Episode #43 - Chrissy Funk (C-Funk)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 13 July 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Chrissy is a woman who came to the trail in search of herself. She had endured a difficult personal life and fallen out of love with the person she had become. While the trail can't provide every answer, it can certainly soothe, perhaps even heal, one's soul. She posted several visceral videos on her Facebook page and seemed to be conducting a thorough self-assessment. The trail had several surprises for her, with the latest surprise coming on the day that I posted this episode. Listen to my comments after the interview to do a complete catch up with Chrissy. 
If you'd like to contact Chrissy, you can email her directly at CFunkWin@gmail.com. Alternatively, she would love you to follow her on Facebook. 
Talking of catch ups, I was delighted to hear from Jessa after missing out with her last week when I was back on the AT with the Fat Guys, and Gals, Back in the Woods. She continues to power forward and I can't help feeling a little paternal about her. Go Attie / Jessa.
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| 0:00.0 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:26.8 | Hello again and thanks so much for coming back to episode number 43. |
| 0:32.9 | We've got an excellent show today with a really interesting interview with a young woman, Chrissy Funk. |
| 0:38.6 | Chrissy was introduced to me by Bear Bag, the very first guest I had on the show. |
| 0:43.2 | His episode is also the most downloaded episode, though it is being caught quickly by a couple |
| 0:47.5 | of recent ones. |
| 0:49.1 | Bear Bag asked if I'd like to record a shakedown of a hiker's pack that he was going to perform, |
| 0:53.4 | you know, where somebody who knows about hiking removes everything that you really want |
| 0:57.1 | from your backpack, leaving you with virtually nothing. |
| 1:00.5 | Now that didn't work out as there were too many sound issues to overcome. |
| 1:04.2 | However, the woman, Chrissy, fascinated me with some real soul-searching videos that she was |
| 1:09.2 | posting on Facebook during her hike. |
| 1:11.9 | She seemed to be constantly beating herself up and she was definitely going through some serious stuff on the trial. |
| 1:17.8 | I contacted her to see if she'd do a personal interview and she agreed. |
| 1:21.6 | So Chrissy will be on in a minute. |
| 1:23.8 | I've also got another catch-up with Jessa and as you're here she is not hanging around. |
| 1:28.9 | Having made the decision to continue, she has thrown herself right back into it and is tearing |
| 1:33.2 | up the trail. |
| 1:34.9 | Just before we get to Chrissy, I wanted to remind you that my John Muir trail hike will be |
| 1:39.1 | coming up in August and I'm holding what I call the last 10,000 feet challenge for a local |
| 1:44.1 | child abuse prevention agency, which I've been what I call the last 10,000 feet challenge for a local child abuse prevention agency, |
| 1:46.2 | which I've been president of for the past three years. |
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