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Today I told my boss about my plans to hike the AT in its entirety. I don't know what I really expected but things didn't go as well as I had hoped or as bad as I feared. He was more supportive than I expected while still trying to convince me to put it off a few more years. I am holding onto the part where he said "if it is something you want, then you HAVE to do it." He was referring to the future but April IS the future.

Any way I AM doing this! I told myself a couple years ...

Updated 12-03-2015 at 15:43 by jbmundy87

Tags: 2016, thru hike, thru hike class 2016, thru hiker, thru hiking

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AT Thru

I read so many journals a couple of years ago and spent hours reading here as well as reading my books about hiking the AT, but I had to start focusing on my job and my family. Now I feel almost like I am starting over. It seems as though the AT is no longer the AT I have read about. I hope all the negative hype I am now seeing is an exaggeration.
In any case, the time has come. We decided to do it a year early, thinking that we will be lucky to be able to complete the walk at our age ...

Updated 12-03-2015 at 00:21 by The Wanna Bs (misspelled word)

Tags: 2016, flip-flop, hammock, starting point, starting soon

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