post 4!!!

In A Walk in the Woods, Bryson and Katz do not finish hiking through Maine. Even though they do not finished, they were able to tackle 870 miles of pure nature. Through out the book it was foreshadowed that they weren’t doing to be able to finish. During the story both Bryson and Katz took breaks and skip out on parts of the trail. For example, when the took a cab to Knoxville instead of hiking their way there. I think that as much as Bryson may have wanted to hike the whole trail, he knew that he wasn’t going to be able.
I believe that when Bryson sets out, his main goal wasn’t to just hike the WHOLE trail. I think that he wanted to not only discover himself but to grab a new understanding of nature. I think that Bryson wanted to prove to himself that he could hike at least some of the trail. I think that Bryson very much accomplished this. He hiked over 870 miles, some of which he hiked by himself. I don’t think that he thought that he could even hike that many miles, much less in the wilderness. In chapter 21, Bryson says that he has gained a profound respect for nature and the wilderness. And that he finally understood the colossal scale of the world. I think that Bryson now has a new out look on life, one that he would only gain by walking on the trail.