There Is No "Done": Reflections on a Completed at Thru-Hike (2022)
I woke up this morning and, by habit, clicked the weather app on my phone. I blinked at the blue light and sighed: four of the next ten days promised rain. On this trail, nothing is as disheartening as a weather forecast punctuated with rainclouds and lightning bolts.
- ▪I woke up this morning and, by habit, clicked the weather app on my phone.
- ▪I blinked at the blue light and sighed: four of the next ten days promised rain.
- ▪On this trail, nothing is as disheartening as a weather forecast punctuated with rainclouds and lightning bolts.
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| Original publisher | The Trek |
| Canonical URL | https://thetrek.co/appalachian-trail/there-is-no-done-reflections-on-a-completed-at-thru-hike/ |
| Publication time | Mon, 10 Aug 2026 14:32:54 +0000 |
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I woke up this morning and, by habit, clicked the weather app on my phone. I blinked at the blue light and sighed: four of the next ten days promised rain. On this trail, nothing is as disheartening as a weather forecast punctuated with rainclouds and lightning bolts. Rain means that my tent will flood. Rain means that I will be walking on shriveled feet in squishy socks for hours on end. Rain means that everything I own will smell like a wet dog until I can dry out at my next town stop, which is likely days away. How many days? I wondered. I blinked, stretched, and tried to calculate; tried to remember where I was and where I was headed next. And then my ceiling fan came into focus.
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