Episode #47 - Bethany Varner (Snap)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2017
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Bethany Varner completed her hike on July 1 this year. She had zero overnight backpacking experience, yet she adapted so well to the challenge that she was even able to squeeze in a cruise with her boyfriend while on the trail. On the way, she rediscovered her faith in humanity, sharing her journey on YouTube with an ever-growing following. She also blogged regularly, at The Trek. 
You can see some of her photos from the trail on her Instagram account, and if you happen to tweet from time to time, why not follow her on Twitter? 
Without any updates from Attie, John Boyet has stepped into the breach by providing us with some excellent gear advice while I'm away on the John Muir Trail. If you have any questions for John, just email him at john@trailwalkergear.com. If you'd like to follow part of my hike, I'll be posting on Facebook at When I'm 64. Also, if you'd like to pledge a few bucks to the child abuse prevention agency which I'm supporting on this trip, just email Bridget Harry at the agency at bharry@familypartnership.org. Thanks so much for any help that you can give.
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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. |
| 0:27.0 | Welcome back to the show, which is being uploaded on July the 27th, 2017, for airing on |
| 0:32.7 | August 10th, 2017. |
| 0:34.9 | I'll be hitting the JMT tomorrow morning, hopefully fully acclimatized the elevation |
| 0:39.2 | after spending the past 10 days driving to California, then getting used to this rarefied air. |
| 0:45.2 | With any luck, my headaches will be gone, I'll be able to stop taking medication and all the |
| 0:49.4 | snow will have magically melted away. If there are no wildfires, I'll also be very grateful. |
| 0:56.0 | The intention is to meet up with my hiking partner, the dude, later today, and we're both going to be |
| 1:01.1 | excited to be getting underway. Of course, if I couldn't hack the altitude again, I may very |
| 1:07.0 | well be sitting back in Florida already. Remember, whenever I get the opportunity, I'll be |
| 1:12.6 | posting on Facebook under the page, when I'm 64. We're on to episode number 47 this week with our |
| 1:20.9 | guest, Bethany Varner. Bethany is a super confident young woman who has attacked the trail this |
| 1:27.2 | year and completed it at the |
| 1:28.8 | beginning of July. She even had the time to go for a cruise with a boyfriend partway through |
| 1:33.9 | a trick. Bethany is another who has attracted an audience on YouTube with a charming |
| 1:38.9 | videos and that charm really comes out in our conversation. Bethany will be coming up in a minute. |
| 1:46.0 | While I remember, please take note that this episode has been marked as explicit. |
| 1:49.9 | It's nothing to do with Bethany, by the way. |
| 1:52.1 | I happen to include a naughty word that was actually said to me by my wife, |
| 1:55.9 | when she was trying to emphasise a point to me. |
| 1:58.6 | Sorry about that. |
| 1:59.4 | I just wouldn't want your kids to hear if you listen with them. |
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