I posted some thoughts under the road walk topic and decided to start a new topic because I did not want it to be interpreted as a reflection on Gershon or others who road walk or do long distance travel.
The book I referred to was "Walk Across America" by Nat Damm
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K5YVRF8/ref=kinw_myk_ro_titleMy observation was that in reading several of these type of books lately was that it seems like the folks doing this type of extreme trip start out with a problem and think that this is a way to escape from their problems. In most cases they end up with the same problem at the end as they started out with. Doing extreme record breaking trips is is an entirely different thing than doing a recreational type trip. I guess that for all or at least most of us a backpacking or bike trip is a form of escape from the pressures of life but we do not go with the thought that the endeavor itself is going to solve our problem. It is a way to view life from a different more relaxed position and not a means of ignoring our life back in the "real world"
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