Episode #65 - Julie Gayheart (Jester)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 14 December 2017
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
Julie Gayheart is a very active section hiker, having completed a 12-year thru-hike in 2017, while within 800 miles of a second thru-hike spread over a number of years. Steve and Julie find plenty to discuss and laugh about in their conversation, She has a passion for the AT that shines through, feeling that it is on the AT that she is the best version of herself.
Julie had plenty of problems at Mt Moosilauke in consecutive years, so much so that she regards that glorious mountain as her own Katahdin.
You can reach out to Julie on Twitter, as @jesterhikes, as well as on Instagram as @jesterhikes.
We're trying something new this week now that Doctor Lynne is away. Eliza Newland told us about the North Fork Mountain Trail. She even told us where to buy breakfast when hitting this short trail. You can learn more about the NFMT from this link to Hiking Upward, while breakfast can be found at Yokum's.
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| 0:00.0 | Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, |
| 0:16.0 | joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:27.1 | Hi, and welcome back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, sponsored by Trail T-Topia. |
| 0:32.7 | Actually, the full title is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis. |
| 0:38.0 | I've had several of those over the years, so I guess the AT was another in a long line of |
| 0:42.5 | midlife crises for me. |
| 0:44.3 | Funny enough, I've been chatting to some people recently about what this hike can do to your |
| 0:47.8 | head and the changes it can make in your life. |
| 0:50.5 | If you're in a crisis, this is excellent therapy. |
| 0:54.4 | For episode number 65, today's guest, Julie Jester Gayhot, is a really enthusiastic hiker. |
| 1:01.4 | In fact, when I was editing our conversation, I was struck at how much we were just having a laugh about the trail and her adventures. |
| 1:08.8 | She's a really lovely lady who's a section hiker with a lot of miles under her feet. |
| 1:14.1 | I think you're going to love Julie just as much as I did. |
| 1:17.1 | But first, we're going to start off with a little bit of breakfast. |
| 1:21.2 | When I was hiking, I'd wake up to my alarm, deflate my airpad and contemplate my blah breakfast. Every morning I poured water into |
| 1:30.1 | those different coloured paper bags, scrunch around the ingredients, not one of which had any |
| 1:35.0 | association with fruit, and then eat that soulless gunk. I then find unhydrated powder and sugar |
| 1:41.9 | in the crevices of the bag. Trialopia's blueberry oatmeal |
| 1:45.6 | is a bit of a novelty because it actually has real blueberries. Uda Thunk, no gunk. It tastes |
| 1:52.4 | great. The bag design ensures complete hydration and it really sets you up for the day. |
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| 2:02.7 | breakfasts. Actually, some listeners have written to me with questions about Trautopia, so I'm going |
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