Miles: 12
Total: 20.4+
Whereas yesterday was a tough day, today was much more mellow.
We had a long slow start... two hours to eat and pack up. We were all fairly exhausted from the day before, but fortune favored us, as the rain had seemed to pass. In fact all day we never had any real significant rain fall. It was overcast, and we had a few blue patches, but overall a chilly mostly dry day.
We pushed out four miles to start the day, running in to two southbound PCTers who said microspikes would be needed to go over goat rocks. They also said we could take the alternate stock trail around the snow field, so while they filled the party with a sense of foreboding doom, we also had the good sense to not worry too much, as there is an alternate available to us.
At lunch, H- continues to elaborate on all the things that make him him, and this included his cold hands. Since he has warn gloves almost every minute of the hike, we have given him the name Mittens. He now has a trail name, a cultural mark of his experiences on the trail. Lauren is Apricots, and I am Psycho (or Moose) pending who you ask.
After lunch we grinded up a hill, exhausting our balance on snow patches here and there, before catching a fantastic view on the next day of travel.
We settled in to camp, with sloped tent sites, and enjoyed dinner while we talked about the campfire we all wanted but were too lazy to build.
Tomorrow will be a little harder, and the next will be daunting... but white pass is almost here.
Team Psychricots
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