A few years ago, I saw "You can do it" in orange spray paint on a fallen tree along the AT in Georgia.
I am human and I need to be loved - just like everybody else does
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hikerboy wrote:
chief wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
chief wrote:
Inspiration (My take on inspiration)
You can't really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. (Poor little me)
You can't really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. (Get over it, you don't really want her back)
You can't really begin to appreciate happiness until you've known sadness. (How cute is that)
Once you've walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking. (Mountaintops are overrated, you could die up there, appreciate the valley and quit yer whining!)
not very inspiring
ditto
perhaps you could offer up some of your own inspiration?
or just guard the bridge?
chief wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
chief wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
chief wrote:
Inspiration (My take on inspiration)
You can't really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. (Poor little me)
You can't really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. (Get over it, you don't really want her back)
You can't really begin to appreciate happiness until you've known sadness. (How cute is that)
Once you've walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking. (Mountaintops are overrated, you could die up there, appreciate the valley and quit yer whining!)
not very inspiring
ditto
perhaps you could offer up some of your own inspiration?
or just guard the bridge?
I believe I did. I'll rephrase: Appreciate the good in life, leave the bad to the whiners.
LDog wrote:
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
"May an elephant caress you with his toes"
"May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose"
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose!"
Astro wrote:
LDog wrote:
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
"May an elephant caress you with his toes"
"May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose"
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose!"
That is not quite how I remember Little Jimmie Dickens singing it.
hikerboy wrote:
chief wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
chief wrote:
hikerboy wrote:
chief wrote:
Inspiration (My take on inspiration)
You can't really begin to appreciate life until it has knocked you down a few times. (Poor little me)
You can't really begin to appreciate love until your heart has been broken. (Get over it, you don't really want her back)
You can't really begin to appreciate happiness until you've known sadness. (How cute is that)
Once you've walked through the valley, the view from the mountaintop is breathtaking. (Mountaintops are overrated, you could die up there, appreciate the valley and quit yer whining!)
not very inspiring
ditto
perhaps you could offer up some of your own inspiration?
or just guard the bridge?
I believe I did. I'll rephrase: Appreciate the good in life, leave the bad to the whiners.
i'm sad that you would rather not climb the mountain.
the view,is, indeed. incredible.
hikerboy wrote:
yup. its all good. but that doesnt mean i havent seen my share of tragedy,had my struggles, im happier today than ever in my life, but i wouldnt have had it any other way. i do think some who have it too easy, perhaps born into wealth, dont really experience all life has to offer, and that involves suffering.i think if you have known what its like to struggle to achieve what you want, you savor it that much more.and most of the time its that struggle, journey, climb, that you savor even more than the view from the top.
Da Wolf wrote:
"blue-blazin' is like jerkin' off. everyone does it but no one admits to it"
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hikerboy wrote:
Da Wolf wrote:
i blue-blaze cuz 9 out of 10 times it's much prettier. there are no tough spots on the AT
i dont think i could say the same about jerkin off
max.patch wrote:
Astro wrote:
LDog wrote:
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
"May an elephant caress you with his toes"
"May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose"
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose!"
That is not quite how I remember Little Jimmie Dickens singing it.
memory is the first thing to go astro.
twistwrist wrote:
Sums up one of my myriad reasons for needing the AT. God I hope I don't get hurt or quit the first week. I'm so new to this, I have a complete idea (and no idea) of what I'm up against, both simultaneously. Loving every single experience thus far, and feeling more and more connected the the AT and the people around it every time I encounter it. But still, I tend to have little faith in myself, but I do love to prove myself wrong too. I hope the AT is another one of those experiences for me!
OzJacko wrote:
At some point somebody makes a trail. Why they make it go one side of a mountain is their decision but they saw the beauty or rationale of it when they cut it. Others come along and cut "alternatives". This is repeated in many places.
Later still someone comes along and "links" up some of these trails to make a longer trail. To walk the longer trail exactly the way it was linked up is about as imaginative as a sheep following the leader of the flock to water.
If there is a prettier way, you lose by not taking it. As far as I am concerned if you walk from Springer Mountain to Katahdin you have walked the AT even if you walked the road most of the way. But if you walk the road much of it is a lesser experience. Blue Ridge Parkway is an exception. I would consider that if HB walked the Benton Mackaye Trail and then continued to Katahdin, that he would have thruhiked the AT. He certainly would feel like he had.
twistwrist wrote:
Sums up one of my myriad reasons for needing the AT. God I hope I don't get hurt or quit the first week. I'm so new to this, I have a complete idea (and no idea) of what I'm up against, both simultaneously. Loving every single experience thus far, and feeling more and more connected the the AT and the people around it every time I encounter it. But still, I tend to have little faith in myself, but I do love to prove myself wrong too. I hope the AT is another one of those experiences for me!
max.patch wrote:
most prospective thrus who decide to blue blaze don't give fat rats azz about the scenery. they do it because the blue blaze alternative is shorter.
twistwrist wrote:
Sums up one of my myriad reasons for needing the AT. God I hope I don't get hurt or quit the first week. I'm so new to this, I have a complete idea (and no idea) of what I'm up against, both simultaneously. Loving every single experience thus far, and feeling more and more connected the the AT and the people around it every time I encounter it. But still, I tend to have little faith in myself, but I do love to prove myself wrong too. I hope the AT is another one of those experiences for me!
LIhikers wrote:
twistwrist wrote:
Sums up one of my myriad reasons for needing the AT. God I hope I don't get hurt or quit the first week. I'm so new to this, I have a complete idea (and no idea) of what I'm up against, both simultaneously. Loving every single experience thus far, and feeling more and more connected the the AT and the people around it every time I encounter it. But still, I tend to have little faith in myself, but I do love to prove myself wrong too. I hope the AT is another one of those experiences for me!
If once you get out for your long hike you start thinking about quitting and going home, never make the final decision unless the sky is blue, the temperature moderate, you're feeling good and your belly is full. If under those conditions you don't feel like hiking anymore then you'll know it's right to go home, maybe.