Episode #445 - Nick Kindred (Sgt Pepper)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 8 August 2024
⏱️ 94 minutes
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Summary
We have a NASA guy on the show today. Nick Kindred worked on the Artemis Program, and when he was able to retire, he set his sights on completing his Appalachian Trail adventure of a number of years by finishing the rest of it in a 1200 mile LASH from Harpers Ferry to Katahdin.
Nick's thoughtful observations, and his conversations with his wife about the extended separation on trail, should give pause to those who haven't considered the impact of lengthy separations on their own adventures.
He hasn't shared any social media links, but he sent me this link about the Artemis program that is of interest. Artemis
Our Class of 2024 members who we catch up with this week are No Rush the Elder, and Professor Milkshake. No Rush is trying out the delis of New York as we speak, while the Prof is just a day or so from the VT / NH border.
Our new book reading, Happy Hiking, by my friend, Emily Leonard is–of course–written from a woman's POV and a woman's voice. I hope you enjoy listening to my reading of it. If you'd like to buy the book, you can find it on Amazon at Happy Hiking: Falling in love on the Appalachian Trail, or on Emily's website, at Happy Hiking.
I used my recent 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 Hike with Steve - Empowering Parents, One Step at a Time | Parenting Matters %. 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 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. |
| 0:33.7 | Hey guys, welcome back to the podcast, an episode number 445 of The Mighty Blue Show. |
| 0:39.3 | I am Mighty Blue and we've got another great show today. |
| 0:42.3 | Our main guest is Nick Kindred, a former NASA guy who had sectioned on the trail for some years, |
| 0:46.7 | but he decided on retirement that he wanted to finish it in one big lash from Harper's Ferry all the way to Cotardin. |
| 0:53.5 | Nick was able to get the full experience |
| 0:55.4 | of a through hike joining a loose tramley along the way, though over a shorter period of time |
| 0:59.8 | away from home. His reflections include some interesting observations about being away from home |
| 1:04.7 | and his wife's feelings about that. After Nick will catch up with Michael Garnished and David |
| 1:10.5 | Vose or No Rush the Elder and Professor |
| 1:12.9 | Milkshake. Michael is starting to sample the delis in New York while David is just about to hit |
| 1:18.3 | New Hampshire and the party begin. After these two we hear from Emily Leonard's book, Happy Hiking, |
| 1:24.8 | where Emily calls upon Bruce all the way back down in Florida, leaving him a text |
| 1:29.2 | message, Houston, we have a problem. My heart issue is still not bloody resolved, with my doctor |
| 1:37.7 | screwing up my medical referrals, not telling me about it, then having my cardiologist's tests and |
| 1:43.0 | appointments cancelled this week. I managed |
| 1:46.0 | to sort out some of the referrals and have another appointment tomorrow. Fingers crossed. No, |
| 1:50.3 | I'm not hopeful. But impending problems notwithstanding, I've arranged another hike at the end of |
| 1:56.0 | this month in preparation for my Wunderland hike next month. I'm going to be heading up to |
| 2:00.2 | Amicola Falls with my buddy, |
| 2:01.8 | Andrew Cohen, to do the approach trail and the first few miles of the AT. It's about 27 miles, I think, |
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