LW has the answer for me!
I've done three 2,000+ mile canoe trips, a 1,000 mile canoe trip, several 300 to 500 mile canoe trips, thru hiked several small trails and thru hiked the AT twice all w/o quitting.
Last year in the middle of the Sierras, the MOST BEAUTIFUL mountain terrain that I've ever witnessed, the middle of my PCT thru, the middle of something that I've dreamed of for 40 years....I quit and went home! Sure I was low on money but it didn't matter...I would have quit anyway. IT WASN'T FUN ANYMORE!!!!!!
I'll go back and see Oregon and Washington but only the JMT in California. The rest of California just turned me off so bad that the Sierras couldn't save my hike.
I can't wait for my next AT thru!
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