S1E23: Who is Mike Crowley?
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We have the privilege of speaking with the one and only, Mike Crowley!
Today we dive deep into the journey not once, but twice across America. Mike Crowley first walked the width of America from San Diego to Delaware. Walking out his front door he created the route that would connect him into the American Discovery Trail and bring him to the Atlantic Ocean. We chat the mentality behind such a long endeavor, and the thoughts and feelings around this being his first multi-month long hike.
We chat about the calling he heard to seek adventure, and how it took him a few years until the call became too loud to ignore.
We chat about the feelings of walking alone through massive open landscapes, the journey across America, and then the moment, where he stands complete at the Atlantic Ocean and all he hears is silence.
We chat about his planning for his next trek across America, this time the length, from Isle Royale in Upper Michigan, down to the southern most point in Key West, Florida. We chat about "chance" encounters and how the trail has incredible ways of connecting people.
We chat family, pack weights increasing not decreasing, lack of water, knocking on farm house doors, contemplating life, and much more!
Truly a wonderful chat with Mike Crowley, thanks again for sharing some of your story with us.
FAVORTIE QUOTES:
"Being the bubble that is carried by the wind is comfort to me"
"Being in your skin, your thoughts, the quiet, the fear melts away"
"Don't think about what is ahead, don't think about what is behind, just be in the moment."
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