Some thoughts before departure...

  • I am still not a vet, doctor, lawyer, dog trainer, cia agent, fbi agent or a navy seal so...walk
  • I am doing this for the challenge of course, and I hope to gain a confidence that comes with this type of endeavor. But also I hope to gain some new knowledge about the world and the truths that reside in it.
  • Am I walking to "find myself"? Or just to take a walk. You decide...and you'll probably be right.
  • I'm not in the best shape of my life, but I do have a lot of new great gear so....
  • After living with my parents the last 2 years, it makes perfect sense to walk 2650 miles - alone.
  • Yes there will be bears, cougars, rattlesnakes and scorpions both imagined and real along the way. I'm definitely more worried about those imagined.
  • Am I scared? Not as of yet, more of just a constantly increasing anticipation. But check back with me on the 3rd night in the desert.
  • I tried to keep my pack fairly light, but I definitely would not call it ultralight. Somehow when I added up all my ultralight gear and put it in my ultralight pack, I ended up with just slightly heavy.
  • My biggest concern for this trip is that I get too hungry somewhere along the way, my brain goes awol as it usually does when I get hungry and subsequently you never hear from me again...I'll try to eat frequently.
  • I am not Christopher McCandless. This is not Into the Wild.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Food + fun + relaxing = a zero

Day 95, another zero---This morning i woke up about 6am and all i could think about was breakfast at the Cafe. Around 7:45 myself, Icebag, and Don't panic finally made it in to eat. Afterwards we packed up all of our stuff and then proceeded to watch the 1st Batman movie. By the end of that we were starting to think about lunch. We decided to go have a swim in the creek and figure out when exactly we would leave. I picked and ate blackberries for about half an hour and swam an sunned for another hour or more. Pretty soon we realized we wouldn't be hiking out til 5ish after lunch had digested. Lunch was really good, and by the time the plates were cleared we had basically arrived at the conclusion that we wouldn't be leaving today. But tomorrow we are out for sure. I already spent way too much money in the last 2 days, plus i would like to get to Ashland for some sushi. After that the plan is still to try and fly through Oregon. Alright it is late, oh one last thing - the cankles are back. Back with a vengeance, they are huge right now, the right worse than the left for some reason. Apparently my body just loves to retain water if i am not hiking 20+ miles a day. Hopefully at the end of this trip i am not stuck with these elephantitis looking lower legs for the rest of my life, or possibly cankle stretch marks. I am sure by mid-day tomorrow they should be back in fighting(hiking really) shape...i hope. Also, i want to wish a Happy Birthday to Mr. Chris Booker. Welcome to 24 sir, I've been here for a little bit, its cool i guess. Thought of the day; activity is paramount to longevity when it comes to the constantly aging human body. Song of the day; taaaaake me toooo the riiiiver, draaaawwwp me in the waaaaater, by the singing bass on the wall mount. Craving of the day; none really.

JWC on the PCT
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