Aug 31, 2017
Mike Skelton is another listener who wrote into the show
and immediately intrigued me. I'd asked for a few examples of the
transformative nature of hiking and Mike provided me some
thoughtful notes and personal examples. He is a hiker who has
spent a lot of time on both the Appalachian Trail and other trails
of America. He gave me some useful advice on how to avoid altitude
sickness but, as you now know, my body refused to cooperate when I
got above about 9,500 feet.
Mike is selfless in his
desire to get others into the woods and he told me that he led a
group to the Appalachian Trail recently. It was a thrill for me
when he told me that they listened to my podcast on the drive to
Springer. The picture above, on the left, is of that group, while
the other is Mike with a bunch of buddies at Glacier National in
2014. The photo below is Mike on his last trip to the AT.
You can connect with Mike
on Twitter, where
he goes under the name @beardedskelton, or email him directly at
beardedskelton@gmail.com.
This week, John Boyet turns his attention to tents. I wish
somebody had warned me that I was going to be sharing my tent with
my backpack, so my advice is always going to be this; choose a
double if you can. Funnily enough, I think John agrees with me on
this one. Ask John anything you'd like at john@trailwalkergear.com.