Episode #453 - Paula Martin (Windeagle)
Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis10/03/24 • 102 min
We have a very different show this week, with Paula Martin, or Windeagle, sharing her dramatic survival from a bad accident that may well have killed her.
Several years later, Paula had recovered and decided that an Appalachian Trail thru-hike was something she could achieve. She ultimately summited Katahdin two years later, but her story is one of grit and resilience.
She also shares a story about how a bear got a little bit close and personal with her tent. See the picture below.
After Paula, our show is all about Hurricane Helene, and the devastation it wrought on our beloved trail community.
We have representatives from the Appalachian Trail Community (ATC), the Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA), as well as reflections from Lady Di in Damascus, and my friend Jester, whose podcast recently gave us ways to help.
I urge you all to check out these ways of providing support, while comstantly checking the ATC and ALDHA websites on volunteers opportunities that will eventually arise.
The links are
Mountain Harbour B&B & Hiker Hostel
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA 2022 DISASTER RELIEF | United Way of Southwest Virginia
https://www.operation-airdrop.com/hurricane-helene
Items are shipped from Amazon to:
Compleat KiDZ - Disaster Relief 54 Myrtle St Belmont, NC 28012
Then sent on trucks to Asheville, NC and Boone, NC
https://www.amazon.com/regist.../gl/guest-view/363FY6B9CC7ZC
Our new book reading, Happy Hiking, by my friend, Emily Leonard is–of course–written from a woman’s POV and a woman’s voice. I hope you enjoy listening to my reading of it. If you’d like to buy the book, you can find it on Amazon at Happy Hiking: Falling in love on the Appalachian Trail, or on Emily’s website, at Happy Hiking.
I used my recent hike in the UK on the South West Coast Path to help raise...
10/03/24 • 102 min
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