Then it was determined I could go to rehab. My rehab was at Little Company of Mary Medical Center in San Pedro, Calif. It is a small, very plain facility on the third floor of a small local hospital.

Two-plus decades later, your impact has forever made an imprint on my soul." Look back on the characters of Livvie and Caleb by opening up our Port Charles photo gallery below.

Now well into my 40s, perhaps I wouldn’t abandon my heart for “the lost” after all, and would instead, return to my roots to leave an imprint in the sand.

Tip: I was the only hiker from Gauteng and interrupted my journey in Colesberg both ways. However, the 320km from Beaufort West to Colesberg was a long stretch after the 27km hike of the last day.