Episode #93 - George Andrews (Tin Man)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis
Steve Adams
4.8 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2018
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
George Andrews has a deep love of hikers and hiking so, when he retired, he wanted to involve himself in the community. He had always been keen to keep the weight of his pack and everything in it as low as possible, so this led him to start a company in that field, AntiGravityGear. He refers to himself as a "tinkerer," teaching himself to sew and make gear for hikers since 2003.
He has spent time on the John Muir Trail, The Camino in Spain and, of course, the Appalachian Trail. An AT thru-hike still figures high on his bucket list.
He has been a friend for many years of David Miller, the AWOL in the AWOL Guide and, when David decided to concentrate on his writing, George assumed responsibility for the guide.
You can find out more about AntiGravityGear on their website at http://antigravitygear.com/. They can also be found on Facebook and Instagram under antigravitygear.
For the AT guide, go to theatguide.com or Facebook and Instagram under theatguide.
If you're interested in nominating for the Best of The AT, just head over to https://www.instagram.com/theatguide/.
Kyle Bock gave us an entertaining list of changes he might make were he ever to hike the AT again, and Steve read Chapter Five of "The Year We Seized The Day.
We hope that you take the opportunity to support our sponsor, Trailtopia, when you consider your next backpacking trip. Go to https://www.trailtopia.com/ to check out their wide variety of meals.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Hiking Radio Network, where we talk the walk with shows by hikers, |
| 0:05.4 | 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. |
| 0:33.3 | Hi everybody and welcome back to our show. This is Mighty Blue on the Appalachian Trail, the ultimate midlife crisis, sponsored by Trialopia Adventure Foods. |
| 0:42.8 | Right to episode number 93 and we have a slightly longer than normal show. |
| 0:47.4 | Our guest is George Andrews or Tin Man. |
| 0:50.0 | You may or may not know George, but you certainly know the product he is responsible for these days. |
| 0:55.5 | George is a lovely man and I'm not just saying that because, well, you're going to find out an amazing coincidence that comes up during our conversation. |
| 1:03.6 | No, he's a man who cares deeply about hiking and hikers. |
| 1:07.0 | I think you're going to enjoy hearing from him soon. |
| 1:09.8 | After George, we have another |
| 1:11.2 | If I did it again. |
| 1:14.9 | If I did it again. |
| 1:16.6 | And this week's guest, Kyle Bock or Kickstarter. |
| 1:20.3 | When I contacted Kyle about doing this, |
| 1:22.2 | he spent some time working on a list, |
| 1:24.3 | so he had a few things to tweak about his own hike. |
| 1:27.1 | At the end, we move on to |
| 1:28.6 | chapter five of the year we seize the day. I tell you, my friend Colin, who co-authored this, |
| 1:34.4 | has such a similar human to me that I was cracking up the whole time. It took me ages to record |
| 1:41.1 | my part in this chapter. But before all that, there's this. Do you remember those |
| 1:46.1 | times on the trail when you really needed to treat yourself? You know, those days when you're |
| 1:51.1 | fall in the mud or the rain starts running down your neck, the rocks are driving you crazy, |
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