| Mile | 471 |
| Miles Since Last Update | 26.2 |
| Day | 45 |
Woke up at 3 as planned. Hiked through a bunch of nice meadows and steady ground in the dark. Apparently out of the 3 of us my headlamp is the only one that lasts more than 2 hours. Good to know.
Saw a hermit’s memorial.
I think the folks I was with, Lucky Charm, NotYet, and a new person named RockHound were chilling on pace which I very much appreciate but it was a fun trek overall. We did 26.2 miles in 11 hours and 38 minutes. Talked a lot of shit about zpacks and mini golf, and I wrote some real dumb stuff in as many log books as possible, but we made it with a fair amount of daylight.
Also saw the jankiest stupid shelter on the trail probably.
They told me I would never make it here on these.
Staying at the broken fiddle. Got new shoes. Graham did the full 42 miles the day before like a maniac and was chilling here. Saw preacher who had paddled 11 miles the day before on lake Watuaga.
People here are wonderful characters and everyone here is talking crazy things about the number of sides on a coin and AI and hockey and I have been up so long I am losing my mind .
8 miles tomorrow supposedly. Bought way too much food for whatever the next resupply is which I don’t even know at this point. Between upcoming detours and the weird miles we are doing I am very much winging it. Before we leave tomorrow I am hoping to mail back some dumb heavy winter shit. Cold is a dream at this point.