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[pct-l] Bummed!!
jim@rollercoaster.com writes:
<< it's good to know they care. My mother is the same way, worried to death
of me being alone on the trail. >>
My parents were dead set against my hike when I announced that I was planning
it. At 20 years old, my parents had not yet let go and still thought of me
as a child. It wasn't until they realized that I was going to do this with
our without their help that they turned around and supported me while
respectfully disagreeing with the idea. As it became clear that I would in
fact succeed, they came full circle with respect and awe in what I had
accomplished.
For those in a similar situation, tell them that a 1977'er says it was the
best thing that could have happened to him, even looking at it from 2001.
This guy is gainfully employed, a father of five and married to the same
woman for 22 years. I attribute most of this to the priorities that I was
able to clearly identify on that long trek. Oh, and his parents were against
it for similar reasons back in 1976.
Just one of the meriad of benefits of a PCT hike on a life.
Greg "Strider" Hummel