[at-l] More Sticky Thoughts...

[askowronek@mindspring.com (Amy)]

Dattospeak:


> 
> 1) One of the things changing a person along the
> course of a thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail is the
> taking on of personal responsibility. That 'you' are
> responsible for the outcome of what happens.


Amyspeak:  Why's it take a thru-hike to get people
to figure that out?

> The
> freedom part comes about when you are slapping
> yourself in the leg with a switch and when you stop,
> you think to yourself, 'Hey, this feels pretty good
> when I stop.' 


Amyspeak:  There is a whole workforce of nattily dressed
individuals who would be happy to impart this
feeling to you.  For free, if you're cute.


> To talk and communicate and parley with a
> non-thru-hiker at the time seemed to require so much
> more...well, effort to get the same idea across,
> requiring so much more noise and motion.


Amyspeak:  The trail turns you into the strong silent type.
;)



-amy