The one Reason you would get off the trail for a few days? Just one Answer please!

[rocketsocks]

If I was taking six months off from my regular goings-on to do the the trail,I would make an honest attempt but would not stay on because I didn't want to blemish a trail marker count.If I went off to do something sobeit.And if asked years later "did you do the whole thing?"would say "well I moved forward,ended up in Maine,and had a whole lotta fun on the way."Yeah but did you pass each blaze?""No,sure didn't."So what!

[K-Man]

Phish.Tour

[lush242000]

Mom's home cooking as I pass by within miles from trail.

To spend some boom chicka boom time with the wife.

[craisin]

The dark knight rises!

[Mike2012]

Sprained ankle and yes I am hiking again. In GSMNP!

[birdygal]

I am currently off with walking pneumonia

[MedicineWoman2012]

Friends Funeral

[bonarusa]

We are Rooin too!!

[Samson]

Cheese. Must have cheese.

[WIAPilot]

Visit hometown!

[Jim Adams]

High Point Motocross National....hitched to the race and then back to the A.T. in both 1990 and 2002.

geek

[fiddlehead]

Interesting thread as it brings back memories of a trip I did in Nepal a few years ago with 3 other thru-hikers.
After I climbed a 20,000' peak (Dhampus), I said I was retiring and wouldn't do any more uphills. I was semi serious. (and it was all downhill from there)

I said there were only 3 things that would get me back on a trail: Money, Love or War.

The next morning, there were about 20 soldiers blocking the trail and telling us that we couldn't continue because there was a battle in the next town (where the bus was to take us back to Pokara), and 265 people had been killed. So, we had to go a different way which started with a 6.000 foot climb.

My friends laughed at me all the way.
But, I didn't break my promise (till 2 years later when I missed hiking and started my trail here in Phuket)

So, my answer to the OP's question is: money, love, or war.