Episode #45 - Tim McGann (Tadhg)

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

Steve Adams

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2017

⏱️ 89 minutes

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Summary

This week's guest is another from the Class of 2014; Tim McGann, or Tadhg. He shares his story with us and provides the perfect example of how the trail always provides. Indeed, on his first date with Erica, now his wife, she enthusiastically embraced the idea of his hike and supported him along the way, ultimately summiting Katahdin with Tim at the conclusion of his journey. Tim can be found on Facebook and would love to hear from any old friends he may have met along the way. I was able to catch up with Sarah Williams (Tough Girl) from a previous episode. Sarah is attempting to complete the AT in 100 days and, at Day 50, it seemed like a good time to catch up mark her progress. You can follow Sarah's journey on her YouTube channel, though the posts are currently behind this 50-day mark. I had the chance to speak with not only Attie this week but also Joan, her mom. Sadly, I won't be here when Attie summits Katahdin, but I will be doing an episode in September when I return from the John Muir Trail that will cover Attie's reflections of the trail and of course her conclusion at Katahdin. Don't forget. If you can't wait to find out about Attie's progress, she'll be publishing her blog right to the end. Thanks so much for supporting the show so far. If you'd like to support my John Muir Trail hike with the "Last 10,000 Feet Challenge" for a local child abuse prevention agency, Family Partnership Center, please either email your pledge or contact Bridget Harry at the center at bharry@familypartnership.org. I appreciate everybody who has done so already.

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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.
0:26.7	Hello again and welcome back to the show, which is episode number 45.
0:31.8	This week's is the last one to air before I go away.
0:34.9	This has led to some frantic work on my part to preload some shows to ensure
0:39.1	that I get a podcast to you each and every week on a Thursday while I'm away.
0:43.4	One thing that I'm really a bit concerned about is my lack of ability to work out how to share
0:47.9	my link on Facebook to the many groups that I share it to each week. If you listen and subscribe
0:53.2	to iTunes or Stitcher, etc., then nothing's going to change for you.
0:57.0	Every Thursday, our latest episode, will appear on your phone.
1:00.0	On the other hand, if you access this from a link that I provide on Facebook,
1:04.3	then I'm not sure I'll be able to replicate that while I'm away.
1:07.9	I'm still trying to work out how to do that, but just in case I can't, I'd really
1:12.9	appreciate it if you'd help me out in my absence by getting the link from my website,
1:17.8	mighty blue on the AT.com, and sharing it with the various groups to do with hiking and as many of your
1:23.1	friends who you think might like it. We've built such a loyal audience that I hate to break the impetus,
1:29.0	so share away as much as you can.
1:31.1	Thanks for that.
1:33.4	This week, I put together another great show,
1:36.4	if I do say so myself.
1:38.2	I think I'm trying to squeeze in as much as possible before I leave.
1:41.8	Now, you'd have thought that I'd run out of the class of 2014, but no,
1:45.9	we've got Tim McGahn, or Tyg, with us this week. Tim is another one of those guys who I only met
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