[pct-l] Waiting to Decide...

[randy_forsland at hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

Ahh..but it hurts sooo good..

I must be different than you...from my very first hike of 2 weeks +, I
absolutely fell in love with being alone on the trail..I always joined up
with others at the end of the day, but on the trail, it was usually just
me..and I reveled in it. Not hard work at all...more like play.

I am also 52 and the only thing that frightened me was the enormity of it
all. I refused to think about hiking to Canada. The thought of that
overwhelmed me..it sounded impossible. Instead, I just set my goal as 5
months of wandering in the wilderness...anybody can do that..

And, I doubt if you'll be alone all that much...

Redwood
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey J. Olson" <jjolson@uwyo.edu>
> Work is meaningful, and hiking alone is the hardest of work.  It hurts
> more than anything except death of a loved one...  The kind of work
> being alone for months on end presents makes my spirit quail in my
> fearful life.  I am curious in my challenged being to see what will
> come.  I always come away from a solo hike longer than a couple weeks a
> changed person.  I'm so damned stable now, I wonder what will happen?
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> Jeff Olson
> Laramie WY
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