Originally Posted by Chair-man
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Free time to read people argue on WB over super important topics. Plus you can now use CAPS whenever you want.
How/where did you meet and when did you know she was something special?
I'm looking forward to the ticker-tape parade down Broadway in NYC... I wonder if my family can ride with me?
Katahdin don't you call me 'cause I can't end,
I owe my soul to the trail my friend.....
"Maybe life isn't about avoiding the bruises. Maybe it's about collecting the scars to prove we showed up for it."
A Appreciation for a simple life, and an Understanding of exactly how much hard work goes into the trail.
A badge and certificate of completion, suitable for framing!
Haven't done it, hope to though! However, below is what I want to get out of it.
Ken
I think that is a prime motivator for many people to do a thru-hike. Sure they are attracted by the "romance" of walking thru the mountains from one end to the other, but the one thing they love is the attention both during the hike when they meet people in towns and when they come across mere mortals on the trail; And they love the bragging rights.
This pride manifests itself in various ways, but one way you can see this pride materialized is when in a resturant and the thru-hiker table is louder than any other group, talking about all their exploits; they want everyone to hear how adventurous they are.
Brilliant!
But at least you get to keep the gobstopper.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
I met her in person. She's a wonderful lady! The friendliest & sweetest lady ever! That was my first impression of her when I first met her, last May, & it hasn't changed.
At first I thought this meant I had TWO moms.I met her in person. She's a wonderful lady! The friendliest & sweetest lady ever! That was my first impression of her when I first met her, last May, & it hasn't changed.
I thought so. It all comes down to bragging rights. Nothing wrong with that.
Do you really get a
Badge?
Patch?
Certificate? Seriously? who gives them to you? do you have to buy your own? I'm serious.
I'm guna need some kind of motivator (keep your eye on the prize) to get me to Katahdin. 386,000 hits on your Trailjournals page like Chin Music has sounds pretty cool. Talk about attention. Congratulations Chin Music on your thru and all those page hits.
Hey, I didn't get my lifetime supply of Wonka Bars and everlasting gobstoppers at Katahdin
Wonka brands backed out of the deal once they realized the true quantity of candy that would make for a "lifetime supply" for hikers.
Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
Personal satisfaction and a nifty certificate and a serious addiction that forces me out into the woods every year since adding end-to-end trips of trails all over the country some of them multiple times. Please make it stop....please....ahhhhh.......................... ............
Everything is in Walking Distance
You get strong legs and strong shoulders.
tweaked it for ya...Now that's funny.
I found a wrist watch in Mass, so I'm gonna say you get nice watch. Oh, but then I found the owner and had to give it back.
"every day's a holiday, every meal a feast"
dude, you get a certificate AND a patch FREE from the ATC IF you decide to apply for it. I'm not kidding....it really is free. all is takes is 4 -6 months of toting a pack up and down hills from Maine to Georgia or vice versa and a few thousand $ of expendable cash for gear and supplies. I don't know for sure, but I've been told you can take the aforementioned certificate and patch into any restaurant on the east coast, along with a buck and $.50, and get a cup of coffee. providing it's not a starbucks or one of those kind of upscale coffee joints. P.s. I think the folks up there at ATC are really nice so they send a patch to anyone who applies so you can skip the whole thru hike thing if you don't like hiking or backpacking or stuff like that and still get the same swag.
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