Every once in a while I get asked a simple question, although its simplicity is deceptive. Almost every hiker sooner or later faces this: why? Why undertake such a journey? Why trade comfort for exposure, routine for uncertainty, stability for a narrow path deliberately laid out across a continent?
Research is predictable. It comes up whenever we talk about long distances on foot. Friends ask. The family goes back to it. Strangers in roadside towns and country cafes are inclined to ask. …
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