[at-l] thoughts whilst hiking

[buchanan@shentel.net (Susan Buchanan)]

My secretary asked me the other day if I *ever* stopped thinking (she seems
to think I always have 101 different things going on in my head all at the
same time), and I had an immediate answer: on the trail.  It's not that I
become brain-dead, but rather that zone you speak of here - I'm able to move
into that place "beyond the mental chatter".  I like that.

Susan

----- Original Message -----
From: "David" <dfaddleton@mindspring.com>

> I look for a zone lying beyond the mental chatter from my city life, the
> squeaks of my pack, my footfalls' rythm, and the sounds of the forest . .
.
> Once there I feel I can hike forever but I know otherwise . . . a bowl of
> melon balls for lunch could stop me but Martha's no trail angel . . .
>