Coping with the rocks (Day 97)

From the get go we had a 12 mile water carry, once more with one large climb within the morning and a ridge stroll after. Alternating once more between rocky path, very rocky path and boulder fields. It feels a bit like I’m writing the identical tales concerning the completely different days in Pennsylvania, however that’s as a result of they’re all fairly comparable.

I truly don’t thoughts the rocks as a lot as I might’ve thought. It’s fairly enjoyable to navigate and leap between the boulders within the boulder fields. But, after a bit, it does turn out to be annoying. Your ft are positively extra sore on the finish of the day. 

At lunch we napped for an hour or so in a shelter. After a few miles, we encountered Knifes Edge. It additionally began to thunder within the distance. 

I truly had fairly some enjoyable on Knifes Edge. My dad discovered it to be much less enjoyable, however all of us made it! 

There are extra rocks after this and it’s getting previous. Like Dreamcatcher stated: “it’s like doing Sudoku all day”. Because it takes quite a lot of psychological power to attempt to dodge all of the foot stabbing rocks continually. 

We all slept within the shelter, however we had a customer in the midst of the night time. It’s a porcupine chewing on the surface of the shelter. When we checked out it, it ran away. Weird, however fairly cool animal encounter! 

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