Episode #81 - Ben Montgomery

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

Steve Adams

Sports, Wilderness

4.8 • 599 Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

With so many future histories being made right now on the Appalachian Trail, Ben Montgomery brings us the story behind the story of Grandma Gatewood. Ben is a former Pulitzer Prize finalist and transitioned from journalist to writer when he discovered the tale of Grandma Gatewood. That she happened to be a distant relative didn't hurt his case. Ben and Steve discuss her life and hike in their conversation, as well as the human connection that Ben made with this indomitable woman.

Ben has followed up his Emma Gatewood story with The Leper Spy, about an unsung heroine of the 2nd World War and has a new work out in September, The Man Who Walked Backward. He can be followed on Twitter at @gangrey and Facebook as AuthorBenMontgomery.

Udi Goren introduced us to the Israel National Trail. His gives talks on the subject and his website is well worth checking out if you'd like to learn a little more about this beautiful trail. https://www.israeltrailtalk.com/

As always, we are thankful for the support of our wonderful sponsor, Trailtopia. Make sure you visit Trailtopia.com when you stock up food for your next hike.

Remember, all our shows can now be seen in the same place, HikingRadioNetwork.com. Come on over and check us out.

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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,
0:24.3	joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine.
0:34.1	Hello and welcome back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, sponsored by Trialopia Adventure Foods.
0:40.9	It's Thursday morning, we're already into April, several thousand people are heading north on the Appalachian Trail.
0:48.5	By now, the privies must be a shambles.
0:52.1	I'm watching a few YouTubers establishing themselves and wondering who's
0:55.7	going to be this year's favourite. They all have their stories to tell, so this week for episode
1:00.4	number 81, I have a guest who also has a story to tell. His name is Ben Montgomery. He's
1:06.6	an author and his story is the New York Times bestseller, Grandma Gatewoods Walk.
1:12.2	Now, I hadn't read the book when I spoke with Ben, believe in I kind of knew the story,
1:16.8	almost from osmosis. You know, immerse yourself in trail culture for a few years and you
1:21.5	magically know about this brave, defiant woman. Of course, and certainly not for the first time
1:26.5	in my life, there was tons more to learn,
1:29.3	so I think you're going to enjoy hearing about Emma Gatewood. I've gone international for this
1:34.1	week's other hikes section. Udi Goren lives in Israel and he tells us about the Israel National
1:39.4	Trail. Fully enough, last week's guest, Ben Ben Bananti, or Huandura, you can tell I like saying that
1:45.5	name, can't you? He told us that he'd hit the Israel National Trail in his recent hiking frenzy.
1:51.4	Udi gives us more of a deep dive on this fascinating location for a hiking trail.
1:56.1	We've also got a new book at the end, but I'm going to tell you about that when we get to it.
2:00.4	In the meantime, it's breakfast time.
2:03.2	When I was hiking, I'd wake up to my alarm, deflate my airpad and contemplate my blah breakfast.
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