Where's the El-tee?

[Victor_c3]

3. I'm here! I'm still alive!

I’ve been going through a divorce for the last couple of months and I basically fell off the face of the earth for a few weeks while I was roughing it in the woods in upstate New York. Summer is often a rough time for me (lots of shitty things happened to me in Iraq during the summer of 2004 and I usually get locked up in a psych ward during the summer) so I checked out on my own terms this time.

I’ve really gotten into hiking, camping, and roughing it and I’ve been spending a lot of time in nature and away from my ex and civilization in general. Alas, the weather is turning cold (there is a lot of ice on the tops of the mountains around here) and it is time to wander back to reality.

In the spring I hope to through-hike the entire Appalachian Trail and I’ve been trying to get myself into shape for that.

Anyways, I’m around, not stuck in concertina wire, and I’m grateful for your thoughts and concerns!