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

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

Join Steve Adams as he welcomes a range of terrific guests to his show each week.
After the main interview, Steve often has another conversation, normally with a hiker on trail, then finishes the episode with a chapter from the latest hiking book that he’s reading. Along the way, we all seem to laugh a lot!!

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Episode #497 - Jim & Sarah Klepzig (Rocky Root & Social Cutie)
July 10, 2025

Episode #497 - Jim & Sarah Klepzig (Rocky Root & Social Cutie)

Our guests today are Jim and Sarah Klepzig, a couple who lost their 22-year-old son, Tristan, in a terrible car accident five years ago. Tristan is on the left in the picture below, taken just two weeks prior to his accident....
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Episode #496 - Charles Bruce (Tracker)
July 3, 2025

Episode #496 - Charles Bruce (Tracker)

We meet Charles Bruce, or Tracker, this week. Charles is a member of the Appalachian Trail Class of 2022, and he fulfilled a long-held bucket list item when he completed his thru-hike. Charles is from the northeast, and one o...
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Episode #495 - Dr Lynne Savino (Older hikers on trail)
June 26, 2025

Episode #495 - Dr Lynne Savino (Older hikers on trail)

Our guest today is an old friend of the show; Dr Lynne Savino. Lynne always has an interesting take on medical issues related to hiking, and this week, she discusses older hikers on trail. She brings her normal passion for hi...
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Episode #494 - The End and Epilogue on the Camino de Santiago
June 19, 2025

Episode #494 - The End and Epilogue on the Camino de Santiago

This is it; the final days on my Camino trip in Spain. We cover the final four days, as well as interviews with Dave, plus Beth and Andrew from the Appalachian Trail. Next week, we'll be back to normal!
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Episode #493 - Days 29-31 on the Camino de Santiago
June 12, 2025

Episode #493 - Days 29-31 on the Camino de Santiago

Almost there, with the trail now full of people since Sarria. I should be finished this weekend. Also, Dave is well past the 1200 mile mark and feeling the full effects of Pennsylvania. It hurts!!
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Episode #492 - Days 25-28 on the Camino de Santiago
June 9, 2025

Episode #492 - Days 25-28 on the Camino de Santiago

We’re closing in on the end and I’m not sure Im ready to be done. We’re back into the mountains and views are opening up all around us. Beth and Andrew have been joined by more friends to hike with for a few weeks.
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Episode #491 - Days 22-24 on the Camino de Santiago
June 5, 2025

Episode #491 - Days 22-24 on the Camino de Santiago

I’m back in the rhythm and within a couple of weeks from the end. I’m meeting new people, reacquainting my legs with hills, and eating relentlessly. I love hiking!!! Dave has passed Harper’s Ferry and pushing into Pennsylvani...
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Episode #490 - Day 21 and a Road Trip Back
June 2, 2025

Episode #490 - Day 21 and a Road Trip Back

Today rounds off my last hike into Léon before taking a scheduled break to visit my family for a birthday party, followed by a long detour back to the trail via England, where I watched my beloved Mighty Blues in their unexpe...
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About the Host

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Steve Adams (Mighty Blue)

Author / Podcaster / Speaker

I'm Steve Adams, or Mighty Blue, and I'm the MOST unlikely hiker you could imagine. I spent more than 40 years in the insurance business, in London, Bermuda, New York, and Florida. I sold my insurance business in 2013 to prepare an Appalachian Trail thru-hike, something I'd had at the #1 spot on my Bucket List for years. To my great surprise–and the shock of many of my friends–I did it, summitting Katahdin just over six months after I'd set out.
Eventually, after plenty of stopping and starting, I managed to complete my AT book(s) and started this podcast. More than five years in, we've published nearly 300 episodes of the podcast.
In 2018, my niece and I completed the Camino de Santiago in Spain, then in 2019 I went on my second successful AT thru-hike.

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