A Question of Sanity

My husband thinks I’m nuts and maybe I am. I am demyelinating so I have a great excuse, although I have never heard of demyelination causing mental illness. I want to hike the John Muir Trail this summer, all 220 miles of it (Yosemite to Mt. Whitney). I’ve done many extended backpack trips including a 2 week 14er trip in the Rockies and many 3-5 day trips, so what’s the big deal? I’ve got several months of vacation time saved up its time to start using it. I’ve thought this out and if I don’t do it now it won’t happen later. I have reached the point in my life where I recognize putting things off just means they usually don’t happen.
We did a 3 days section of this trip last summer and I’ve done two other sections over the last few years when climbing half dome and Mt. Whitney. The section we did last summer was an eye opener. It was a section not done by those who want to get to a destination like half dome or Whitney. Because of this, most of the people on this section of trail were through hikers doing the JMT . The people we met and stories could fill a book. It was awesome…. Almost as awesome as the views. The hike itself is a lure and the people who choose to do it are equally interesting.