PCT Map Miles 318.3
Miles Hiked 190.6
Elevation 6,209 feet
Miles Hiked Today 12.8
Last night was one of frustration. The cabin had this nice fire going on a stove. It would warm up the whole cabin. Nope. There were three girls who wanted the door open otherwise it would get too hot. What am I missing here? If they didn’t want to be warm, why weren’t they in a tent instead? I’ll never understand women.
After a cold restless night, I got out of the cabin quick and got on the trail. It was foggy and misty occasionally but not bad. I had trouble getting going. It was like all my power was gone. My tail really dragged. To make matters worse, I tripped on a branch lying across the trail and went down. Just as I did, a group of women hikers came up on me. Wonderful. I screwed up my hip in the fall, which just made things worse as I hiked.
Later in the afternoon, it started to rain. I had a couple of miles to go to get to a campsite. I arrived just before 5:00 PM, and set up my tent. That turned out to be a challenge. When I rolled it out, it had gotten twisted from a prior night’s use. So now I’m trying to straighten it out in the rain and everything is getting wet inside and out. Finally, I have the tent up and I get inside, strip my clothes off and get into my sleeping bag. I have hypothermia and I’m shaking badly. I stayed in my sleeping bag for a couple of hours, but finally I was okay, made dinner and ate.
A lot of hikers stopped at this campsite and the tents were jammed in there. There were at least seven tents where there should have been space for only three.
I was okay for the night but I really regretted the day that I sent my long wool undershirt back home. I could have really used it that night
