Episode #227 - Molly Rhoads (Shark Tooth)

Mighty Blue On The Appalachian Trail: The Ultimate Mid-Life Crisis · Jul 16, 2020 · 1h 7m

I met Molly Rhoads in 2019 when she was hiking with my buddy, Nate Stockton. The two of them were a well-suited odd couple. Nate has retired from the military and is in his 40s, while Molly looks like a 20-year-old. They acted like siblings and enhanced my hike whenever I ran into them, which was often.

Molly had a run-in with some small wildlife, though she never lost her sense of humor about that and, as far as I could see, about anything else.

She had previously done the Long Trail and, after a shaky start, found that she loved thru-hiking. The AT fired her passion, and she is currently…