Episode #406 - Sarah Beatrice (Too Long)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
Sarah Beatrice, a fellow member of the Appalachian Trail Class of 2014, is my guest today. Sarah started after me and finished before me, so we may well have met as she cruised past me!
We'll talk about her hike then, of course, but it is her after-hike life that especially interested me, with loads more travel and even a trip to Everest Base Camp.
You can follow Sarah on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/sbeatrice13?mibextid=ZbWKwL on Instagram at Instagram (@traveler_sarahb)
and on YouTube at Travel with Sarah B
We saved it until the last show of 2023 to conclude the Mighty Blue Class of 2023, with Jessica Lang-Wright reaching Harpers Ferry, to be greeted by friends and family, as well as one of our listeners who came along to give Jessica a finish she deserved.
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, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.5 | Welcome back to the podcast, our last one of the year, which appropriately brings a few things to a conclusion within the show. |
| 0:40.6 | You're listening to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, and I'm your host, Steve Adams, or the aforementioned Mighty Blue. |
| 0:47.4 | This is episode number 406, and our guest today hiked the Appalachian Trail in my first 80 year in the class of 2014. |
| 0:55.5 | It's hard to believe for me it's going to be 10 years next year. |
| 0:59.5 | Sarah Beatrice, or too long, met one of my hiking buddies that year, |
| 1:02.7 | Stephen Martelli or the Grizzly Bear from Maine. |
| 1:05.5 | It was Gris who reached out to me to suggest that I should chat with Sarah. |
| 1:09.1 | I actually didn't meet her. |
| 1:11.1 | Of course, we'll be talking about that 2014 2014 hike but I'll also be covering Sarah's after |
| 1:15.4 | hike life which was far more exciting than mine. After Sarah on the very last show of the year |
| 1:21.4 | we'll catch up with Jessica Lang Wright as she makes it to Harpers Ferry to complete her own |
| 1:26.0 | flip-flop and become a fully-fledged through hiker. |
| 1:29.2 | I've said before, it hasn't always been pretty, but Jessica has been a wonderful example of sucking it up and getting it done |
| 1:35.2 | by simply putting one foot in front of the other. We'll hear from Jessica, then a short message from one of our listeners, |
| 1:42.4 | Hugh Icrest, who travelled to be there to greet her at the end, along with his own little tribute for her. |
| 1:48.7 | Then in another closure for the show, we'll have the short, very poignant epilogue from George to Phanos, as he concludes the epic telling of his own through hike 40 years ago. You will not want to miss that. |
| 1:59.8 | So with another full show, let's meet an |
| 2:02.0 | adventurous woman. Here's Sarah Beatrice. Today, I've got a fellow member of my 80 class of |
| 2:12.6 | 2014. This is Sarah Beatrice or Too Long. Hey, Sarah, thanks for coming on the podcast. |
| 2:19.5 | Hey, thank you for having me. |
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