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48 DAYS!!
April 23rd is coming so quick!!
I recently found out that my start date was also my amazing Grandma Gin's birthday. I feel like this is a little serendipitous, not sure if she'd be all for what I'm doing and I know she'd be very worried and concerned lighting candles at church; but I kind of feel that perhaps she'll be a guardian to watch over me in a way. This hike is truly a very selfish endeavor on my part but I'm ready to do something for myself. I've been a people pleaser all my life and this is a dream and aspiration I've had for 10 years now, and it's coming to fruition. I know that to quit ones job and disappear for 6 months in the middle of the prime of ones career isn't understandable for everyone, working and saving should be a priority right...well I'll just have to restart that process after fulfilling some wanderlust on the PCT
I've been adulting pretty hard recently as well preparing for my PCT thru hike. Being a responsible adult means putting financial plans in place if something were to happen, purging possessions that are no longer necessary, obtaining a storage unit, paying off bills... if anything all this makes me feel like a productive member of society just to turn around and be "hiker trash" for 6 months.
Training is going well, I've been trying to get a long hike in daily to start getting some hiker legs going. Recently I've also been testing and becoming familiar with my gear by setting up my tent to make sure I don't look like too much of a rookie when I get to the trail and cooking some meals with my MSR pocket rocket stove... first attempt was not the best success as I boiled over the water making couscous drowning my stove. I've been working on downloading podcasts and music for the siestas in the desert heat. Overall, it's been fun to dial in my gear, expectations/anticipation of things to come and seeing all the hikers that have started the trail post pictures to social media. Every day it becomes more and more real.
If you have a favorite podcast or some music that I should add to my list please post below. |
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