Quote Originally Posted by Pages View Post
for the 20% who drop at neel and the 50% who drop out by the time they get your neck of the woods, lone wolf, they might feel differently.
if you are lucky enough to find it a stroll then in my opinion you are very lucky indeed.
i romanticized the trail for 40 years. when i finally got out there with a somewhat older body, it was no longer soft pine needles under my feet and birds singing in the trees.

it was cold. it was wet. it was rocky. it was slippery. it was muddy.

it was also beautiful beyond words.

but it was never "just walking."

Just my two cents for people shooting for this year.
we're all different. i'm a Marine. it makes a difference