Showing posts with label sickness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sickness. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 13, 2013

Day 166

08/13/12 - Crocker Cirque Campsite - 1,988.7 miles

Tough.  This is tough.  Anna is not feeling well.  Hoping and praying it's not "the sickness."  One day at a time.  We were both feeling a bit nauseous last night going to bed.  I think it was too much butter for me... but Anna says she's feeling worse now.  Today was beautiful, but again difficult.  Beautiful but brutal.  Also, a mouse chewed through my food bag last night while it was hanging.  It must have either climbed down the rope or jumped from a far away branch.  I think it also used echolocation to zero in on my Peanut M&Ms because it was like a direct hit the way it got into those.  We saw Seeks It again this morning.  Such a cool, encouraging guy.

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I have mentioned Seeks It in a previous blog post after he finished his double thru-hike of the AT in 2012.  We had the privilege of running into him several times up in Maine, and as I mentioned briefly in my journal, he always encouraged us with each passing.  He is a gifted writer and a genuine human being.  I encourage you all to check out his current blog posts and catch up on his amazing Appalachian journey.

Seeks It reaches his finish line, November '12

Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Day 160

08/07/12 - DunnNotch & Falls - 1,926.5 miles

Had a good time laughing today with Anna.  Talking about many things... especially life after the Trail, and how we're going to make a hit list of all the places that wronged us and seek revenge on them.  Also the SICKNESS of NH/ME has been the talk of the Trail the past week or two... Everyone's getting all apocalyptic and scary on each other.  See page 232 in the guidebook for an illustration.  Oh yeah, had our longest mileage hitch today... 17 into Bethel and 17 out for a resupply.  Thank you Lord!  Because that town SMALL and they ain't got much traffic.  You know what I'm saying?

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To be clear, this "hit list" was NOT in reference to murder... but more along the lines of writing negative online reviews and giving these places of business 1 star ratings.  Yeah.  That's how we seek revenge.