Well I'm out :(

[BuckyMcBuckerson]

Highlights the importance of shakedown hikes. Packing for a thru-hike should be be the first time you're packing your gear.

[BuckyMcBuckerson]

Should NOT*. Fat fingers.

[b12r]

11 pages of this madness. Beautiful.

[TTT]

It's gonna go down in history as a hiking classic

[Dogwood]

Highlights the importance of shakedown hikes. Packing for a thru-hike should NOT be be the first time you're packing your gear.

nuff said.....

[Last Call]

And, after all that the OP is NOT going to even try hiking? Stupendous!

[johnnybgood]

The Akrasia Effect.

[FreeGoldRush]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that little llama is capable of far more than he realizes. Only one way to find out.

[Lone Wolf]

One last post for me:

1. I can't not bring my dog. I don't know why I have to keep saying this... I have severe depression/PTSD issues and cannot get through them if I don't have her there with me. She is an actual service dog, not a "therapy animal". I have hiked with her in my pack for years when needed and she just sits, no movement or sound. That's not to say I can't fall with her in there as falling can happen at any time but she isn't going to make it much worse (except for the COG changing). I know all about the stigma of dogs on the trail, you don't have to keep using this thread to show you don't like it.


2. There were a lot of things that kept me off the trail this year, the pack was just the straw on the camels back. Pack was straightened out a few hours after making this thread. I crammed the sleeping bag in and all my issues were fixed. The pack isn't an issue.


3. I'm not giving up, just postponing. Those that served like me have been through things you will never imagine or endure. Don't call me a snowflake unless you can do it to my face. Keyboard badasses are a joke to me, I've been called worse while taking PT test to get me to push harder.


4. When you can carry a 70+ pound pack for 8-10 hours with only breaks for lunch and water in the open sun on blacktop up and down hills with no idea when it will stop you can call me out on "quitting" or not finishing. I'm used to finishing things or having hell to pay, this is cake.

your biggest problem was posting in here in the first place. too many cyber hikin' packsniffers that know-it-all. they think. thank you for your service to our country

[AllDownhillFromHere]

These threads are great inputs to my Ignore List.

[Traffic Jam]

Ironic that a woman who was sexually abused and struggles emotionally needs to "get over it", but a veteran who also struggles emotionally gets a pat on the back and a thank you.

[BuckeyeBill]

What Lone Wolf said.

[BuckeyeBill]

Ironic that a woman who was sexually abused and struggles emotionally needs to "get over it", but a veteran who also struggles emotionally gets a pat on the back and a thank you.

You would never hear those words out of my mouth.

[Elaikases]

The Akrasia Effect.

I learned something new: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akrasia

[Elaikases]

That said, I'm glad you are doing three day test runs and hikes and getting ready to try again. Wish you the best in overcoming your PTSD.

[Traffic Jam]

You would never hear those words out of my mouth.

Those words were said to the lady who wants to hike but is afraid of men. It's shameful that she didn't receive the same amount of encouragement and support.

[BuckeyeBill]

Those words were said to the lady who wants to hike but is afraid of men. It's shameful that she didn't receive the same amount of encouragement and support.

I remember that, what a shame.

[fiddlehead]

I must say, I read the 1st page of this thread when it first came out.
AFter reading the OP, I said to myself: Obvious Troll, don't waste your time.
But, now I see it's 11 pages long, so, had to see what was going on.
I still think the same:
Obvious Troll.
C'mon folks the dude couldn't make it to his ride to the trail.

[imscotty]

Sad that anyone would come to WB looking for help, only to get dumped on. LL - I hope you can filter out the jerkiness to get to some of the useful advice in this thread.

Nothing like a walk in the woods to refresh the soul and leave the negativity behind. Hope you start out with some day hikes, then weekend hikes, and then longer hikes soon. I look forward to hearing next year that you are on Springer Mountain. Whatever happens, the only failure is in never trying and never taking the chance.

Good luck to you.

[Don H]

Sad that anyone would come to WB looking for help, only to get dumped on. LL - I hope you can filter out the jerkiness to get to some of the useful advice in this thread.

What i noticed in this thread was that initially there was some negative comments when llama announced he was quitting because his food wouldn't fit in his pack. But then when he asked for help and seemed sincere many people took a significant amount of their own time to offer some very good advice and help. Then when it seemed he had decided not to hike despite the help offered the tone turned negative. I think that was just some frustration on the part of the members who wanted to help him succeed.