Comments on: Close brushes with death and what they teach us

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:13:10 +0000

Thanks Emma and Smita for your comments

By: smita

smita — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 06:07:13 +0000

Andy, your posts just get better everyday. Thanks for sharing

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 05:21:36 +0000

“However careful we might be, none of us can ever dictate with certainty the timing of our final hour.” – i love that line

By: Andy Jarosz

Andy Jarosz — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 10:05:03 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts Eric. I guess the bigger the trip the more obstacles you can put in the way. Pleased you managed to make it. It sounds like an awesome adventure! How long did you walk for? You must have seen so much and had so many highs and lows. Have you written about it? Would love to read about your experiences. Thanks again and well done for taking the plunge.

By: Eric

Eric — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:19:02 +0000

This has a great message for all you who need to get over some of those fears and get back out there taking some chances. I just got done hiking the Appalachian Trail about a month ago from Maine to Georgia and this is what kind of thinking I had to have to do it. I wanted to do it so bad for like five years, but every year when spring rolled around I always had a different “excuse” for not going. I don’t have enough money. It’s not the right time. This or that or whatever. Finally, I just had to say that I wasn’t going to put it off again, that life is short and I may not live to see next year, so I just up and went. I walked 2,178 miles across the Appalchian Mountain Chain and had the experience of a lifetime. I think about it everyday and can’t wait for the next adventure!