I’m looking forward to doing a thru-hike of the trail sometime during/after college. Unfortunately I’m still a sophmore in high school…so it’s a little ways off. Hopefully I’ll get a chance to do some volunteer trail maintenance on a section in Oregon this summer, so I’ll get a bit of a feel for the trail.
Only one concern…I need someone as crazy as me to hike with me and/or a support system to help me along the way. The first option is unlikely because at this point I don’t have any friends who really love hiking, or any friends I could spend 3-4 months with.
Hopefully if/when I do this it’ll give me a break from school/work and let me ponder about anything and everything…life in general, etc. ...maybe put some things in perspective for me. And of course I’ll have dynamite calves at the end.
