Episode #447 - Georgetta Frederick (Trail Mama)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 22 August 2024
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Georgetta Frederick finished her Appalachian Trail thru-hike just a few weeks ago, at the beginning of August. You can hear that she still has the joy of the trail in her voice as she shares her journey with us all.
You can follow Georgetta on social media, on Facebook at Trail Mama Hikes | Johnstown PA, and on YouTube at Trail Mama Hikes.
We also talk about her guided tours in the Laurel Highlands, in PA. If you'd be interested in joining one of those tours, check out her website for more information at Book Online | Laurel Highlands Hiking Tours | Trail Mama Hikes – trailmamahikes.com
Our Mighty Blue Class of 2024 is still pushing forward, with Anita Gschwendtner and Michael Gaasch checking in with us today.
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.
Don't forget. Our entire series of videos from our Woods Hole Weekend in 2022 is now FREE and available at my YouTube page at Woods Hole Weekend - Trailer. There, you'll find all sorts of tips and tricks that our guests took away from the weekend that helped them with their own hikes this year. Check it out.
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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 | Hey guys, it's good to be back with you all. 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. For satellite, I'm in a bit of a rush this week, because I am. I'm trying to get two shows completed this week, one for this Thursday, which you should be listening to now, then another for next week while I'm away on the first 30 or 40 miles of the Appalachian Trail. |
| 0:54.6 | It'll be the first time of hike the approach trail in 10 years since my first ever hike, my 2014 through hike. The plan is to basically lolligate and hill gap in about five days, then head home. If any of you are out there next week, look for an old geyser, huffing and puffing uphill. Don't forget to say hi as you breathe right past him. |
| 1:12.8 | This week we've got a lady who If any of you are out there next week, look for an old geyser, huffing and puffing uphill. Don't forget to say hi as you breeze right past him. |
| 1:18.4 | This week we've got a lady who is in that lovely honeymoon stage of completing an 80-through hike. |
| 1:26.8 | Georgia Frederick or trial mummer finished the trail on August 6th and of course all her friends are still delighted that she's sharing the stories with them. |
| 1:27.8 | Well, today she's sharing them with us and I think you're going to be impressed with a common sense and |
| 1:31.6 | attitude. Georgetta will be along in a moment. After Georgetta, two of our Mighty Boo class of |
| 1:37.1 | 24 are back with us. I interviewed all five this week, so three will be on next week and today |
| 1:42.7 | we hear from Michael Galsh and the somewhat elusive Anita Extrintner. Those three will be on next week and today we hear from Michael Garsh and the somewhat elusive Anita Xtrenda. |
| 1:46.8 | Those two will be on |
| 1:48.0 | after Trial Mama. Then of course |
| 1:49.8 | we'll have Emily Leonard's Happy Hiking |
| 1:52.1 | where I'm going to split her |
| 1:54.1 | Smokies chapter into two. |
| 1:56.5 | The first off this week and the second |
| 1:58.1 | half next week. So let's get |
| 2:00.0 | to it and meet Georgetta Frederick or Trail Mama. |
| 2:05.9 | So we've got a real overachiever on the podcast today. |
| 2:10.3 | This is Georgetta Frederick or Trail Mama. |
| 2:12.9 | Thanks for coming on the podcast, Jojeda. |
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