Episode #75 - Anna Huthmaker (Mud Butt)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 22 February 2018
⏱️ 68 minutes
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Summary
Anna Huthmaker was one of my more surprising guests. Her story is inspirational on many levels, not least that she took to hiking when substantially overweight or, as she preferred to term it, "curvy." Her self-discovery on this journey enabled her to see herself in a different light and she felt compelled to share her experiences with others who may have been similarly reticent.
Forming Trail Dames was a wonderful by-product of her own journey, and she has seen her organization for women hikers–curvy or not–grow in many areas over the past few years. Her philosophy is that this club is nothing to do with dieting; it's all about climbing mountains, both literally and figuratively.
If you'd like to learn more about Anna or Trail Dames, there are several places to visit. Start off with the Trail Dames website, then head to their foundation, at tdcharitablefoundation.org. Anna referred to their Trail Dames Summit in the podcast. You can find out about that at TrailDamesSummit.com
If you prefer Facebook or Instagram, they are on those platforms as well.
Curtis Tavares shared his experiences of the Vermont Long Trail, which sounds like a terrific warm-up for a longer hike or simply as an adventure in its own right.
Bruce's blog will be regularly updated while he's on the trail. You can find it at rtkchallenge.com, where you will also be able to hear our podcast and contribute to his fundraising for the Appalachian Trail Conservancy. While you're online, we'd also be delighted if you'd check out Trailtopia.com and consider the wonderful food choices that they have for your next hike.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers |
| 0:05.2 | about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joined Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:33.4 | Welcome back to the show, sponsored by our friends at Trialopia. |
| 0:38.2 | We're at another landmark. |
| 0:39.9 | This is episode number 75, so we're three quarters of the way to 100 episodes. |
| 0:45.4 | This week's guest is a true inspiration. |
| 0:47.9 | Her name is Anna Huthmaker, and a story about hiking is great enough. |
| 0:51.5 | But it is what she has done since she was introduced to hiking, |
| 0:54.7 | the speaks to the transformative nature of being in the woods for a very long time. |
| 0:58.5 | Anna will be long soon. |
| 1:00.7 | While I remember, because some of you know what the memory can be like with your 65, |
| 1:05.2 | I wanted to let you all know that Bruce Mattson, our victim this year on our other show, |
| 1:10.1 | returning to Katardin |
| 1:11.1 | and Appalachian Trail Dream will be hitting the trail this weekend. I know that many of you |
| 1:15.9 | already listened to the show but some of you decided, not unreasonably, but the last thing |
| 1:20.2 | you wanted to do was to listen to a couple of old geezers talking about what one of them was |
| 1:23.6 | going to be doing this year. Well the preparations are over. His bag is packed, |
| 1:28.4 | and for this coming Monday show, I'll be chatting with Bruce from the top of Springer |
| 1:32.0 | with his wife, Cheryl. The talking about doing it stopped and actually doing it has begun. |
| 1:38.2 | Come and join us if you've stayed on the sidelines. We've got a great section of the show |
| 1:42.9 | with Curtis Tavaris talking about the Vermont long trail. |
| 1:46.3 | I must say this is a trail I kind of harboured ambitions to hike at some stage, |
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