6/24/12 – 997 miles
You may not believe this but I swear it’s true. There are pop-up rocks on the trail. Most of the time they lay flat on the ground, but just as you step over them, they pop up, catch your toe and send you into an uncontrolled, stumbling run down the trail. I’m pretty sure I heard one of them snickering as I finally caught my balance and turned in disbelief.
I’m staying at the Bears Den Hostel tonight. They have a hiker special that includes bed, shower, laundry, pizza, ice cream, soda, and pancakes in the morning, all for $30. There are four other hikers here so the oven is kept busy.
The worst thing about the roller coaster section of trail is the rocks. I didn’t mind the hills – I’m used to those – but the rocks make the trail an obstacle course. My feet hurt at the end of the day.
I stepped on a scale at the hostel and found that I’m down to 170 pounds, a loss of 35 pounds since the start. I have to figure some way to stop loosing weight. Eventually, it will start to deteriorate my muscles and rob my energy. That’s the dilemma with burning 5000 calories a day.