[pct-l] attitudes

["Kelly Miller" <aj7x@amsat.org>]

I would like to know how people in the past have death with lapses in attitude,
depression, "trail shock".  I know..."stay focused".  Sure, true but simplistic.
Were there solid, concrete things that people did to get past the low points?
Singing?  Getting off the trail and calling home?  Extra time in town? Reading?
Something else?  I know it would be different for everyone. I ask because I know
that at some point it comes to all of us, to one degree or another, and I wonder
whether just knowing ahead of time that it will come will be enough.  Everyone
concedes that it's 90% mental, and it must be impossible to keep a 100% positive
mental attitude 100% of the time.

Just my thoughts,

...Kelly
Litterucy ain't everything.



> Well said, Ginny.  Remember, it takes 90% + mental to successfully thruhike
> the trail, not 90% equipment.
>

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