Why do we thru-hike again?
I don't know why I want to, but I just do, I don't see anyone able to say why exactly they do, just that they wanted to, can anyone tell me why they did/ would/will do it?
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Because it is there.
Same reason people climb Mt Everest.
"Katahdin barada nikto."
Because it's better than working.
Don't take anything I say seriously... I certainly don't.
I'll second that!!Originally Posted by Ender
But also, To know that I can do it.
See sights you can only get to by foot.
Meet new people.
Get to know myself better.
Lose some weight.
Gain some knowledge.
Eat the one pound burger at Whitehouse Landing.
Get away from it all.
Experience a simpler life.
All these reasons and more, or less.
It is tough to nail it down to one profound reason.
If I had to pick one, I guess to know that I can do it.
I pretty much hate the overwelming amount of stupidty from people in day to day life, so i go to get away, I the people that i have meet on trail have been the best people i have ever met in my live. On average a hiker has a higher IQ. if I runacross someone i dont like on the trail all you gotta do is keep walking.
Well, the craziest thing is (and what I'm trying to figure out is) that I walked an 1/8 of a mile and came back and said that I was gonna hike the A.T. Plus I had no clue what it was or why it was there at that point...
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An example of why I hike.
1. This past weekend My uncle and I hiked up Bear Mt. NY, we past by two groups of twelve who turned back from the summit because of the conditions. (Cold, raining, slush) He and I pushed on and made it to the top. The facilities at the top were not open. He had a thermos full of simple vegtable soup...it was hot...it was delicious...we were both giddy as we took those first few bites. I have never had a better soup in my life...the shower when I came home felt amazing as well.
I have not thru hiked (yet) but hiking makes the simple things in life all the more better.
Quick List
2. Better then working in a cube infront of a cube
3. The views
4. Meet new people
5. the unknown.
6. Independence/ existentialism/ testing ones self
8. Exercise/getting in shape
9. having a hobby (I played a sport all the way through college)
10. There is no number 7 out of respect for George Kastanza naming his unborn fictional child 7
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I love George.
Exploring is a part of human nature. The first thru hike is probably to satisfy that desire, the second thru probably is an addiction.
Simple is good.
Let me pose a hypothetical question: If a thru-hike is a two-way trip, then is it one or two trips?
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are you talking about a yo-yo? if so thats 1 journey, 2 completions
1 of my 4 thruhikes on the AT,was because i was having trouble finding a rental/place that would except dogs! so within weeks i planned a hike.
And all my thruhikes were on the AT because i wanted my dog to hike & be with me on all my journeys! The PCT was not a place for a big, black furry dog!
that's exactly what I meant.
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Thats not crazy at all dave, i planned to hike the trail without every stepping on the trail. my first hike ever, was the approach trail to start my journey. i hope you have a great hike!
i like to walk and when the trail reachd BIg k i wasnt done walkn yet
~Paul Dudley White~A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.
That about sums it up
K2 Able to leap small twigs with a single bound.
I did it. I said I’ll do it, and I’ve done it. [after she summited Katahdin] –EMMA ‘GRANDMA’ GATEWOOD
Why? Because....
It turns my crank.
It floats my boat.
It rocks my socks.
It melts my butter.
It teeters my totter.
It bakes my cake.
It tickles my fancy.
It razzles my berries.
It milks my goat.
It cocas my cola.
It bastes my turkey.
It lights my candle.
It flies my flag.
It pings my pong.
That's why.
I thru-hike again because I am a thru-hiker.
To never thru-hike again would be denying who I am.
"I too am not a bit untamed, I too am untranslatable,
I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world." - W. W.
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It would appear I mis-stated my question... Remind me again... why do we thru-hike?
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we? have you thru-hiked?
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