The Excuse

Well, friends. It’s now approaching six months since I finished my thru-hike of the CDT, and the journey to my Triple Crown. Here’s my excuse for going MIA. Towards the end. I know most have since stopped following the journey, but wanted to wrap up this journey for my memoirs ;).

I never shared my last three weeks on trail, and what a fun an eventful three weeks it was. My last post was around the time of my birthday, which I had a grand time for. I was happy to be with Hobo Toe and no long alone on the trail. The longer I hiked with him, and soon to be Skeebs (more on that later) I realized that the journey of the trail was once again about the people along the way, not about the miles passing by.

As I’ve had time to sit and digest and (attempt) to process what just transpired in my life and unfolded over the course of this 5 month journey, I’ve realized that I spent too much time worrying about the journey and how to share my tale, that I wasn’t actually living in the moment and enjoying what I had in front of me.

One of the main reasons I decided not to film on this journey is a) because, well, Andy is the film pro and anything I put out would pale in comparison to what we could accomplish together, and b) I wanted to live in the moment as much as possible. I felt the filming took that away from me, but I also underestimated the power of daily posting and how much it can wear down ones spirits by recounting the troubles of the day and focusing on the stories which are compelling.

The places I was looking for support weren’t the places where I would find it, and it wore me down more, focusing on why I was breaking down and not going to be able to finish the trail. Once I had my tramily (Trail Family) to preoccupy my mind and help me through that process, I was once again able to focus on the journey at hand. Unfortunately, at that time, it meant forgoing my daily posting, and enjoying those few precious moments I will never forget.