[pct-l] impact of a thru-hike

[River Malcolm]

Thanks, Bigfoot! I only plan section chunks, not a thru-hike, but for a rank beginner at 65, just getting gear
and planning my hike has been an incredible experience of embracing uncertainty. What I love is having
a dream that matters so much to me I am willing to face frustration and failure for its sake. So often in life
I have turned aside from uncertainty. I feel so lucky that I can undertake this --what for me truly is a--pilgrimage
into the unknown and beautiful world around us, that we get too busy to see and fully experience.

I start my first section -- Campo to Idyllwild --Mar 27. Everybody pray for luck and gentle weather so I can do
it all. I know I may not be able to if snow comes....

River

On Sun, Mar 10, at Mar 10  5:52, Tom Holz wrote:

> On Mar 10, 2013, at 3:13 PM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
>> Before you go, you are full of what-ifs, but once you are out there,
>> every what if actually does have a solution, even if the solution
>> is something you would never think of  in the comfort of your
>> own home.
> 
> We are getting away from the original subject of plantar fasciitis, but... Yes!
> 
> For me, thru-hiking is a balance of single-minded determination and flexibility to adapt to circumstances that you cannot foresee.  For someone like me--who guaranteed success by only attempting what I could sufficiently understand, plan, and predict the outcome of--developing confidence to move forward into uncertainty was life-changing.
> 
> Bigfoot
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