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Also, if you continue now without letting it heel properly, maybe you will make it, maybe not. However, what if you do permanent damage to your ankle, how will it affect your hiking future???
Just a...

Or date older women that don't have kids and past the nesting age, with money, looking for someone to spend it on. Oh yeah, and "get's it" :D
Good luck with that......

As others have said, time/ money, there are no guarantee's....
We are here only once, and, life is not a dress rehearsal

As some of you know, my dad was diagnosed Jan.25, and passed on April 9....

FWIW
I had a pair of Merrel's that had less than your 300 miles, granted they were 4-5 yrs old.But, I kept them up and well maintained. Hiking north out of NOC last yr, the right shoe sole fell...

Hello WB. It's been a couple of months since I've been on this site,but, I'm back. I am sorry to say that my father didn't make it with his cancer.
However, a friend of mine started last Sat. from...

I don't think he went to the woods to die,but, stuff happens. Before he went out, he studied up on survival skills,etc. He spent a month or so at the university studying up on edible native plants....

My sister- inlaw gets these all the time, really severe. Shell fish, MSG,wine, certain beers,chocolate, and other foods trigger hers. I've read a few articles about using oxygen, however, most...

Congrats, you are a lucky man. Hope there is more to follow in the future. I think I'd kiss some serious butt for awhile. Lay the ground work for future hikes

Sorry, I wasn't done.And where is the edit button?
For my family and I, we call our higher power, God.You call your's what you want.Not religous, positive thoughts are always welcome.
And yes, I...

WOW!! I am truly touched (eyes watering) by your posts, support, and prayers. I know that not every one here is religous, but there is a higher power(God) at work helping us with this.I was told that...

I will not be bouncing/falling down the trail, meeting all of you good WB members( and others) thru-hiking this year. My father has just been diagnosed with kidney cancer, which has spread to one...

My house is up for sale, I'll quit my job(highest paying I've ever had), and throw caution to the wind. I have health concerns, too, but plan to take it very slow and easy, building up gradually. If...

I have my 2 old staffs(20+ yrs). However, just bought a pair of Komp's for 50 bucks last week at Sierria trading post. I'l get back with ya at the end of the year and let you have an opinion then :D

Where's the #$@! edit button?
Hey Perv, did the reaper decide to torture you. He left your body but took your brain :bse

Percival....hope you don't need help out on the trail, and people recognize you from your posts. can you say, oh chiiiiiiiiiit!!!

To all others, dont feed the troll.

[QUOTE=Mags]Costco! Inexpensive and good labor practices.

Isn't Sam's,Costco,and the Worm all subsidiaries
from the same company?

In response to recent crticism( low wages,etc), verbally and on different sitcoms on tv, the Walmart spokeswoman had this to say.
Our employees do not rely on Walmart for a living wage. Our...

Thanks FS. I found the answer on an old thread. I tried to delete my post but couldn't.

How many sections on the AT (for a thru) require permits?

Hope it's all you want, and more :banana . Cool, another contact in AK. See ya next year up there

Not if I had closed on selling it before it happened :bse

You are not alone....
I have the same mental battles, it changes from day to day. There is no way I can get leave from my job, nor is there a chance they would hire me back. I don't particularly...

Speaking of running out of topics...I challenge anyone to come up with a genuine hiking question that has never been addressed on White Blaze...we are at the point of saturation.[/QUOTE]

Ok,
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For people that complain about getting old...
With age comes wisdom, without the age, you don't get the wisdom

Money isn't everything, but, life sure sucks without any of it

Your right, it was the Totem Inn. I couldn't remember a golf course to save my ...