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Sage Clegg-Haman
City: Bend
State: Oregon
Country: USA
Begins: May 10, 2010
Direction: Northbound

Daily Summary
Date: Sun, Sep 12th, 2010
Start: Boston
End: Boston
Daily Distance: 0
Trip Distance: 231.0

Journal Stats
Entry Visits: 1,721
Journal Visits: 8,631
Guestbook Views: 1,013
Guestbook Entrys: 31

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Thoughts from a couch in Boston

I am in the middle of a middle. An intermission. Tomorrow I will hop a bus and head into the heart of Maine. A woman named Alien will take me to Baxter State Park- can't think of a better person to drop me off at the start of the Appalachain Trail. I might as well be going to the moon. This trail sounds so different than the hiking I am used to out west. But I expect to have all my expectaions & plans blown out of the water- this is still hiking after all & nothing ever goes as planned, reality is always what it is. I hope the baloon of anxiety I have surrounding this adventure gets popped soon, but for now it is kinda fun ( & stressful) to not know if I will like hiking here or if my body can handel it. That worry might sound funny- I mean shouldn't I be in excellent physical condition after hiking for almost 4 months?
Last year I assumed the same thing, but when I switched to the Grant Enchantment Trail after the PCT I strained both my knees on the second day & ended my hiking season completely debilitated. At the moment my body feels stiff & tired from the CDT. I will start as slow as I can out here- but day one will be Katahdin- sounds like the equivelent of whitney as far as knee bashing steepness. I will proceed with caution. Maine is my test state. At the border I will reasses to see if I should keep going.
Underneath it all I am stoked to be hitting the trail! I really hope this is just half way. I want to hike to Georgia by christmas. I want to get to know this mysterious east & stay in leantos, slip on wet roots, follow white blazes blindly, carry only 3 days of food, sign frequent registers, check my email while I'm on the trail....
Off to buy my food for the 100 mile wilderness!

Footsteps for Sandall
Emily Sandall Foundation, helping kids have wild & creative childhoods: emilysandall.org

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