Episode #53 - Jeff Alt (Wrong Foot)

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

Steve Adams

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2017

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

When Jeff Alt set out to fulfil a long-held dream and hike the Appalachian Trail in 1998, he could have had no idea that his walk would eventually become the catalyst for a wonderful fund-raising effort that continues to this day. He raises money for Sunshine Homes, a facility that has been home to his brother Aaron for much of his life. Not only did he raise an enormous amount of money for this worthy cause, he became a writer and acclaimed speaker on the back of that singular decision to step onto the Appalachian Trail. He even appeared as a speaker in a Tedx talk. Click on the link to hear his story. He also offers National Park lectures that are free to attend. Click on this link to see an upcoming event in Shenandoah National Park. As you can see below, Jeff also has a very interesting wedding photo!! You can learn a lot about Jeff's myriad interests and adventures by going to his website and, if you have youngsters interested in hiking, check out the official site for his "The Adventures of Bubba Jones" book series. Of course, he is also on Facebook. With the amount of books that Jeff has written, it seems sensible just to link you to his Amazon author page, where you can check out his books, including A Walk For Sunshine. The lovely Kelly Anderson, who we met back in episode #40, spoke with me to let me know how her thru-hike ended. She is always enthusiastic and entertaining to talk with and this was no exception. Lastly, please come and visit (then like) my Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail Facebook page. I intend to do a lot more with this page in the future, so stay tuned.

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0:56.5	Welcome back to the show and the beginning of my second year of podcasting and episode
1:00.8	number 53.
1:02.5	I've got a few interesting developments happening to the podcast and I'll be rolling
1:06.0	them out over the next couple of weeks or maybe months.
1:08.9	Today I'm speaking with Jeff Alt. Jeff hiked the trail
1:12.8	in 1998 with a very altruistic target in mind. The trial was certainly life changing for Jeff,
1:19.0	though not necessarily in ways that you might think. Jeff will be along soon. I think you're
1:23.3	going to really like him and his attitude to hiking and life in general.
1:31.4	Next week is going to be catch-up week when I'll be returning to some of this year's guests to find out whether or not they were successful in their efforts on the trail.
1:35.5	As a taster for that show, I'm playing a conversation that I had with Kelly Anderson
1:39.8	or Sleeping Beauty. Kelly was my guest in episode 40 and she was completing a flip-flop this year
1:45.6	having hiked south from Catarden and finishing at Harper's Ferry in the middle of a freezing
1:50.1	December last year 2016. When I spoke with Kelly in that previous episode, she still had 500
1:57.4	miles to go as she restarted her hike at Springer Mountain in Georgia and was
2:01.5	heading north.
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