So, it's been a little over a week hiking so far and I've made it 107.7 miles. Haven't gotten attacked by any badgers, but there were mice everywhere in the shelter last night.
The pace has been pretty slow, as I'm trying to get my body adjusted to all the hiking. Already, I think this is probably the hardest thing I've ever done. The trail goes up all sorts of mountains, and, even worse, it goes down them. My knees and ankles ache, and I'm going to take a zero here in Franklin in hopes of repairing myself a bit. And get a warmer sleeping bag and swap my tent for something that will keep out water.
But the people have been great, for the most part. I'm sitting here next to Missing Person, thru-hiker of yore, whose been all over and is an all-round decent guy. We're soon to head back to the hotel and look at the picture box and fall asleep after gorging ourselves at the local steakhouse.
The original title for this post was going to be "JC returns on Easter" or somesuch, but it didn't really pan out that way. Funny phrase, that. /end stream of conscious blogpost
p.s. hopefully pictures sometime
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i promise i'll stop harassing you after this. however, to help with the knees/ankles thing you can either get hiking poles (expensive!) or just find a decent-sized and shaped stick. it helps save your joints, esp on the way down. you probably are already doing that, but i'm hiking vicariously through you so i had to suggest it.
ReplyDeletealso, you really should allow your trail name to come from the trail. otherwise it's just a self-prescribed nickname. the whole point of trail names is that you earn them. i definitely was called Giggles once...luckily it was only a week-long trip.
enjoy the gorging, the company, and i suppose the picture box too.
wishing you warm and dry,
-a.
yep, I picked up a cane and walked for some ways. unfortunately could not find accompanying monocle and top hat.
ReplyDeleteand they are calling me "Junior" on the trail. don't know if that will last. And yeah, it seemed rather pompous to pick your own nick. Hopefully the trail will provide something better than "Junior," though.
It sounds like you are making good progress so far! I kind of like Junior.
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