[pct-l] Post PCT

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

I had that same exact feeling waiting for the train to take me home  
in Dunsmuir.
Diane
On Feb 27, 2010, at 9:55 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> For me, there was one specific moment when I felt a sense of loss  
> about my
> (incomplete) hike being over.  I was sitting in a restaurant in  
> Vancouver on
> a busy street under gray clouds after months of hiking under clear  
> skies -
> millions of people around and I realized not a single one would  
> walk in,
> immediately recognize me as part of their community and join me. I  
> hadn't
> realized what a comforting feeling it was being part of the thru- 
> hiking
> community until I wasn't any more.
>
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