As an AT and PCT hiker, I highly recommend it. Probably when your kids are old enough to either go with you or stay with grandparents for the duration, though.
BTW, the term you’re looking for is “type 2 fun.” Another good hiking term that deserves to be in the everyday lexicon is “zero day.” A day when you just say “screw it” and accomplish nothing (walking zero miles).
The problem with just saying that you hiked the Appalachian Trail is that the day you claimed you hiked it just might happen to be “National Hike Naked Day.” And then everybody will discover that you were actually in Brazil with your mistress, and then there goes your political career.
Actually, never mind. There’s no way that would happen to a second person.
Honestly? Relatable as hell. I went on a canoe trip one weekend with my pals. The planning had been slightly poor though, and the summer had been pretty harsh, so there was basically no water along the canoe streams (not enough for an actual canoe hike at least). It was an absolutely hellish weekend. Yet when I think back about it? We did do some fun stuff anyway, when camping and drinking beer and such. I don’t regret it, I’m glad I went along with it, and I’m never, ever doing something like that again.
This is a brilliant plan, but would require much research to pull off properly. You could start with that Bill Bryson book.
As an AT and PCT hiker, I highly recommend it. Probably when your kids are old enough to either go with you or stay with grandparents for the duration, though.
BTW, the term you’re looking for is “type 2 fun.” Another good hiking term that deserves to be in the everyday lexicon is “zero day.” A day when you just say “screw it” and accomplish nothing (walking zero miles).
Out of curiosity how far do you hike? 1 mile? 3? 6.2?
just checked this comic for the first time in almost ten years… you still got it man
The problem with just saying that you hiked the Appalachian Trail is that the day you claimed you hiked it just might happen to be “National Hike Naked Day.” And then everybody will discover that you were actually in Brazil with your mistress, and then there goes your political career.
Actually, never mind. There’s no way that would happen to a second person.
Honestly? Relatable as hell. I went on a canoe trip one weekend with my pals. The planning had been slightly poor though, and the summer had been pretty harsh, so there was basically no water along the canoe streams (not enough for an actual canoe hike at least). It was an absolutely hellish weekend. Yet when I think back about it? We did do some fun stuff anyway, when camping and drinking beer and such. I don’t regret it, I’m glad I went along with it, and I’m never, ever doing something like that again.