Today was definitely the hardest day physically. We did 20.9 miles and ended at South Texas Creek. We did almost 4700 feet in elevation gain and ~5300 in descent. It was just constant up and down.
We started the morning with the tallest climb of the day. Bright and early. Which is good and bad because we aren’t tired for the climb but we also have cold muscles. We spent a majority of the day above tree line. Up and down on a lot of loose rock. It was not fun.
The pikas were barking at us all day. Not sure if they were yelling at us or chirping us but they sure did do that all day.
Lunch was a Thai sweet and spicy tuna on a tortilla. One of Turd’s friends, Moony, is on the CDT and today our paths crossed. Turd was so excited!
We hiked on the continental divide today. It was amazing. We had so many views and the mountains just stack on each other. I thought the east was hard, the west is considerably harder but I think I have my trail legs somewhat figured out.
We crossed a road and had 4.4 miles of mainly downhill. Killer on the knees. I didn’t stop from a break 6 miles back to our campsite. It was tiring but I was ready to relax. We’re hoping to see some wildlife in the morning but we’re a bit worried about rain overnight and into tomorrow. We have an 18 mile day crossing over Lake Anne Pass then camp under hope pass for our last day. We’re hoping to climb Mt Elbert Friday but we’ll see how timing works.
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