I'm not leaving for my thru-hike til June 1st, and I'm starting to lose my mind. I'm a college senoir and I won't be doen with school for at least another year (to get my teaching certf.) and everything I'm learning about the business world sickens me. So many unneccessary products aimed at people who dont need anymore stuff, aka Hummers and video/picture cell phones. I can't wait to get out on the trail and get away from tv, cell phones, cars, work, and people (who are lazy). I know I can always turn to all of you fro advice and snipits of info about the trail that I love. Thanks for giving me a place to escape to here before I escape on the trail. anyone else share my feeling about the culture around us, and the shifts in society, and all of the excess around us. cause in this peroid of waiting i have ahead of me, i'll feel alot better knowing i'm not the only one.