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Tom
City: Meridian
State: Idaho
Country: United States
Begins: Apr 5, 2021
Direction: Northbound
Daily Summary
Date: Sat, Feb 1st, 2020
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The Beginning
When I was a freshman in high school I read a book about a guy who hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. I was
fascinated with his journey which led me on a literary adventure. I read as much as I could about the
Crest Trail (PCT), Appalachian Trail, walking across America, John Muir, ect. I thought to myself that one
day I was going to do something like this. Since then I have backpacked small sections of trail over the
years but have never really been out for more than a few nights at a time...barely scrathching the
surface of what these people accomplished in the books I so fervently read.
Now I am 51 y/o. For years now, as I lay in bed at night, I have been "faux planning" my adventures,
strategizing routes, thinking about gear, looking at maps and watching YouTube videos of people going
on adventures of a lifetime. I thought back to my early teens and remembered the excitement I had to take
on such a challenge and it was at this point that I decided that I, too, was going to attempt to fulfill a lifelong
dream. I planned out my finances and decided that I could pull it off...It was going to take a huge chunk of
money to accomplish something like through hiking the PCT as I have a mortgage, car payments, family,
insurance, ect that I am still responsible for, not to mention costs associated with being on trail and resupply..
I spoke to my wife about it and she said go for it. My boss agreedto grant me a leave of absence from work.
Now it was up to me...do i really want to do this? YES, yes I do.
2021 is going to be the year I attempt to fulfill this dream.
Tom's 2021 PTC Journal
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