April 7, 2022
Written on Apr 7th 2022 at 8:35 PM
What does prepping for a thru hike look like? Some of what you would expect: lots of hiking on weekends, gym visits during the week, packing, unpacking, and repacking your bag, buying trail food, packing resupply boxes, buying and testing new gear.
But it also looks like cuddling as much as you can with your pets, saving money, cancelling subscriptions, scouring Reddit for tidbits of wisdom, moving all of your belongings into storage, changing your routines, tying up loose ends at work, and saying good bye to your favorite people.
It’s a pity that the emotional preparation and labor is so rarely discussed compared to the physical. Saying good bye to the life I’ve invested so much in, even temporarily, is the hardest part.
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