Trailcast 11 - Miss Janet & Jan Leitschuh
 | trailcast-11-Dec-17-2005.mp3 (22.8 MB) |
It’s been a few months since I’ve published a program, but Trailcast is back, and rolling. In this program, I spoke with Jan Leitschuh. She thru-hiked the Appalachian Trail in 2003– one of the wettest seasons on record for the AT. Jan’s trail journal is amazingly popular, as her hit counter, showing close to 400,000 hits, can attest.
Jan’s journal was one of the first trail journals I read, and I followed it as she hiked. Often, other trail journal-writers lose momentum in keeping a log of their hike, and ultimately their entries become almost military-dry reports of daily mileage, food intake, and trail-names encountered. Jan kept an honest and detailed account throughout her hike. Miss Janet co-hosted this interview with me. For those of you who have never heard of Miss Janet, check out Trailcast Program 01.
December 20th, 2005 at 6:30 pm
Nice to see you are back. I know you have been busy in Louisiana. Hopefully you are settled down.
December 20th, 2005 at 7:03 pm
As i got more into your web site and listening to everything you do for the hiking folks this is awsome you must be a awsome person as well as Miss Janet as i never met i was one of the people who sent her magic i think it is so important in these times and days to help all we can i did not know you suffered thru the Hurricane and i am sorry for all of your Family and friends that are without as well i guess what we need is more people like ((((hikers)))I just got started in this hiking thing as well i have suffered alot of loss this yr with friends and Family as well and there is nothing like being out there on your own with the quiet of those Mountains it is good brain thinking that is good for the soul.Thanks to all of you for making my day go alot smoother reading and soaking up all of your knowledge.God Bless all of you
December 21st, 2005 at 10:48 pm
The Jan and Janet show was great. Liteshoe not only writes a terrific journal she talks a terrific interview. Thoroughly enjoyed it. (Also enjoyed the backwards-running counter prank.) Looking forward to the Baltimore Jack interview. This whole podcast thing is wonderful. Thanks for doing it.
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:49 am
I am very glad TrailCast is back. However, it is giving me an aweful case of Springer Fever! I particularly enjoyed this episode, and the way you mixed it up with Jan LightShoe and Miss Janet. As always, great job.
December 26th, 2005 at 7:59 pm
Thanks to Jan “Liteshoe” I had an opportunity to listen to your recent show, enjoyed the contents, especially since I spent time at Miss Janet’s Hostel in 2003 and hiked through seven states with Liteshoe. The hiking community is in need of a common media and I believe Trailcast can offer the opportunity. Looking forward to the Baltimore Jack interview. Also, I am not as cantankerous as Jan led you to believe.
December 28th, 2005 at 7:40 pm
Itchy? Cantankerous? Noooooooooo, never, not Itchyfoot! Crumpy, crabby, prickly, touchy, snapish, surly or bearsh…But never, EVER cantankerous!
Great trailcast, Shoe! I loved every minute of you and Miss Janet reflecting on hiking the AT. I listened to it from my iPod as I hiked the mountain behind my apartment building here in Busan, South Korea. The mountains here are a lot like the mountains in North Georgia, so it felt sorta like the many days you and I hiked together.
April 8th, 2006 at 1:43 pm
Great article. I am just sad I dont know how to reply properly, though, since I want to show my appreciation like many other.