Episode #69 - JD and Amanda Anttonen (Yak and Walks With Fire)

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis · Jan 11, 2018 · 1h 12m

I met JD Anttonen on the Appalachian Trail in 2014 and, as one often did, we shared the odd meal in a shelter and ran into one another from time to time. He was out of the military and had just suffered a traumatic life event, so his journey up the east coast of America was not without internal strife. Yet, as he made his way north, he succumbed to the beauty of the trail, the kindness of people, and the realization that he didn't have to do it all alone. Yet, when he returned home, he became afflicted by a crippling depression that seemed to snuff out the good that had come from the trail…