7\/16\/12 – 1281 miles
\nThe heat is back. The forecast for the next few days is filled with words like: heat warning, dangerous heat index, record temperature, and high humidity. As a hiker, I pay close attention to the weather. It’s not fun to run out of water on a blistering long section, or find youtself trapped on a high ridge with a violent thunderstorm approaching.<\/p>\n
I’ve cut down on my daily mileage over the past few days. The rocks in PA – except for some of the younger hikers – slow everyone down. If you try to go fast, you end up with sore ankles and bruised feet. This was one shelter journal entry made in PA: “Attention Lehigh Gap trail maintainers. One of your rocks has fallen flat on the ground. Could you please send someone out to stand it back on edge?”<\/p>\n
I must not be sleeping well. I stopped for lunch at a small campsite halfway between my start and destination, ate two sandwiches, and sat down by a nice shade tree. The next thing I knew a half hour had gone by. It’s the first time I have stopped for lunch and fallen asleep. It felt kind of nice actually.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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