Tuesday August 29, 2023. Cloudy, 75, 65% humidity.
Up at 7:40. Breakfast, charged electronics, packed and headed out at 8:45. Stretched before leaving. Feet feel ok.
Arrived at Three Roads intersection at 4.6 miles. Did some medical work on left toe blister and took a snack break. Lanced blister and got gunk out. So so wrap job with gauze and tape. Hopefully toe socks hold it all together.
Reached Birch Run Shelter at 12:45 and 10 miles. Feet hurt!! No cell. Stretched feet a lot. Talked to a dad and sun section hiker pair who are doing Boiling Springs to Harper’s Ferry.
Stopped a lot due to blister and sore feet. Bandaged blister twice with little help to walking.
Arrived at Tom’s Run Shelter (mile 1101.4) at 5:00. The last 4 miles were a bitch. I’m in a lot of pain. This is a small shelter with a spring and no covered eating area. There are two other hikers in the shelter, so I set up my tent on one of the gravel tent pads. It is going to get very humid and rainy this evening. I’ll try the fan later.
Filtered water from spring and made dinner. Tried a ramen bomb for dinner. That is a pack of ramen noodles combined with an Idahoan instant potato mix. It was ok, but I was just not hungry. Also need to use more water next time. Ate about half of it. That is not good. One bar cell. Checked in with Pitcrew.
The USB fan is great. Ran for an hour and used less than 5%. Read till 9:30 with fan. Took a muscle relaxer and used Box Fan sound on 4 hour timer on phone.
Technical Notes:
- Stinger, nut butter, tea = 690
- 1.5 oz cheese, 3 oz salamis = 400cal
- Ramen + Mashed potatoes + hamburger = 1100
- Water liters: 3
- Miles: 14.16
- Time: 8:15
- Calories consumed: 2090
- Calories burned: 4000
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