Katarden almost 40 years ago. One last thing before we |
| 1:56.3 | start. I'll also be announcing a bit of a change of plan for this podcast, so hang about and listen to that after our main guest. |
| 2:03.3 | Now, this recording had to be edited so much this week. |
| 2:08.1 | Clark had a bad hum in the background, and I removed a lot of it, so it isn't too bad at all. |
| 2:13.0 | Worst of all, though, was the fact that the connection kept dropping out. I had to remember what we'd |
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