{"podcast":{"title":"Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis","slug":"mighty-blue-on-the-appalachian-trail-the-ultimate-mid-life-crisis-220125","podcast_index_feed_id":220125,"rss_url":"https://mightyblueontheat.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://www.hikingradionetwork.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/d/9/9/d/d99d551cb233f578/Podcast_artwork.jpg","author":"Steve Adams","episode_count":535,"summary":"An overweight, 61-year-old retiree, with zero hiking experience, decided to hike the entire 2,185.3 mile length of the Appalachian Trail in 2014. What could possibly go wrong? As his brother, Mike, commented, \"It's a bit like taking up boxing and fighting Mike Tyson in your first bout.\" Join Steve and his guests as they discuss all aspects of the trail, from gear to Lyme Disease, then back to trail magic and injury.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mighty-blue-on-the-appalachian-trail-the-ultimate-mid-life-crisis-220125"},"episode":{"title":"Episode #523 - Michelle Michaud (Fyrfly)","slug":"episode-523-michelle-michaud-fyrfly","published_at":"2026-01-08T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mighty-blue-on-the-appalachian-trail-the-ultimate-mid-life-crisis-220125/episode-523-michelle-michaud-fyrfly","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mighty-blue-on-the-appalachian-trail-the-ultimate-mid-life-crisis-220125","url":"https://mightyblueontheat.libsyn.com/episode-523-michelle-michaud-fyrfly","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/mightyblueontheat/Michelle_Michaud_mixed_show_FOR_UPLOAD.mp3?dest-id=426865","summary":"Michelle Michaud is our guest today. She has completed the Appalachian Trail three times, having been on trail every year since the late 90s. Her love for the AT is apparent, and she has managed to parlay that love into a business, helping hikers with their logistics and training as they try to fulfill their own Appalachian Trail dream. You can find out more by visiting Michelle's website, http://www.appalachiantrailhikingsupport.com/ and her Facebook account at https://www.facebook.com/WanderingBootsAppalachianTrailhikingsupport , and her Instagram account at https://www.instagram.com/wanderingbootsat/ . Also today, Michael Glavin, the inventor and owner of Zenbiy, with the Zenbivy sleep system, helps Steve make up his mind for the final big purchase for his upcoming Appalachian Trail thru-hike. Check out their site at https://zenbivy.com/ Finally, the accountability blog turns to the subject of food. I used my hike in 2024 on the South West Coast Path in the UK to help raise money for my absolute favorite charity, Parenting Matters, on whose board I've been privileged to serve for over a decade. You can learn more about the hike and the organization–and donate–by visiting https://parentingmattersfl.org/eventer/hike-with-steve-empowering-parents-one-step-at-a-time/edate/2024-04-15/ . I hope you want to support this critical mission. Don't forget. Our entire series of videos from our Woods Hole Weekend in 2022 is now FREE and available at my YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wA8ImK4qpNc&list=PLu8u88nsJtgWZxT8DLwEW2yXcz4gT6HXs There, you'll find all sorts of tips and tricks that our guests took away from the weekend that helped them with their own hikes this year. Check it out. I often ask listeners for ideas on who to interview, and I'm sure several o…","meta_description":"Michelle Michaud is our guest today. She has completed the Appalachian Trail three times, having been on trail every year since the late 90s. Her love for…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4288,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/mighty-blue-on-the-appalachian-trail-the-ultimate-mid-life-crisis-220125/episodes/episode-523-michelle-michaud-fyrfly/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/mighty-blue-on-the-appalachian-trail-the-ultimate-mid-life-crisis-220125/episode-523-michelle-michaud-fyrfly.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}