Emily, you mentioned in another post that you backpack. Have you done much backpacking and where are some of the places you have back packed?
I just started backpacking in 2009. I've always loved the woods and have been a day hiker all my life, but my health (in the past) kept from being able to back pack. Finally (at age 49) I was well enough to give it a go. I've only done a little bit and my longest trip was only 71 miles. I've done other short trips for a night or two. I live on the east coast in North Carolina, so the Appalachian Trail is in my back yard and I feel at home there. I have backpacked a small portion of the AT in New York. My high school dream was to thru-hike the AT some day. I got chronically sick at age 22 and was stuck in that chronic ill health for a few decades. But now my high school dream is alive again. I want to thru-hike the AT the year I turn 60 or before if life circumstances fall into place prior to the big six zero. But, I'm thinking I'll hike the upper half (Harper's Ferry to Katahdin) and then take a bus back to Harper's Ferry and hike the lower half (Harper's Ferry to Springer). So technically it may be just two giant section hikes with a week or so off in between.
