Episode #407 - Jason Tompkins (Out & About)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 4 January 2024
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Jason Tompkins is a returning guest to the show this week. He was on last year, discussing a new route / trail that he came up with and named "The Carolinian." This week, an AT thru-hike was just part of his 2023 adventure.
He took on the Eastern Continental Trail, stretching from Key West in the south to Newfoundland; an epic, if ever there was one.
Jason didn't share any social links, but check out his YouTube channel at Out & About. It's awesome.
We also caught up once more with Mary Marks, who has had a little time to reflect on what she achieved last year in completing her AT thru-hike as part of the Mighty Blue Class of 2023.
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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, |
| 0:23.8 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.3 | Hey guys, welcome back to the show. |
| 0:35.4 | Our first of the new year, so happy 2020-40 all. |
| 0:38.9 | It's hard to believe for me that it's almost exactly 10 years since I set out on the AT. |
| 0:44.5 | I'm still talking about it. This is Mighty Blue on the Applacian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:50.0 | And I'm Steve Adams Almighty Blue, who had that midlife crisis 10 years ago and is still having it, |
| 0:55.3 | even though it should probably be called an old life crisis by now. |
| 0:59.7 | As I explained to you last week, from now until I returned from the UK sometime in June this year, |
| 1:05.7 | I'm putting off reading my next book on the show. |
| 1:08.4 | That's going to be Emily Leonard's book, Happy Hiking, but as I wouldn't |
| 1:11.8 | have been able to read it in full prior to setting off, I've decided to drop that part of the show for now. |
| 1:17.8 | The other big change is that we won't be having a Mighty Blue class of 2024. I absolutely love |
| 1:23.0 | that part of the show, but it just isn't going to work with me hiking for a couple of months |
| 1:26.6 | and podcasting from the British Trail. On the other hand, I still want the show to be part of the show, but it just isn't going to work with me hiking for a couple of months and podcasting from the British Trail. On the other hand, I still want the show to be part of the 2024-80 hiking season, so I'm going to be catching up with a bunch of hikers who are still out there when I return. If you want to be one of those, just reach out to me at steve athikingradionetwork.com and we'll stay in touch and I'll contact you on my return |
| 1:45.8 | so we can start recording. So the show will continue to have a main interview, then another |
| 1:51.5 | section that will vary over the coming months. For the next few weeks I'm going to be reflecting |
| 1:55.8 | on the hikes of the Mighty Blue Class of 2023 when we had four successful through hikes and I'd be catching up with |
| 2:01.6 | their reflections. After that, it's pretty much a see how it goes period. I want to introduce |
| 2:07.7 | short hikes to you all. I already have a few of those recorded but I'd like to hear from you |
| 2:12.1 | if you've got a particular favourite that you'd like to share with us. That email is still, Steve, |
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