Getting Through the Quiet Miles

9:42 AM

I’m having one of those days again where things don’t really get going. I didn’t sleep well because someone was cowboy camping just a meter away from me. Even with earplugs in, you’re still constantly mindful of others so they won’t be bothered by you. Then I had to go to the bathroom during the night, and it’s incredibly dark in the forest.

1:00 PM

The route isn’t really challenging, but rather boring. So it’s a lot of listening to music and trying to cover distance—but that last part isn’t going very smoothly.

3:48 PM

I’ve arrived at the mega-expensive resupply shop in the middle of nowhere. So I can stock up on food for another four days and hope that’ll get me to Sisters. I really need to freshen up there, because by then I’ll have been walking for 12 days in the same clothes without showering.

For now, I’m taking it easy, because tomorrow I’m facing a pass at 2,100 m.

Total: 30.94 km in 8:20 hours
942 m ascent
471 m descent