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RETIRED DUDES
Doing In Retirement! WHY DO YOU GO HIKING? My pastor recently asked; “What do you like about hiking?” “I don’t know, I just like it. What do you like about baseball?!” I was being defensive, why? Was he evaluating my use of time? I doubt it. But I have been asked the question by others with a tone of voice indicating incongruity or disbelief. Am I wasting my time? On occasion I have heard the same tone when asked why I like hunting. Some of you might say, “well that is different!”, maybe. For some, hunting is a moral issue and the thought prompts a negative gut reaction. I get that, but Hiking? I think I get defensive because until recently I couldn’t articulate an answer that satisfied me. The thoughts have been adding up in my head for a couple weeks and I am sure I will discover more as time passes. Some seem self-centered others not so much but I will try and cover them honestly. One appeal of hiking was, I was separating myself from what I considered “our artificial world” and was getting “back to nature”. Getting into the wild or proving that I could live outside made me feel strong and superior. I think a lot of it had to do with reading too many Jack London books and biographies of 18th and 19th century mountain men and trappers. Thinking this through today brings to mind all the modern ultra-light tech I am using while I am getting “back to nature”. 850 fill treated down, Cuban fiber or syl/nylon tents, packs, and raingear. Not to mention freeze dried meals and gas canister stoves. So there goes the illusion of living off the land or getting away from the modern artificial environment. Rain drops on manzanita branch. Hiking gets me out of my comfort zone and provides me with spiritual benefits. One of them is humility and intimacy with God. I find myself turning my mind toward God many times per hour (just like I should all the time in my real world). It might start with thankfulness and worship as I see things that I find beautiful. It often switches to requests that acknowledge His sovereignty as I get concerned about; weather, poison oak, ticks, rattlesnakes, water sources, and ask Him for an adequate tent site as night approaches. Hiking makes me more thankful in “real” life. Examples include: a hot shower after weeks without, home cooked meals after weeks of dehydrated food, the comfort of physical touch and conversation after weeks of absence, and the mattress, box springs, sheets and blankets considered normal after weeks on the ground. Hiking gets me out with a group of people who are experiencing the same wonders and concerns I am but with a different method of processing or approaching the difficulties. On the trail it is common to discuss inner thoughts and spirituality with folks whose real name you don’t know. I often have the opportunity to share my faith in Jesus, the Gospel with people I otherwise would not. Some come to the trail searching for spiritual well-being or the purpose of life. I believe God has
supplied all the needs of mankind in Himself. During every hiking experience I am challenged by these encounters to look for similar opportunities in my “real” life off the trail. I am pleased with my efforts so far to define or discover the purpose in my hobby of hiking. I have read and recommend the book The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren to anyone seeking or trying to define a life of purpose.Happy Trails
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comment on Why do you go Hiking? EXPECTATIONS CAN LEAD TO FRUSTRATION I often get frustrated, annoyed, agitated even angry when my expectations are not realized. I get built up to expect something, or build myself up to expect something that doesn’t happen. The carpet guys don’t show up on the day they told me to move the furniture, a vehicle that is still new develops a problem that it shouldn’t, or the hiking/wilderness permit I applied for through the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) was not issued due to Covid-19. I acknowledge this as juvenile and self-centered. There are a lot worse things about the world Covid-19 situation than me not getting a hiking permit. Even though government offices are closed and wilderness permits are not being issued, my son and I went for a multi-day hike. I wanted to complete a section of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in southern California. We managed to have a wonderful time even though we failed in completing the section. We turned around after our second night, (less than half way to our goal) and returned because I had not prepared properly. We ran into multiple feet of snow in which we post holed and slogged at less than half speed up hill. We used half our fuel melting snow because we didn’t make it to a water source and ate dinner about six miles short of where we thought we would be. That night before dark, some hikers coming from the other direction told us they had only managed five miles in the last eight hours on deep snow. I am not a math whiz but mulling over the number of miles, meals, fuel, and water I concluded we could not get to our planned destination with what we had without venturing into the realm of foolishness. I don’t want to be the guy who activates a rescue beacon because he ran out of water. We headed back in the morning and got to spend one more night on the trail, at a water source before concluding our hike. I was pleased we were both happy with our hike. For me this is in part because we did not have to call Search and Rescue. I think we both have learned to hold all plans loosely and depend on God for the outcomes. (“In their hearts men plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps”. Proverbs 16:8) It also helps that the primary goal of the hike wasn’t making it from point A to point B. What we were most looking forward to was spending some time outdoors doing something we enjoy together. The adventure of dodging rattlesnakes, seeing the desert in bloom, and melting snow for water in the same day was unusual. We pushed ourselves physically, saw some new places, and watched stars while we fell asleep. BLOOMING FLOWERS WE HAD FIVE CLOSE ENCOUNTERS WITH RATTLESNAKES. We also enjoyed the company of and exchanged contact info with some PCT thru-hikers who should be making it to our community in a few more weeks. If you ever have a chance to offer a ride, meal, shower, or power & Wi-Fi to a hiker take the opportunity. Most of them have been very socially distant while on the trail, especially this year. Many of the services and information sharing available to them through the Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA – not a government organization) have been suspended due to its stance on Covid-19. The PCTA has successfully discouraged many from planning to hike the PCT this year and travel restrictions have kept out virtually all internationals. If you are concerned ask them to wear a face cover and keep the windows cracked.Author admin Posted
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Expectations can lead to Frustration RETIRED DOESN’T MEAN OLD I have wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail since Junior High and am thinking about doing it in 2021. If I do it will be to disprove that I am; old, ancient, or a senior.ON BEING SENIOR
Senior was a title I was given at the age of 35 when I became a supervisor in an organization full of 20 somethings and became responsible for mentoring them. Senior was at the age of 50 when the AARP started sending me applications. I rejected their definition of “senior” as an attempt to collect dues from a potential 21 million more members. Senior is age 55 at Albertson’s Market to qualify for the senior price discount but you will be carded or poked with a cane if you try to line up at the Senior Only TP and water check-out register, that’s 65+. So, they too are just fishing for more customers with anage discount.
The US Government, in an attempt to reduce the number of potential customers, says Medicare benefits don’t start until age 65, and my full social security benefits start at age 67. By what definition is anyone SENIOR? Merriam Webster online dictionary defines Senior Citizen as:” an elderly person _especially_: one who has retired” and provides the following synonyms, “ancient, elder, geriatric, golden-ager, oldster, old-timer, and senior. “Is_ THAT REALLY ME?_ I turn 60 this year and don’t feel any of those terms describe me but if I want to believe the numbers put out by the Administration on Aging I am now older than 77% of the US population. That makes me senior to the majority of other Americans. According to “thetrek.co” thru-hikers age 60+ were older than 90% of rest of the other thru-hikers on the Appalachian Trail in 2018. I looked up some quotes today on aging and being “SENIOR” and liked this one by Margaret Deland: “I have made a rule about such things, which I commend to you, young man: _As soon as you feel too old to do a thing_, DO IT.” I have wanted to hike the Appalachian Trail since I was in Junior High and first read about it. I think I am getting close to being too old for much more of that kind of thing and am seriously exploring the plausibility of “DOING IT” in 2021. If I do my trail name will be “Senior” and one thing I will be setting out to disprove is that I am; “ancient, elder, geriatric, golden-ager, oldster, old-timer, orSENIOR. “
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