For me, the thought of hitchhiking still makes me feel uneasy. I've read on many threads that it's not as frightening as it seems, but still mom's lesson of "don't get into a car with strangers" lingers in my mind...
For me, the thought of hitchhiking still makes me feel uneasy. I've read on many threads that it's not as frightening as it seems, but still mom's lesson of "don't get into a car with strangers" lingers in my mind...
If it worries you that much, dont do it, or dont do it alone, or dont do it if you dont feel safe with the particular person who stops. You might insult the person who stops if you dont get in but you probably will never see them again anyway, so do what you need to do to feel safe.
What I am most worried about is hiking that many 20 mile days in a row month after month.
hypothermia
dehydration
hunger
foot injury
Seems like every hiker tale of woe involves one of these 4 things. the first 3 are almost always caused by someone trying to "go Lite". I'm questioning myself constantly, "do I have enough clothes/bedding, food, water?"
Deer Ticks (Lyme Disease)
Mice Across my face or in my Sleepibg Bag while I sleep.
The Approach Trail Stairs and steep pitches.
Finding re-supply in small villages.
Running out of iPhone battery (camera, journal, books)
Wet Down Sleeping bag
Heavy Rain coming thru my single wall tent.
Family health pulling off the trail.
Not making it end to end.
cold rain.... and getting wet; which is going to happen..... and also lighting!!!!! those are the 2 biggies for me.
eveready
resupply... I plan and plan again and i just can't stop worrying about it.
Sasquatch herpes.
Buy the ticket, you take the ride. - Hunter S. Thompson
I'm afraid that I'll get out on the trail and lose the motivation for doing a complete thru, or having something come up where I have to get off the trail where the cause is within me. Not something like an injury, or ridiculous weather, or funding... but where I give up on myself. Right now, I don't see anything that leads me to think that this is going to happen, but then again... I'm not walking through a green tunnel for mile upon mile right now, either.
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dont worry about it, i wish i had the opportunity to be able to do a thru hike......and worrying is typically a waste of your time
Whether my feet will give out on me - nerve/pain issues even before I start.
Everyone's first question:
"Wow - How tall are you?"
Answer: "I'm 6'6""
Ergo, my trail name: 'Six-Six'
1. Bears
2. Bears
3. Bears
4. Bear + other Bears
What? Me Worry?
Everything is in Walking Distance
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