[at-l] Philosophy

["Richard S. Lubitz" <lubitz%40alpha%2Efdu%2Eedu>]

Those of us pushing 50 (14 months away) who have never done their thru
hike can look back and see the missed opportunities.  My best was in
April 1970 when I got out of the Army and had to wait till September to go
back to college.  In those days, however, a thru hike was something much
rarer and too large (in my mind at the time) to consider.  Instead, I bought
a new car (payment and all) got a job and come September went to school at
night.  I was able to spend a lot of time on the trail but mainly weekends
and vacations.  Now I have to be content doing the trail a few inches at a time
and living vicariously through those of you who are doing it for real.  Now I am
a self employed CPA with 2 kids (one in HS and one in her senior year of 
college with plans for med school) and a chronically ill wife (lupis) so taking
more than a week or so off is totally out of the question.  

My point was not to complain about my state of affairs but to say to anyone who
may have a window of opportunity not to let it close before you get into it.  In
about 15 years, unless I win the lottery first, if I am still capable, I hope 
to be doing my thru hike.
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