Misc Appalachain Trail

**cdcox** · 01-07-2011, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by splatbass

I think it would have been a great thing to do when I was young and had no responsibilities.

I think it would be great to be young and have no responsibilities, so I want to hike the trail.

splatbass · 01-07-2011, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by cdcox

I think it would be great to be young and have no responsibilities, so I want to hike the trail.

Good point.

I'm 49, with a bad knee, a bad shoulder, a wife and a mortgage. Spending 6 months hiking just isn't something I'll ever be able to do now.

I did a lot of hiking and backpacking in the Sierras, the Cascades, the coastal mountains of northern California, and the Appalachian Trail through the Blue Ridge mountains of Virginia when I was in my 20s and early 30s (lived in NoCal for 6 years and VA for 2). I would have loved hiking the whole Appalachian Trail, but I was already married by then.