{"id":712,"date":"2014-11-17T09:56:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T15:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/?p=712"},"modified":"2022-01-02T10:10:11","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T18:10:11","slug":"1520-miles-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/1520-miles-for-now\/","title":{"rendered":"1520 miles (for now)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve followed my hike from the beginning you may recall this comment: &#8220;&#8230;my only expectation is to enjoy myself, so this particular journey will either end when I stop having fun for a sustained period or when I hit the southern terminus of the trail&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A few days ago I got a cortisone shot that provided some relief from the plantar fasciitis in my left heel, but combined with the early onset of bitter winter cold (waking up to frozen water bottles, frozen food, numb fingers and toes, etc.) , my &#8220;enjoyment&#8221; has been fading. Since the AT rules allow for 12 months to complete a thru-hike, I&#8217;ve decided to pause at 1520 miles and resume in the spring to complete my remaining 670 miles. Of course there&#8217;s a risk that life intervenes and prevents completion before my July deadline, but hopefully that will work out well like so many other details along the trail.<\/p>\n<p>My heartfelt thanks for all of your support thus far and the blog will stay put for when I resume, so stay tuned! For those in Minnesota, I&#8217;ll be home for the holidays and look forward to seeing you all soon!<\/p>\n<p>At mile 1520 (so far), Max<br \/>\n<div style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wpid-20141115_094334.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"20141115_094334.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wpid-20141115_094334.jpg\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me on my last trail day until spring<\/p><\/div> <\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wpid-20141112_173256.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"20141112_173256.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wpid-20141112_173256.jpg\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from hiker thanksgiving on Sugar Mountain<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wpid-20141112_210033.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"20141112_210033.jpg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/maxheap.net\/at2015\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/wpid-20141112_210033.jpg\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Post feast tryptophan eyes with Slimjim and Mav<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve followed my hike from the beginning you may recall this comment: &#8220;&#8230;my only expectation is to enjoy myself, so this particular journey will either end when I stop having fun for a sustained period or when I hit the southern terminus of the trail&#8230;&#8221; A few days ago I got a cortisone shot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-trail-notes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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