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[pct-l] Thru Hiker Mentality
To be able to settle down into a comfortable enough space for long
enough to move from one campsite to the next, for five months, one day
to the next in clear memory - this is almost as awesome as hiking for
five months. To remember and cherish each moment as it unfolds itself ,
the moment dominating, to remember...
What is it about a long hike, thru or section, that lends itself to the
depth of remembering that Greg or Deems experienced?
I hope that other list members caught the depth that appeared in this
thread. This is about making a full life. I would venture that most of
us are in awe of the possibility of remembering five months of days. I
took what I read today and framed my day to day life within it. I
couldn't reconcile remembering five months with my last five months.
Not at the level of detail suggested by Greg and Deems is possible.
I simply wasn't present within my own life.
Every one that reads this in some degree feels what I mean. One of the
great unsung realities living presents is the ease we are offered to be
blind and dull. I spend many of my days blind and dull. I spend many
of the moments in my days blind and dull.
How do we build a life in which every day is unique enough to remember?
I'm in awe...
I don't know how to do this. Or better, when I'm faced with this
possibility, such as t his thread has done, I'm challenged.
At 52years old I can learn from a 20 year old. There are no rules...
Jeff....