[pct-l] That far-away look in my eye

[Jim & Jane Moody]

These symptoms sound suspiciously similar to an eastern ailment known as "Springer Fever". 

Mango 


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Eric Lee" <saintgimp at hotmail.com> 
To: Pct-l at backcountry.net 
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:14:57 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern 
Subject: [pct-l] That far-away look in my eye 

My wife is a saint. 

  

I know this because she gracefully puts up with me every year around this 
time when I get that far-away look in my eye.  I realize that the current 
thru-hiking class is closing in on final preparations, ADZPCTKO is five 
weeks away, and I'm getting tired of my Seattle winter hibernation.  I start 
dreaming about the trail. 

  

Today I binged on all four of Squatch's Walk videos, seeing and remembering 
people I've hiked with, or met, or exchanged email with, or just heard about 
over the past ten years.  I checked mileage and road access for this 
summer's section hike (done with Oregon and Washington and into California 
this year, woohoo!).  I flipped through some of the many PCT narrative books 
on my shelf.  I want to be out there again.  The amazing beauty, the 
fascinating people, the clarity of a simple life.  The horizon of my worries 
and responsibilities collapsed down to what food I'll eat next and how many 
more miles I want to walk before I sleep.  Not exactly an easy life, but 
simple. 

  

I wish I were I better, more emotive writer.  I do pretty well with facts 
and logic, I guess, but it's so difficult to capture the stirring in my 
heart, the echo of the long trail that draws my eye inward and toward the 
future.  How can I explain it to someone who hasn't felt it?  It's 
impossible to put into words.  But for anyone who has felt it, no words are 
needed.  You know what I'm talking about.  You feel it too. 

  

Eric 

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