[pct-l] Does your honey hike too?

[calliger at infolane.com (rjc)]

Very wise. I'd say there is a lot of maturity in those paragraphs your wrote.

Richard



At 12:19 PM 2/24/2005, Paul Magnanti wrote:
>Well, as you can guess from my previous e-mail, the
>better half  does hike, but not nearly to the level of
>me.
>
>She is sweet, intelligent, attractive and somehow puts
>up with me. :) She does not have any desire to go
>hiking for 20 miles+ a day and/or for weeks at a time.
>
>
>Her idea of a good trip is maybe 5-10 miles a day, or
>better yet hike in 5-10 miles and explore an area via
>basecamp.
>
>It's OK. She understands that while I enjoy it, there
>are times when I wnat to push myself solo. Part of me
>wishes she was into these long excursions, OTOH I did
>date a person who was into long distance hiking and
>that did not work out. Partially  because some of the
>reasons that make us into LD hiking (independence,
>desire for solitude, wanting personal challenges) can
>sometimes make for less than great relationship. She's
>a wonderful person (and I hope she can say the same of
>me), but just did not work out.
>
>My girlfriend  and I had broken up for a while last
>year; part of the reason was that she though the
>outdoors is more lifestyle than hobby for me. She's
>right. As with many things in life, we worked out a
>compromise that should allow both of us to enjoy the
>outdoors and each other.  Part of me would love to be
>with someone who shares the passion of the outdoors in
>the same way I do, part of me also realizes there are
>different ways to be passionate about the outdoors.
>
>
>
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