Hello SOBO!
“Is there a waterfall at Sages Ravine?” one thru-hiker asked me yesterday, when motivation and Snickers bars melted in the mid-90s heat.
“Yeah, there is…but that’s about seven miles south of here,” I answered with an apologetic smile. “You must have hiked right past it.”
Wrong. I am so used to thru-hikers traveling from south to north, but this month marked the beginning of the south-bounder (“sobo”) season in Massachusetts, and I’ve begun to encounter those who started at Katahdin and are working their way downwards.
What this means: I get confused and accidentally tell people that they missed waterfalls that they have yet to encounter. I have to adjust my mindset.
