Re: [pct-l] a strange question

[Ty <ty@vr6.com>]

I want to thank everyone for their time on this probably very 
insignificant question.  Hope to see everyone in the next couple 
years!!!

Ty

At 5:34 PM -0500 11/5/99, Bighummel@aol.com wrote:
>Ty,
>
>Don't sweat the definition.  Don't focus on the technicalities.  You may NEED
>the couple of days to reconfigure your focus and attitude and come back to
>the trail energized.  You may not want to leave the trail and find yourself
>hurrying back from the commitment.  If you have committed to yourself to
>continue, you will.
>
>I sat in a motel in Independence for three days after trudging through a
>harrowing snow system in the high Sierra.  I thought about quitting, about
>going home, about drinking beer and watching baseball (well, on second
>thought I would rather hike anywhere than sit down and watch a baseball game,
>but . . . ) However, the thought kept coming back to me about why I wanted to
>hike the PCT:  because it is too easy to say no, too easy to find excuses.  I
>know that this sounds strange.  It was my answer to my friends who asked me
>this question.  It still is.  Jump at the opportunity!
>
>The challenge drew me back, the adventure beckoned.
>
>I also took a week in San Francisco getting a new pack and reconfiguring my
>equipment.
>
>I call myself a thruhiker.  I don't see the need to define it.  If someone
>wants to get technical and say that I am not, I would only laugh at them.  We
>only use the term to distinguish between those that have done part from those
>that have gone all the way in whatever time frame that you care to pick.  I'd
>venture to call a section hiker who has hiked all the way over a five year
>period to also be a "thruhiker".
>
>It isn't important.  What is important is defining what you want to do and
>why.   The answers may not sound very solid, but they will become so much
>clearer with time.
>
>IMHO,  Goodluck!
>
>Greg "Strider" Hummel
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