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Tenacious Tanasi wrote:
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at some of the posts I have gotten offlist. So, I thought I would poll
everyone. <br>
Do you need to plan at all or simply see what the trail brings you?<br>
How much planning is too much planning?<br>
What are signs/symptoms that you going into planning overkill?</div>
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(I know this will echo what others have already said. And, Longhaul has
it nailed pretty close)<br>
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The same amount of planning isn't going to work for everyone. And, it's
important to not confuse 'planning' with 'knowledge'. It is better to
have knowledge and no plan than to have a plan and no knowledge. <br>
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The day after I left my first town stop I met a northbound girl. I
wrote my fone number on a dollar bill and asked her to call my sister
(who was staying at my house and sending my maildrops) and tell her to
not send another thing until I told her to. I knew immediately I was
tired of the food I had packaged and that I could get what I was hungry
for and what my body needed at almost any mid-size mini-mart. And, one
of my favorite things to do in a shelter or tent is plan the next day,
two days...week...and, then change it the next day. Part of the
beauty of a thru-hike is the liberation...part of the liberation is the
fluidity of a thru-hike. <br>
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