[pct-l] Re: Scott Williamson? Done?

[walkinglarry at yahoo.com (larry hillberg)]

Our adventures, long or short, can't be justified. 
When they come into our mind, "I'm going to do that,"
we usually postpone them to "someday" because of cost,
timing, lack of time, other commitments, etc.  Many,
if not most, never happen.  Whether they become a
memory or a regret is up to us.

The answer is to put them on the calendar, block out
the dates.  With commitment, your life will wrap
around the adventure, and it will happen.  Some need
only a weekend or short vacation, some will require a
sabbatical or quitting your job.  Most thru hikers
will tell you that the most difficult step of a thru
hike is the first one.  You can do it.

Larry Hillberg

"Most men live lives of quiet desperation, and go to
the grave with the song still in them."

Henry David Thoreau

  
--- Tom Griffin <griffin@u.washington.edu> wrote:

> It is a great achievement that Scott finally
> finished after all of his
> attempts. The weather, the snow levels, his
> conditioning and his health--all
> had to be just about perfect in order to do it. But
> can anyone tell me what
> Scott does when he is not hiking? How can he afford
> to take six months off
> every year to try to yo-yo the PCT? I can hardly
> find the time to do a
> measly section hike.
> 
> 
> Tom Griffin
> Seattle WA
> Toms' PCT Pages at
> <http://staff.washington.edu/griffin/pct.html>
> 
> 
> 
> > scott has indeed finished! i was among the crowd
> at the campo trailhead
> > yesterday cheering him on. it was a really great,
> star-studded event!
> > i've posted an entry about it at my pct journal:
> > 
> > http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=84682
> > 
> > 
> > pea
> 
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