I have a much closer relationship with the music I listen to than most people. It's not uncommon for me to sit around for hours lost in my iPod, marvelling at how strongly good songs can affect me. Those who share my intense love for music will understand what I mean when I say that sometimes I feel like I am my music, and more than once, in the hardest moments of my life, all that kept me going was that next song which always felt so much more real than my actual life. That said, I'm looking for ideas about how I can survive 6 months without my music. I don't want to bring along my iPod or a walkman (unnecessary technology kind of goes against the reasons I'm hiking in the first place). How have you past thru-hikers dealt with the absense of music on the trail?