Section hiker!!

I am just beginning to realize how much I trash-talked section hikers when I still considered myself a thru hiker. I am officially now a section hiker. I injured my knee near Front Royal, Virginia, and now I am off the trail and am about 90% sure I will not be going back this year. My aunt Karen picked me up from the nearest road I could hobble to and brought me to stay with her in Arlington. I am currently recouperating and exploring my options as far as what to do with my life, up here in DC. I apparently have some severe tendinitis in my left knee. It is starting to feel better but I still can't walk very far without getting a stiff and burning pain sensation and you can forget about inclines, descents, and stairs.

I might write some sort of final post for this blog but I don't want to be too sentimental or belabor the point or anything, and also I don't want to write a final post as if this is the last of my backpacking. I love backpacking and I intend to attempt another thru hike, maybe the AT, maybe another trail. PCT, or Continental Divide.


I hope you have enjoyed reading. Expect to hear more from me in 2012 :)