Miles Hiked 162.8
Elevation 10,289
Miles Hiked Today 11.8
I left my lakeside campsite at 7:30 AM. The altitude must be getting to me, because I was feeling sort of out of it. Plus, I’m having a shoe problem.
The shoe insole must have compressed somewhat. This is causing the top of the shoe to hit the bottom of my ankle and that can be painful. I stopped and performed surgery on the shoe. My sitting pad was cut up and put in my shoe to raise the foot enough so it would not hit my ankle. It worked – for a while.
Later in the day, I reached a very rocky and boulder strewn area. I lost the trail. I had to bushwhack back to the trail, which was not fun.
All things considered, I decided to make it a short day. After going up two big elevation gains for the day, I set up camp after doing only 11.8 miles. I’m going to try to get a good night’s sleep so I can put on some miles tomorrow. Twin Lakes is close!
