[pct-l] leaving the trail

[BWIL5272@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brad Wilson)]

I don't remember his name, but when I was on the AT, there was a hiker that
quit at the first road crossing in Maine. He said he had achieved his goal.
He had "walked from Georgia to Maine". But he couldn't stand to hike the
last 200 something miles.

I skipped the last month of my Jr. year of high school to thru-hike the
Appalachian Trail in 2001. I couldn't quit for the first month because if I
returned home, they would make me go back to school, and after I was out
there for a month I figured I was out there too long and had put too much
into it to just go home... Twisted thinking? Yeah, maybe, but while I did
have a great hike for the most part, this type of thinking did help me get
through those low points when the rain didn't seem to ever stop and I was
missing things like light switches, flush toilets and most of all... Cotton.

-Brad




On 3/27/03 11:00 AM, "Dawn Stringer" <stringdm@cuol.net> wrote:

> I remember on the AT I woke up to a frozen tent, frozen shoes, frozen feet,
> frozen everything, about three days from Katahdin.  For the first few hours,
> until I defrosted, I swore up and down that I would get off when I left the
> wilderness, to hell with Katahdin.  When I was warm again and thinking
> straight, I realized how silly an idea that was, and had a wonderful summit
> day.  I figure with all the pain and torment you suffer through for the
> first 150 days on the trail, what's another three?  It sure as heck beats a
> good day at work, if you ask me!
>
> Belcher
>
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> It's beyond me why someone would quit the trail with 62 miles left, unless
> they snowed out or couldn't walk, but then how would they get back to Rainy
> Pass where I assumed he bailed.
>
> Weird, if you ask me!
>
> Sly
>
>
> In a message dated 3/26/2003 8:40:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> jomike@snowcrest.net writes:
>
>> I bought the DVD. As unbelievable as it sounds he came off trail with 62
>> miles left due to being cold and bad feet. I cannot imagine...3 to 4 days
>> left and he quit. It stopped snow/rain the day he left trail if I remember
>> correctly. I fault NO ONE for not completing the trail. You guys have guts
>> I do not know I could ever muster up but, come-on, only 62 miles left!??
> I
>> guess when you've had it you have really had it.
>>
>
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