This was definitely our most challenging day. You'll often find the first few days (at least for me) are where we build in the easier hikes. Sometimes it possible and sometimes it is not but if you think about it.... Your packs are at their heaviest and your body is getting acclimated to the minutia of backpacking for several hours. As times goes on you eat food and use your disposable materials so packs get lighter (or in my case things get burned in the fire haha). Today we had elevation, a sight-seeing destination, some back-tracking, semi difficult terrain and max mileage so all of that together put some work on my aging body (plus I'm not in peak physical shape as my counterparts so there's that). IT was a b eautfiul hike nonetheless, we started early and strogn because our last weather report indicated midday rain and our goal was to put in as much distance as possible before that point. Day ended up with super minimal drizzling towards the last hour or two but nothing substantial or catastrophic. We hit government peak and the storm clouds rolled in at the tail end of our lunch, overall we were super fortunate. Continue reading for more, PLUS a bonus picture of my nude chest (sorry in advance:-) )
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