[pct-l] encouragement

[Matt Maxon]

Linda
LIVE THE DREAM!

You make it sound like you want a reason to not do it. If you have the time
and the money I say do it.

The most difficult obstacle on the PCT is not a physcial one.

You can do it
Trail90
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Bakkar" <lbakkar at hotmail.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:08 PM
Subject: [pct-l] encouragement


> For the last 20 years or so, I have spent my summers hiking and climbing
in
> the Pacific Northwest -- a week here, a few days there.  I have had a
dream
> to thru-hike the PCT for many of those years, and I have completed the
> Washington State section in bits and pieces.  I love the PCT and can't
wait
> to get out on it.  (I am sure you can all relate to that feeling.)  When
it
> is time to leave the trail, I find myself yearning to continue....slowing
> down on the last day of a section hike to make it last.  My thru-hike of
the
> PCT is planned for 2008, and I have been keeping myself as strong as I can
> for my age.  You see, I will be 61 when I set out from Campo.
>
> Even though I have no serious physical problems, my doctor used some
> sarcastic comments near the end of last summer about my wanting to hike
from
> Mexico to Canada, and I am ALMOST 60 YEARS OLD!!!  I was kind of angry
then.
>   After that, instead of telling people I was going to thru-hike, I
started
> telling people "I will hike as much of the trail as my body will let me."
> And if it turns out that it is the whole trail...........I just want to be
> out there!
>
> A couple of days ago, a teacher in the high school where I work told me he
> thinks it is unrealistic for me to plan such a long hike -- even to plan
to
> hike long sections.  But I love to hike in the backcountry, especially
above
> treeline, and even off-trail when I get a chance.  I don't feel 60!!!
> Besides, what is 60 supposed to feel like, anyway?
>
> I need some encouragement from my trail friends on the PCT-list.  Is age
> really a factor in whether one should try to hike long distance?  I don't
> want to buy my rocking chair just yet!
>
> Lindy
> North of Seattle
>
>
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