My 100-days out was not like your through-hike. I just worked three 35-day NOLS courses, back to back. We were like a little community, so there was never a lack of human interaction (in fact often too much interaction!). I never tired of the wilderness, but by the third course I was burned out on students. It is interesting that even on NOLS mountaineering courses, in the student's evaluation of the course, the cooking instruction was always their favorite!

Your journal was good- I liked the details you presented. I am very surprised that after those long days you had the energy and desire to write so much.

Now I will ask you the same question that I asked another "triple crown" hiker- which trail was your favorite and why? If you had only one to do again, which would it be? If you could choose one phrase or word (flavor) for each, what would they be? You are in a unique position to compare these three long trails.