Comments on: How To Leave the Rat Race for the Trip of A Lifetime

By: For Every Sin But The Killing Of Time There Is Forgiveness | John’s Crawlspace: E/N On Life Support

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:57:55 +0000

[...] How to Leave the Rat Race for the Trip of a Lifetime – This article gave me chills. Not because it’s particularly well written, but because of how excited I get when thinking about doing something like this. I feel like my time spent in Ghana (Ghana blog posts here) gave me a good taste of being completely immersed in a strange (meaning unfamiliar to me) culture, and I absolutely loved it… And have been craving it ever since. I feel like I’ve had the “travel bug” ever since I got back from Africa. Moving to California will certainly keep me complacent for a while, but I know I’m not done traveling. I read the article twice, and definitely suggest that you check it out as well. For some reason, the first quote in the article really struck a chord with me: “For every sin but the killing of Time there is forgiveness.” [...]

By: jiglet

jiglet — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:27:11 +0000

This is an awesome article, very inspiring. You just woke up the “travel bug” in me, I gotta get moving again.

By: Brock

Brock — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:54:33 +0000

What was your trail name? I went by Brock, but there were two of us named Brock who started the same day in 2005. I made it to Erwin and decided to quit. In 2006 I finished the rest of it. Yesterday was the 3 year anniversary of finishing.

By: Kirk

Kirk — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:12:11 +0000

I’m a 2005er too. I started out Northbound on April 8th. I set out to thru-hike, but only did a little over 1200 miles. A slow, casual 1200 miles. =)

By: Brock

Brock — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:36:22 +0000

When did you hike the AT? I did it in 2005 and 2006.