>>2699354There's only one rule when you go hiking. Do it for something specific.
Maybe visit the places your crush used to walk on. Maybe go on trail of famous mass murderer.
Never hike for the sake of hiking. Never do checking boxes lists. Don't do adventures just to get somewhere.
These are the most boring, forgettable experiences in life. If you want to do PCT, you must have an extra reason, not just the trail itself.
If you can't find that reason, you'll be miserable, empty, on verge of giving up constantly. You must have that reason, that fire, that intimacy.
No matter how silly, powerful, distant or small it is, if it gives you butterflies in the belly, you hold on it and that is your reason. That's your hiking heart.
