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Back to SearchEpisode #83 - Mike Carbonneau (Strummystick)
Mike Carbonneau loves to play music on the trail. He is a section hiker who fell in love with hiking in his 50s. Since then, he has been taking on la…
7 years, 8 months ago
Episode #82 - Daniel White (The Blackalachian)
Daniel White is something of a rarity on the Appalachian Trail. Black people are unrepresented on hiking trails and Daniel provides us with, perhaps,…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode #81 - Ben Montgomery
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.…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode #80 - Ben Barbante (Juan Durer)
Juan Durer has certainly earned his trail name. Once he had decided that living for now was far better than waiting for retirement, he has been a man…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode #79 - Maria Wishart (Wheezy Pee)
For Maria Wishart, hiking the Appalachian Trail became part of her life and, when she could no longer drive the distances required to get her AT "fix…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode #78 - Curt Ebert (Disciple)
Curt Ebert was the pastor in his local church when the call came to hike the Appalachian Trail. The remarkable circumstances surrounding that call ar…
7 years, 9 months ago
Episode #77 - Bill King (Field Trip)
Bill King has had his mind on an Appalachian Trail thru-hike since he listened to a presentation from another thru-hiker. He is a retired school teac…
7 years, 10 months ago
Episode #76 - Laurie Potteiger (Mountain Laurel)
Laurie Potteiger came to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy to help them out prior to her attempted thru-hike in the 1980s. When her hike was over, La…
7 years, 10 months ago
Episode #75 - Anna Huthmaker (Mud Butt)
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 …
7 years, 10 months ago
Episode #74 - Jack Jones (Quadzilla)
Jack Jones flip-flopped the Appalachian Trail in 2016, sharing part of his time with two previous guests, Kelly Anderson and Edwin Thullen. He found …
7 years, 10 months ago