Wednesday August 30, 2023. 83 degrees, 65.% humidity, sunny and breezy.
Up at 8:00. Rained in the wee hours. Slept well! Packed up and headed out. Looking to forward to a real lunch!! Charged headlamp while hiking.
Got to Pine Grove Furnace just before the store opens at 11:00. Great burger and fries. Got ramen and knor rice dish for dinner. Charged electronics, dried some gear, and surfed the web!
Charged up phone and battery pack to 68%. Topped off water and headed out at 1:00.
Pit stop after 3.4 miles to rest feet and rearrange water. Checked in with Pitcrew. Mostly downhill next 4 miles to camp….I think. Took a 30 minute break.
One other pit stop a mile short in case of no cell at camp.
Reached James Fry Shelter (mile 1112.3) and made camp at 5:00. Water sucks. Scooped a bag from stagnant pool with a few fish and tadpoles.
Nobody at shelter. Changed into dry clothes and hung a clothes line since it’s so breezy. Cleaned myself up a bit down there. Little worried about crotch chafing tomorrow.
Filtered AND purified two liters of water. I had one full .75 liter when I got to camp.
Talked to an older guy hiking south. We have a lot in common. He’d staying the night here too. 69 and overweight…using the hike to lose weight and get in shape. Went to bed at 10:00 and read till 10:40.
Technical Notes:
- Mikes recovery mix – 256 calories
- Burger, fries, snickers, 2 root beer sodas
- Ramen and Fritos
- Water liters: 3
- Miles: 11.97
- Time: 7:57
- Up: 1239
- Calories consumed: 3000
- Calories burned: 2051
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