August 29, 1999 - North Woodstock, NH
Hello Folks,
I'm sad to report that I'm off the trail.
Right now I am writing this in Illinois from my brothers house.
I am on my way back home, by rental car, and expect to be there in about a
week.
I will write another report which contains most of anything I want to say.
I reached the decision about 3:00 am on Thursday morning, and by
3:30 pm I was renting a car at the Manchester Airport.
There are many ways to express what happened. Sufficient to say it was
about:
60% mental
40% physical.
Thru-hikers have expressed it as having "lost the will to walk"
Will I finish it. Never say "never" but:
The trail changed
I changed
I lost "the will to walk"
Basic Stats:
End Point
NH112
North Woodstock NH
1773 miles completed
388 miles left undone