Mark’s Photos- #34
Today’s photo is another from the PCT. I am trying to channel the photographer, Ansel Adams and his artistic black and white photos. Although Ansel was an early adopter of color film and shot...
SlowBro's Blog Posts
Becoming A Thru-Hiker-1
I was cold. Not frozen, but definitely cold around the edges. I curled into a tighter ball in my hammock and adjusted my quilt. My watch said 4 a.m. I shut my eyes and...
Mark’s Photos- #33
It was mid-summer of 2017. I had finally recovered from torn ligaments in my right big toe and I was doing training hikes around Eugene, but now it was time to give my foot...
SlowBro gets rattled by a snake
(Author’s note: The term “stocking cap” used in this post refers to a winter hat you might wear skiing. The modern term is “beanie.”) PCT April 23, 2014. This was my 19th day on...
Mark’s Photos- #32
Scatman and his wife, Kathy, visited The Professor and me in the early summer of 2017. One place in Oregon worth taking visiting guests to, is Silver Falls State Park. With 10 different substantial...
Attitude: Making Boring Interesting
Somewhere along the line I realized that “boring” is just an attitude, and attitudes can be changed. Now long hikes are composed of long days walking long miles. Many of those miles are going...
3 responses to “Attitude: Making Boring Interesting”
I am reminded that you must get lots of worms since you are one early bird. Thru-hikers of the AT talk of the “green tunnel” (i.e., that never ending canopy of leaves over the trail). Tedious though it may be, an attitude adjustment would help. That does take a strong-willed man or woman! That morning sky is definitely worth a few hours of non-boredom! And 30 miles of hiking in one day! Clearly, you are da man! What memories!
Hey Dan, being a desert rat like me, I’m sure you were an early riser to beat the heat during your Arizona days. And it is weird about the green tunnel of the AT. I approached that the same way as the New Mexican desert, but unlike the CDT which changes every few days, the AT seemed like a never-ending green tunnel. I got spoiled out west. Finally, you’re right about that sunrise. One for the record books!😁
As residents of Tempe, AZ for ten years, we learned the value of early rising. With our two-year-old daughter Molly, we had to get to the playground in summer before 7 AM or the slides would be too hot. Dry heat! Bah! just miserable from May through October – 100s. Rant done.