Originally Posted by
lonehiker
Were you in the military? I've seen you reference the "military" way of doing things on a couple of occasions. My experience with the "military" way of doing things is quite different than what you are naively or ignorantly portraying. The military teaches that you always have to be flexible and adapt to constant changing situations. Exactly opposite what you are stating. Ask any soldier that has served in Afghanistan/Iraq (or anywhere else) how many times the situation changed and mission had to be changed accordingly. Real-time, real-word, life-affecting decisions.
I'm sure you know prior military that have been unsuccessful in attempting a thru-hike, but, I would suspect that if you looked at actual data (if it exists) you would find their success rate consistent with the general population.