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Today started out great. The hostel staff made eggs and waffles. The waffles were especially good. The weather update this morning looks more favorable than it did last night, but I’m already in a zero mindset so I don’t want to gear up and hike. So I guess it’s more of a mental health day than a weather day. LOL. Chilled around the hostel all morning. There are chickens and some kind of hens here, so I collected eggs from the hen house and the yard. Did some chores, but mostly laid around. The ...

Today we slept in an extra hour due to our late day yesterday. Packed up and left Angel’s Rest by 8:30am. Got a shuttle back to trail. We are going to play today by ear. There’s a shelter at 10 miles and we’ll go from there. Today starts with a climb. After a zero and 2 days of slack packing, I have to get use to my pack again. It was a struggle. I drank all my water and had to go .4 miles off trail to get more. Even the flat ridge was rocky which made it challenging. I took a lot of breaks today ...