Thursday, December 28, 2006

Backpacking the Pinhoti....

I might be able to do this in some way. I have to plan a little. It would be nice to have a little company but I don't know if I can convince anyone to tag along. Kirk seems pretty removed from all of this. His last comment was about having knee problems. I could do a series of overnights until I get it done. Perhaps I should get my scooter carrier added to the truck so I can leave it at one end and scooter back to the truck. Hiking and backpacking is such lonely business. But then so is everything else.

12/30/06: I found out this morning that Perry Clark and a group are planning on starting to hike the Appalachian Trail in April. This is fortuitous.

Solo

  I t is very common to feel a strong, even urgent, need for solitude and to turn inward after a cardiac arrest . Surviving such a life-alt...