20 Mile Day
Mr Happy will attempt 20 miles today. When we spoke around lunchtime he had already done 13 for the day and was making for Unicoi Gap. When he gets there he will be at the 50.5 mile mark. He took a zero day at the hostel at Neels Gap yesterday and did some odd jobs in return for accommodation. They had little in the way of food available but Mr Happy picked up his re-supply that he had mailed and sent some stuff home. His pack now weighs 34 lb which is very light with winter gear included. He felt strong hiking this morning after his rest day and was also enjoying the beauty of the Georgia mountains on a sunny clear day.
He's decided that his thru hike will probably not change him much but that he will learn a lot of things he can use in life. He's finding that deprivation is teaching him to appreciate more, that pain is showing him joy, and that suffering is teaching him to appreciate inner peace and solitude. He said some people say you learn determination and perserverance from tackling a thru hike but he disagrees. He says you have to have those qualities to begin with or you would drop out soon after you started.
posted by Michael @ 5:32 PM
3 Comments:
I think that while Mr. may not feel the change, the change will happen, in the best way possible. Through discovery and the realization of what he is truly capable of. Sometimes slight shifts in conciousness make all the difference.
Please send him my best wishes and thoughts when you get a chance!
Thank you for keeping us all up to date, I sincerely appreciate it.
Go Josh! We're cheering for you!
Your Mississippi "family"
people don't change... it is indeed their perception of others that changes.
philosophy aside, 20 miles is a long way to walk on rocks dirt and logs. but it is better than walking on snow. Tell him to slow down before he reaches Vermont and gets an unexpected settimana bianca
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