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Pre-Trail Medical Issues! YUCK!

It's about 4 weeks until I leave to hit the trail... over the last 2 I had some familiar knee pain that fortunately has passed, but now it seems I have a bone spur or plantar fasciitis UGH. Hoping this pain subsides on it's own as well- though I think I'll purchase some arch support insoles for my hiking boots just in case!

Not so sure about finishing the trail anymore, but it's still on my list of possibility. With an opportunity to go to San Francisco in July, and the possibility of heading back to school in the Fall, I'll just have to see where my priorities lie once I'm on trail. I still hope to get at least a few months under my feet though :)

Photo Link

Here's a link to where I will be periodically dumping all my photos from my iPhone! I've also added the link to the sidebar for easy access once I begin blogging

Check them out!

Planning (Overthinking)

Well, the ticket has been purchased, and I am flying to Atlanta on April 13th. I'll begin my long walk home on the 15th, hopefully with many other hikers hoping to complete a thru of the Appalachian Trail.

I'm in full planning mode which means: getting my gear together and running through different scenarios of snake-encounters in my head.

I have most of my gear purchased and ready to go, but there's still some small items I need to pick up and prepare: ziplocks, spices, butter container, bandanas, etc.

I'm hoping that I don't spend too much of the next 3 months having anxiety over my first few weeks on the trail, but my constantly-running mind has already been keeping me up at night, playing hypothetical movies of my experience in my head. How helpful!

I'll post a detailed gear list as my next entry. I won't be writing here too much before my trip, because I hate sifting through others peoples pre-trail anxiety posts!