3 Final Walking Days of 2010

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Three days of teaming up with Troy brings us to Tornillo, to an easy-to-remember spot to return to, as Troy, Mareike, and their driver all plan to spend New Year's up the road a ways. My cousin lives on the way to their New Year's destination, and they'll be transporting me back and forth before returning to Tornillo to kick off 2011's miles to Austin. I've come to gain a much fuller grasp of Troy over the course of our three walking days. He truly lives and breathes the project of his Walk. I can see that he's worked very, VERY hard at lining up sponsors, media, and wide recognition for his Drum Hike. His hard work has of course paid off. He's amassed far more material resources than anyone I know of on any similar project. Upon first meeting Troy, and seeing all the material success of his Walk, I at first felt very "behind". However, as I've come to walk some days with Troy, I've also found that having so many sponsors and such wide media attention has also locked him into reaching many destinations by many set dates, and having to keep up with a rigorous pace to reach all of these destinations. This can result in storms of stress-- of a type I know all too well, for having slowed my walk down, after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, was BY FAR the best decision I'd made since beginning my walk-- restoring my peace of mind and leading to a vastly richer "enjoyment" of the walk. Troy has far more materials at his fingertips than I do; however, my freedom to do what I want, where, when, with whom, and for however long is vastly greater than his. Which would you choose?

Three days of teaming up with Troy brings us to Tornillo, to an easy-to-remember spot to return to, as Troy, Mareike, and their driver all plan to spend New Year's up the road a ways. My cousin lives on the way to their New Year's destination, and they'll be transporting me back and forth before returning to Tornillo to kick off 2011's miles to Austin. I've come to gain a much fuller grasp of Troy over the course of our three walking days. He truly lives and breathes the project of his Walk. I can see that he's worked very, VERY hard at lining up sponsors, media, and wide recognition for his Drum Hike. His hard work has of course paid off. He's amassed far more material resources than anyone I know of on any similar project. Upon first meeting Troy, and seeing all the material success of his Walk, I at first felt very "behind". However, as I've come to walk some days with Troy, I've also found that having so many sponsors and such wide media attention has also locked him into reaching many destinations by many set dates, and having to keep up with a rigorous pace to reach all of these destinations. This can result in storms of stress-- of a type I know all too well, for having slowed my walk down, after crossing the Golden Gate Bridge, was BY FAR the best decision I'd made since beginning my walk-- restoring my peace of mind and leading to a vastly richer "enjoyment" of the walk. Troy has far more materials at his fingertips than I do; however, my freedom to do what I want, where, when, with whom, and for however long is vastly greater than his. Which would you choose?