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Day: |
067 |
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Date: |
Tuesday, 8 July 1986 |
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Start: |
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Finish: |
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Daily
AT Miles: |
20.9 |
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Daily Other Miles |
0.8 (to store) |
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Total
AT Miles: |
1322.9 |
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Total All Miles |
1362.3 |
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Weather: |
Hot, humid, hazy, sunny. |
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Accommodation: |
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Nutrition: |
Breakfast: Muesli.
Lunch: Pizza, pint
of ice-cream, quart of orange juice.
Dinner: Noodles and
vegetables, instant pudding. |
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Aches: |
Feet, particularly toes, very sore. |
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Animals Seen: |
Rabbits, groundhogs. |
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People Seen: |
Many. |
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Pictures: |
Here |
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GPS Track: |
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Journal: |
Got up at 6am, hoping to do 24 miles on
another hot day. Hoping feet better. Jerry said he planned to do
24 miles too! We left (the shadow and I) at 7:30am and walked
steadily at first through woods then across farm and grazing land
for seven miles. I then said I was going into Unionville (0.4 miles
off the AT) in New York to get some supplies and have a
snack. Jerry wasn’t that keen on the detour, but came
anyway. After shopping, we went to the local pub and had an early
lunch of pizza (shared). Very friendly barmaid. We left at 12:30pm
in the heat of the day with 17 miles to go. It was going to be
tough. Jerry wanted to take a short-cut, but I wouldn’t, so he
didn’t either. The Trail went through woods for a while, then
across fields then a hot road-walk. The feet were sore – Jerry’s
too. After the road-walk, there was a solid climb over a ridge
then, to our horror, a relocation which was hard going – badly
prepared – and cost us a good half hour. There was then another hot
road-walk with my feet killing me. I removed my inner socks but
that seemed to make things worse – perhaps my wool socks needed a
wash. I don’t know why the feet were so sore, particularly the
toes. Could be from awkward walking because of exposed skin on old
blister, could be the heat, could be dirty socks, could be the
rocks. We were short on water, but got some from a house because
the campsite we were aiming for was dry. We reached the end of the
road-walk with six miles to go at 5:30pm. I decided to change my
socks and told Jerry I was only going another three miles then
camping. He said he wanted to go further, so we said friendly
farewells and he was off. The last three miles involved a steep
rocky climb to Mount Wawayanda then along its crest. It was slow
going and took me until 7:10pm to reach my target campsite next to a
suspect stream. Still, it was a nice spot and I was glad to
stop. If my feet are bad tomorrow, I may try and get to Gordon’s
tomorrow night and have a day off, though it will put pressure on me
to reach later deadlines. We’ll see tomorrow. Went to bed at
9:10pm and spent 40 minutes catching diary up. Lots of mozzies,
very warm and I’m thirsty. Had better days! That’s three toughies
in a row. Record temperatures in New York. |
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