[at-l] Raccoon, AT 2003?

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Raccoon wrote:

> Which leaves me in the position of suddenly having an unlimited
> >amount of time on my hands right at the start of the northbound
> >thru-hiker season.  And which makes me regret twice as much that
> >I had to miss the Gathering, and can't make this weekend's
> >shakedown hike.  I've barely even scratched the surface of the
> >training hikes that I wanted to do to get ready for such an
> >endeavor, and there are some major financial and other question
> >marks that could just as easily turn this into a pleasant
> >daydream that never materializes.
>

At the risk of getting drummed away from the campfire, IMO only you can
decide if you can or should do this hike.  Other commitments, financial or
family, have caused a number of us to adopt the "doing the AT 100 miles at a
time on the two decade plan" mode, which works for at least some of us.

Sometimes this "free will" thing is a blessing, sometimes not.  <VBG>

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