5/27  mile 583-602(19 miles) 
Today I hiked with a few other guys through another apparently endless stretch of wind farms.  The wind(which I will talk about in more detail later) was once again relentless and infuriating and a major annoyance, but the miles flew by quickly due to the company.  It is amazing how much easier it is to hike with others when compared to hiking alone.  Your mind is less attuned to the noises surrounding you, and to potential dangers, and you just glide along.  It is a sort of walking rest. 

I really enjoy asking questions of other hikers about what is motivating them to be out here.  The responses I receive are as varied as the hikers.  One hiker told me he was out here because he believed that we are nearing end times, and that this trail would help prepare him for the challenges ahead.  Another is using the hike as physical preparation for enlisting in the military.  I can think of far more effective exercise regimens to prepare for enlistment.  Thruhiking makes you good at one thing: walking up hill, and nearly useless at everything else.  Yet another hiker told me that he is hiking the PCT as a first step towards becoming a better role model for his daughter.  Others talk of fun, or of adventure, or of a search for meaning.  We are all out here for differing reasons, yet it is easy to feel a kinship with other hikers.

As for me, I am out here to become a little less like the man that I am, and a little more like the man that I want to be.