Episode #71 - Matt Philippi (Jersey)

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

Steve Adams

Wilderness, Sports

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 25 January 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Matt Philippi is not currently looking to do a thru-hike of the AT. For Matt, biting off sections is a satisfying way to de-stress from his job. He contacted me to talk about the Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Canal Towpath. It is quite some towpath, running from Washington DC to Cumberland MD and measuring over 184 miles. I had previously intended speaking with Matt but I dropped the ball on that, so it was good to hear from him again. This time, we combined his C&O hike with his experiences hiking the AT in sections.

Matt shared a link to the C&O Canal Towpath. https://www.nps.gov/choh/index.htm. If you'd like to know more about this trail, or indeed, section-hiking the Appalachian Trail, email me and Matt will be happy to respond to your questions. As you can see from the waterfall below, it certainly has some great sights.

Matt completed the hike with his work colleague and is as proud of his "summit" picture as I am of my own on Katahdin–as he should be.

Dr Lynne and I discuss arthritis and joints this week on Doc Spot. Don't forget, we're going to be losing Dr Lynne soon because she's run out of trail ailments. On the other hand, if you have some hiking-related medical questions that we haven't covered, she'd be delighted to answer them on a kind of wrap up show.

Don't forget to support our sponsor, Trailtopia and make sure you follow Bruce as he gets closer to his start date in late February. You can find his great show, Returning To Katahdin wherever you listen to podcasts.

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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.
0:25.9	Hi, and welcome back to episode number 71 of Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, sponsored by Trialtopia.
0:34.3	This week, in response to several emails asking about more section hikers, we have a section hiker.
0:40.3	Here's Matt Philippi or Jersey, and he talks with me about his approach to hiking the AT,
0:45.6	as well as offering insights into the Chesapeake and Ohio, or CNO, Canal Toe Path.
0:52.4	It's a fairly lengthy lengthy 184 mile hike, and if the ups and downs of the AT fill you
0:56.6	with red, it is a pretty flat path that will give you some flavour of a long distance hike.
1:01.6	I remember very well that part of the hike when it merged for a few miles with the AT.
1:06.1	As you leave Harper's ferry heading north, the towpath is an almost flat, tiny incline that leads you alongside
1:13.0	the Potomac for about three miles before heading up back into the hills. Matt will be along in a moment.
1:21.1	Also today, what's that?
1:24.3	Come and get it! Dinner!
1:26.4	Ooh, sounds like it's time for a bit of dinner.
1:30.0	Do you remember those cold, wet evenings on the trail?
1:33.5	When you pitched up at a shelter and there was nothing you would have rather had
1:36.7	than a beautiful, hot, home-cooked meal?
1:39.8	Well, apart from actually going home,
1:42.4	you could try out one of the delicious meals from Trailtopia.
1:45.9	Why not dig into their spectacular jambalaya with its authentic Creole flavour?
1:50.7	How about their beef stew?
1:52.2	Which is loaded with beef, potatoes, carrots, mushrooms, corn, green beans and green bell pepper in a fantastic beef gravy.
2:00.0	Go on, try them. Trust me, you're going to love them.
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