Day 33 – Friday 8/14/2020 – 1820.2 – clear, sunny, hot. I woke on the hut’s lawn at 4:45 am. I packed up and left at 5:35 am. It was quite dark out at that time. I needed my headlamp to get back on trail. I had two major climbs. One at the start of the day and the other at the very end. I do them quite slowly and try to control my breathing so I don’t have to stop. Naturally there was a descent between them. Just before the second descent I had lunch to ensure I had some calories to burn on the next climb. The trail was very rocky. I got done about 2:15 pm. I’m near water too. I’ve been drinking lots of water afterwards. I had a big dinner with black bean salad and ramen and more water. Tomorrow I’m back in Justin’s loving care in Twin Lakes at a campground just off trail. Then the next day I hope I can maybe slack pack the first 10 miles around the lake. Then I’ve got a 3000’ climb to Hope Pass – oh my! Don’t get ahead of myself. I just have to worry about one day at a time.
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Truly One Foot In Front of the Other – CDT Edition
My journey hiking the long-distance Continental Divide Trail