[pct-l] Re: does your honey hike too?

[elisenme2 at gmail.com (Carl & Judy Rush)]

My wife and I backpacked together for many years , until she was rear
ended by a drunk driver. The injuries to her back and neck prevent her
from hiking ( her left leg goes numb at times, and she falls ) . I
still go without her, mostly with the youngest son or oldest grandson,
but it was definitely much more fun with her along and there are times
every day when I think gee I wish she was here to see this.
                                   Carl


On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 10:39:11 -0800, Umstead Tim-MGI1984
<tumstead@motorola.com> wrote:
> 
> When I meet my wife she had never really hiked.  In '85 we went on our first backpacking trip.  By '87 we did the JMT our fist time, since then we have done it five more times.  In '96 we thru-hiked the PCT.  Now we average 26-27 miles a day, peaking into the low 30's.  Although our hiking has slowed down a lot now that we have a three year old.  Last summer we only averaged 21 miles a day.
> 
> Let me tell you, it is great to be able to thru-hike with our spouse and share those memories of the trail with someone close to you.  Neither of us can imagine hiking apart.
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