I chuckle to myself every time I see a post about infirmity and injury. It's no big revelation that a very large part, if not an actual majority, of AT hikers are of an age that aches and pains and the trials of aging are a very real factor in our lives. Some of us have had the wonderful opportunity of dealing with difficult, often quite debilitating diseases. Yet we hike on, or try to, each of us employing whatever means necessary to keep ourselves upright and on the trail. The wonders of modern medicine and hiker ingenuity.
Why is this in the humor section? Because I thought it would be funny to poke fun at the obstacles and pretend we're all budding mental cartoonists and visualize ways to deal with limitations.
Like this:
You know those mileage measuring wheels used to measure mileage (duh) on the AT? What if I had one of those I could prop up under my pack? It would alleviate the weight and trail nicely behind me. Carry 80lbs? No prob! I'll even survey the distance for you!