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Adom
Totally Nude

Registered: 09/30/01
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Loc: Way Up North
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Can't adjust to civilized life
#5824082 - 07/05/06 03:43 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have lost all sense of self control since spending 3 months in the mountains with out ice cold beers, sodas, meat that isn't dehydrated or in a foil packet, etc... Since I've been back, which is 4 entire days I've gained ten pounds, drank 40 beers, eaten 2 boxes of ice cream sandwiches, drank 12 cokes, drank a gallon of milk, and on and on and on... Worst thing is all I want to do is run, bike or hike and I can't do shit since I have a constant annoying sharp ass pain in my foot where ever I go.
I can't sleep at night either, I'm used to my pad and sleeping bag, beds seem like major over kill. I found myself pulling my gear out of my pack last night to sleep on the open ground in my back yard.
I just flat out miss the AT and am unsatisfied with my journey, I want to see it all, I want to hang with hikers and I don't care how many fucking ramen noodles, tuna packets and peanut butter logs I have to eat for the rest of my life, I just want back out on that trail.
This frustration is going to drive me insane.
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Corporal Kielbasa

Registered: 05/29/04
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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Adom]
#5824094 - 07/05/06 03:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Dude you shouldn't have jumped back on the wagon again! You are eating tones of crap, no wonder you miss the trail.....
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ZippoZ
Knomadic


Registered: 06/17/03
Posts: 13,227
Loc: Pongyang, North Korea
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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Adom]
#5824098 - 07/05/06 03:46 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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culture shock happened to me after 10 months of isolated rehab.
dont worry it gets better.
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Adom
Totally Nude

Registered: 09/30/01
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Loc: Way Up North
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I never got off the wagon, ha.
This really isn't so bad, I never knew how much I loved ice!
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Penguarky Tunguin
f n o r d

Registered: 08/08/04
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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Adom]
#5824130 - 07/05/06 03:55 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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You're having hippie withdrawals. It's cool man. Chill out, make a hemp necklace, tighten up your sandals, light some patchuli, munch on some granola and comb the mats out of your black labrador.
Everything is closer than you think.
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Corporal Kielbasa

Registered: 05/29/04
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That isn't Adoms styley
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OneMoreRobot3021


Registered: 06/06/03
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Loc: the sky
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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Adom]
#5824166 - 07/05/06 04:01 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Smoked any marijuana yet?
-------------------- Acid doesn't give you truths; it builds machines that push the envelope of perception. Whatever revelations came to me then have dissolved like skywriting. All I really know is that those few years saddled me with a faith in the redemptive potential of the imagination which, however flat, stale and unprofitable the world seems to me now, I cannot for the life of me shake. -Erik Davis
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lsd25icu812
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Registered: 03/16/06
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I'm sorry to here about that bro. just remember you are not what you eat. you are what you don't shit. beds are over kill and they make you lazy. i sleep on the Floor of my place i think thats a perfectly normal thing to do. so keep on rocking it. it is not a bad thing to be out of the loop of how our fucked up pampered life styles are. I'm about to leave for a few months and I'm stoked. anyway good luck.
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Great Scott
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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: lsd25icu812]
#5824262 - 07/05/06 04:24 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Ahh yes, backpacking in the wilderness is one of my truest passions.
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Gr8fulJ420
strange but nota stranger


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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Adom]
#5824270 - 07/05/06 04:27 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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Why go back to civilized life? Go on tour.... join up with some Rainbows.... hitch from one Shroomery gathering to the next.
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Mike_yy


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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Adom]
#5824288 - 07/05/06 04:30 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I had that after 3 months being away, i slept in a make shift tent in the back garden for a week.
It's like you don't even want to switch the TV on for fear of slipping back into normal shitty life.
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Adom
Totally Nude

Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 10,877
Loc: Way Up North
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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Gr8fulJ420]
#5824998 - 07/05/06 07:37 PM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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I have had loads of cannabis.
I can't burn insence, my nose is much to sensitive from being away from man made smells, it makes me gag. I can't stand natural fabrics on my skin either, they are sticky, I'm still wearing my hiking clothes, I tried a cotton tee and boxers a couple days ago and they drove me nuts.
I can't go on tour or join the rainbow circus, I must go back to work, get my foot well and get back on the AT before the winter sets in so hard only a fool would walk through New Hamshire. I can't this thru hike idea out of my head, this is far from what is considered a purist hike but still won't be missing any white blazes and I haven't missed one yet. Under the circustances this will making finishing that much more gloreous.
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Simisu
taken by gravity


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Re: Can't adjust to civilized life [Re: Adom]
#5893989 - 07/24/06 10:43 AM (17 years, 6 months ago) |
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so how's life treating you these days? how's yr foot?
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