How do you know you are obsessed with something? Well if you spend more hours in the day researching light weight titanium pots than you do sleeping or eating, you're obsessed. Calling it a "hobby" is simply lying to yourself. I am not alone, some of you may be reading this and saying "damn that chick is cray, cray" but others are like "OMG she gets me!"
See the thing is once you catch the hiking bug, you're screwed. Its all downhill from there. First you'll start going on lots of day hikes. Then you'll start thinking "hmm these day hikes kick ass, I wish I could stay on the trail longer" And that's when you decide backpacking sounds pretty flipping awesome. After that you'll spend a lot of time on YouTube and REI deciding what backpack you should get. And before you know it you've decided that hiking 2,160 miles is the best idea you've ever had!
Now there are a lot of people who think hiking from Georgia to Maine is absolutely crazy, but then there are other people like me who watch YouTube videos, read blogs, and fallow forums about other peoples thru-hikes and are completely inspired. It was watching and reading these peoples stories that made me want to be one of these people. To test myself mentally and physically, to tackle such a huge endeavor. To prove to myself I could do it, I could be one of those thru-hikers I find so inspiring. And so my journey begins.
I plan to begin my hike at Springer Mountain in Georgia in March 2015 (specific day TBA). That leaves me with a little under a year to plan, prepare, save money, and wait. So I invite you to follow my journey, ask questions, share experiences and advise, and wish me luck. Welcome to my blog.
