TrafficJam wrote:
I still haven't decided where to go. Likely the decision will be based on how social I'm feeling. Most of the time, I don't like hiking where there are a lot of people.
Which got me thinking... how do loners tolerate hiking on the AT?
I'm sort of a loner. I mean I have plenty of friends, but I don't mind doing things by myself either. When I started my section hike mid-April last year with the herd from Springer, it wasn't a problem. I found myself in a loose association of a group of about 6 and a larger group of maybe 12. The 6 of us would decide a destination for the day and hike at our own individual pace. It's not long before you find yourself alone, but when you stop for a break people in the "herd" start to catch up to you. Sometimes when we got our destination a couple of us would decide to push on. We would run into the rest of the group at a town stop- we would be headed back and they would be headed in. I never really felt "crowded" except 2 rainy days when everyone packed into a shelter. I had a lot of my space and alone time.
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