[pct-l] PCT-L - Most Common Causes of Thru-Dropout

[sandy842 at comcast.net]

Well said, Eric. It's a journey and we all take different paths, various ways, and it's ALL GOOD! 


Sandy 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Lee" <saintgimp at hotmail.com> 
To: "Scott Williams" <baidarker at gmail.com>, "Brick Robbins" <brick at brickrobbins.com> 
Cc: "PCT listserve" <pct-l at backcountry.net> 
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:43:52 PM 
Subject: Re: [pct-l] PCT-L - Most Common Causes of Thru-Dropout 

Just repeating what others have said: The fact is that 2650 miles is very, 
very long way to walk. I think for many (though not all) people, there 
comes a point where the experience of the hike moves away from, "Wow, this 
is amazing, I'm living in the woods, communing with nature, on a grand 
adventure!" to something more like, "Ugh, this is work. Hard, dirty, 
smelly, painful work. This sucks." For many people, when they make that 
transition they end up questioning why they're still on the trail. The 
stubborn or masochistic ones keep hiking anyway. The sane ones go home. 
The surprise is not that so many people drop out; the surprise is that 
anyone at all manages to finish. 

Eric 

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