Suffering from "can't quit hiking syndrome" help please
02-17-2009, 12:05 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: North Central Idaho
Posts: 539
Suffering from "can't quit hiking syndrome" help please
I have always had an issue with hiking further than planned. I thought with age this would subside, but alas it has only gotten worse. I am always taking off on a short 10 minute hikes, and next thing I know I am several miles, a couple thousand feet, and in a different ecosystem from winceI started. I have a problem with turning around, I always want to see what is over the next ridge, or around the next bend, whether hunting, hiking, or for whatever excuse finds me in the woods. When I am on a planned hike I always have my pack and safety gear with me. I worry about getting into trouble on my accidental hikes, where I plan on only going a couple hundred yards, so I leave my gear, but then several hours later find myself still walking. Does anyone else suffer from this condition, any remedies??? Please help.
02-18-2009, 03:50 PM
#4
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: every where wild
Posts: 80
RE: Suffering from "can't quit hiking syndrome" help please
Being young and dumb, I know your problem I have always been a wonder er and the next mile always came quicker than I thought until I found my self a little to far from the truck with only a liter, rifle, and cloths on my back.. It was a quick cure.. for a little walk before dark, or I will go to the next ridge or next drainage.. I made it back to my truck that night shortly after bar time and still had the hour and a half drive to home.. I slept in my truck instead of driving home that night..And was glad I had made it back to my truck, for the next morning there was a foot of snow on the ground and it was still snowing..A short lesson learned that will stay with me for a long time..
