Episode #425 - South West Coast Path (Days 11-14)

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

I'm using my hike in the UK on the South West Coast Path to help raise money for my absolute favorite charity, Parenting Matters, on whose board I've been privileged to serve for over a decade. You can learn more about the hike and the organization–and donate–by visiting https://parentingmattersfl.org/eventer/hike-with-steve-empowering-parents-one-step-at-a-time/edate/2024-04-15/. And, maybe, you'll get a personal picture of me thanking you with your name etched in the sand during my hike. I hope you want to support this critical mission.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	You are listening to the ultimate midlife crisis,
0:24.9	joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:35.7	Let's come back to the show.
0:38.0	We're following me on my Southwest Coast Path hike for a couple of months.
0:42.3	And so far, amazingly, I am exactly on the itineries that I set before I left the UK.
0:50.3	I was supposed to be in Tintagel in Cornwall.
0:53.6	I am.
0:54.9	Actually, I'm Richard Wendez right now, but I'm recording this as I'm about to go back to Tintagel for day number 15.
1:03.2	I'm using the suggested 52-day itinerary that the SWCP Association recommends, though I've added a week, a day a week, as a zero day, if necessary.
1:15.6	That allows me some flexibility to complete the hike sometime in the
1:19.6	I'm guessing second week of June.
1:23.6	I should probably apologize for the overuse of some of the superlatives that I'm using every day.
1:29.3	But well, when I use them, it's because they're justified.
1:33.3	This place is freaking extraordinary.
1:36.3	The jaw-drop insights literally around every single corner.
1:41.3	I'm so excited when I turn a corner because I know I will see something new. It's a
1:45.8	miracle happens every time. It isn't the toughest trail of height, though it is tough. Don't get me
1:51.5	wrong on that. Some of these climbs are pretty severe and very sharp. Particularly some of the
1:56.5	downs are slightly worrying because they are, you know, if I tumble down one of those, I'm in all sorts of trouble, I suspect.
2:03.6	But, you know, it's easily the most scenic trail that I've experienced ever.
2:10.6	And if you ever got the chance to do it, well, go for it. You're going to love it.
2:14.6	Let's get on and hear about the final four days a week. Number two.
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