Episode #86 - Devan Horn (Shawty)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2018
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
For a hiking show, Devan Horn wouldn't normally belong. Yet this extraordinary woman, a long-distance runner and rider, chose to hike the Colorado Trail while her party of five other women did it on horseback. She was able to draw distinctions and comparisons between the two modes of transport and provides great insights.
She also took part in two Mongol Derbys, with a third coming this year. Click on the link to see more details and wild video of this amazing race.
When our conversation turned back to long-distance running she even mulled over the idea of an attempt at an FKT of the Appalachian Trail. I wouldn't put that remarkable feat out of her range.
You can connect with Devan through her Facebook page, at texantemujin.
We had the return of the lovely Sarah Williams in If I Did It Again. As always, Sarah was boundlessly enthusiastic, with some welcome safety tips for women unsure of themselves on the trail.
Please make sure you consider our sponsor, Trailtopia, when shopping for food for your next backpacking trip.
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 |
| 0:05.3 | about hikers for everybody. Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, joins Stephen his guests every week as he staggers from Georgia to Maine. |
| 0:34.0 | Welcome back to Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, sponsored by Trialopia Adventure Foods. |
| 0:39.5 | I normally don't mention this, but just in case you're new to the show, I'm Steve Adams and I'm Mighty Blue. |
| 0:45.9 | We're up to episode number 87 and it is going to be kind of different today. |
| 0:50.2 | Most weeks, my main guest is an out-on-out hiker, somebody who has spent hours on end making their way along a trail on foot. |
| 0:58.2 | Now, you'd hardly apply that term to my guest today, Devin Horn. |
| 1:02.9 | Devin is, well, a phenomenon. |
| 1:05.5 | She's 25 years old. |
| 1:06.6 | In fact, it was a birthday on the day that we spoke. |
| 1:08.8 | And she's already packed in more in her 25 years than most people do in an entire lifetime. |
| 1:14.5 | Devin was introduced to me by my podcasting mentor and now a good friend, Glenn Hebert. |
| 1:19.9 | Glenn latched onto this show from the very first episode, |
| 1:22.2 | and he's been really helpful to me with ideas and development of this podcast |
| 1:26.1 | and the Hiking Radio Network. |
| 1:28.9 | Glenn is the owner of the Horse Radio Network, a bit of a clue there, and this introduces |
| 1:34.0 | Devon to you. She is a horsewoman, yet she recently hiked the Colorado trial in a party with |
| 1:40.0 | another five or six women and their horses. Quite how she did this is a great story in its own |
| 1:45.9 | right. Yet Devon had so much more to share and I hope that you'll enjoy listening to her. |
| 1:50.9 | She'll be along soon. Funnily enough, and I hadn't thought about it until just now, |
| 1:55.9 | my second guest was also introduced to me by Glenn. This week on |
| 1:59.8 | If I get it again. |
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