| Mile | 331.1 |
| Miles Since Last Update | 14.7 |
| Day | 34 |
Still feeling pretty weak. Still feeling pretty exhausted. Dunno if I’m sick or something or if I am just legitimately becoming worse at this. Maybe just dehydrated.
Committed to Erwin tomorrow tho. It is an actual town with streetlights and whatnot so I booked the nicest hotel that I could and will be taking a zero. Feels bad to be taking one so soon after hot springs but it feels bad to simply exist right now.
Think I can make it to bald mt shelter at least. There’s a campsite 3 miles past that I would like to shoot for.
The big ascent of the day was big bald. Decided I’d lock in, put some music on, scarf the rest of my snacks and hit it hard when I got there at 2 pm. Then found this:
I hate trail magic but I was feeling horrible so I grabbed a soda and the most magical thing of all in the cooler, a bag of vegetables. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten a better tasting cucumber.
Made it to the top of Big bald:
And then the trail following it was real smooth. Hopefully a good omen for tomorrow. I moved past the shelter and stopped at a campsite at whistling gap. 5 or 6 people already here. Already talking about fucking zpacks.
Tomorrow is a hopefully breezy 13 miles into Erwin. Hoping to get up early and knock it out.
This was a real cool spot that I sat at for a while, contemplating how horribly wrong my life had gotten. That was then interrupted by another thru hiker named “Sir Isaac Newton”. He’s chill I guess.