Fw: [pct-l] Once bitten on the trail?

[jolson at olc.edu (Jeffrey Olson)]

Mtnned@aol.com wrote:

>We have discussed sex and the moving party on trail, but that doesn't apply  
>to the solo hiker who is equally smitten.
> 
>When it is all said and done, is it the bond we share with fellow hikers  
>struggling to accomplish the same adventure (as Donna referred to), or is it the  
>bond we develop with the mountains, the air, the streams, the wild?
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For me it is the increase in number of moments, and longer and longer 
moments in which I find myself in harmony in the world.  It's more of a 
spiritual odyssey than movement from point a to b.  It is the deepening 
of intensity and perspective over time that draws me back to the trail 
and long section hikes.  I can be alone in the world a way not possible 
elsewhere in my life.  The bonus is that "the world" is the wilderness 
and accelerates the process...

Jeff Olson
Martin, SD