I woke up this morning at 2 and stayed up until 3:30ish. Tossed and turned a bit. Finally checked on what we needed to do to realistically complete this trail by Friday next week.
So far we’ve had a lot of elevation gains on the East which is supposed to be easier than the west but it’s just super tough for me. The hardest hiking I’ve experienced.
I woke up at 5 and started cooking breakfast. I’m normally last to be ready for the day so just being up I figured why not get moving.
We started on the trail at 7. It was an easy 10 miles to Princeton Hot Springs where we had resupply boxes shipped to us. While walking down the road, a mountain storm came blasting through. It was insanely fast. We tossed our rain gear on and trenched to the resort to grab lunch. Burger, fries, and a DP. It was really good!
We got our boxes, resupplied, and waited for storms to pass. We hiked 2.5 miles to Bootleg Campground at Chalk Creek. We did a total of 13.2 miles. Shorter day than previous ones but still a good time. We were expecting more rain but it never came so we spent the evening chatting and joking around.
I think my legs are getting better and I think I’ve acclimated well to the elevation. Higher highs on the west though, so we’ll see. If rain is really nasty, we may have to stop. Hypothermia is real and scary.
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