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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.

Hey guys, it's Mighty Blue again. This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate

medal art crisis and we've reached episode number 507 of the podcast. I'm recording and editing

on Tuesday morning, not Wednesday which is my normal day, because I'm heading to Virginia

tomorrow morning to take part in the Woods Hole weekend. I'm taking Dana this time and

she'll be sleeping in a tent in the forest for the first time in her life on Thursday evening. She's really excited about it. So am I to be fair, because I want to know if she enjoys it. I'll let you all know next week. Today we have one of, if not the longest interview we've ever had on the podcast. Glenn Switzer is a fascinating guy who is a real raconteur, and I knew as soon as we spoke the

first time that it was my job to let him talk and share his stories, which I think you're

going to love. Glenn made a movie trial mix, and we talked about how his career led towards

the Appalachian Trail in the movie, meeting several people you know already along the way.

He weaves the stories into the movie,

so my job was just to get out of the way as he spoke

with great passion about music, design, movies and the trail.

I think you're going to love hearing from Glenn.

After Glenn, we caught up with Beth and Andrew in the 100-mile wilderness,

with just about 50 miles to go before they reach Catan.

They've even found trail magic in the wilderness, though if you've been listening throughout their journey, that should not come as too much of a surprise to many of you. I'll be at Woods Hole when they summit later in the week, but I still hope to have their initial thoughts from the top of Katarden with the longer catch-up when I return home. And talking to Katarden, though I know it is particularly presumptuous for me to be even thinking about Catardin before I've even started my third through hype next year.

I posted on Facebook the other day that I'll be going for it again next year and so many of you

already reached out with offers to help or a drink when I come through your neck of the woods.

So many in fact that I'll be putting together a spreadsheet with who has offered help where and when, and I'll be calling you when I come through. I must say, getting it out there and committing to the hike was slightly nerve-wracking for me, but now that I've said it, I've allocated the money for it, and so many of you have offered to help along the way.

I can't bloody wait to get started next year.

It's funny how that shift happens, and I've gone from deliberating to being impatient to get going in about a week.

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