>>1609066it is, the predominant feeling on a thru hike in my experience is tedium, a lot of the day is spend just trying to keep your mind busy while your feet do that work.
It's nice though, and the long stretches of tedium make the standout parts all the more remarkable, having to work to get to those points makes them more enjoyable.
Hiking everyday you just want to get to camp, or town, or once you get close enough, home. But once you get home, you want nothing more than to be back out there, hitting mile after mile, sleeping somewhere new every night, drinking from pure cold mountain streams, meeting the best people of your life, hitching into town, having simple things like a shower, fresh food or a restaurant meal feel like world class luxuries,
