Beware - if you decide to hike the AT or any other long distant trail you take the risk that it will alter your life, forever! Its a learning experience that cannot be achieved in any other way. You take the risk of losing all desire to be materialistic, climbing the corporate ladder, going to Donald Trump University (where you’ll learn good grammer; like - “Your Fired!”)There are desires that will also be in jeopardy as well - I’ll leave that for others to expound on.
Ramblin’ Rose