Thursday, May 20, 2010
My dogs are barking
This is probably the most important blog post, because its been the focal point of my last several days. On day 1, I walked directly through Hauser Creek to cool off my feet in the cold water. I learned at the top that pruned feet are blistered feet. Over the course of the next, say 90 miles, going 20 miles the first day, 22 the next, 25 miles, 25 miles, only after 9 miles yesterday did Caleb instruct me "I was going to tell you never to get your feet wet, but didn't want to upset you. I just figured it was common sense" Thanks buddy. I tried to listen to Grandma's advice, which was "take care of your feet," I was just too ignorant to know how too. Caleb is now my official foot advisor. As I've stated before, he's more of an outdoorsman than I, for now.
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Pat yourselves on the back--you're making some GREAT mileage. I was worried at first that you were starting late, but I think you've got things well under control given the kind of days you're putting in. Is the Sierra snowpack bad this year? Maybe that's why you chose to start mid-May. If so, good move. Post-holing, cutting steps, avalanches, and the like are good things to avoid if you can (actually, the post-holing is inevitable, but still . . .) If you're this strong now, you guys will turn in some monster days once you get to northern CA and OR, so that will let you make up for any lost time and get you to the end before the bad snow starts. On the other hand, just know that 25's day after day will start to break your body down after a certain point and you'll get foot, knee, and/or shin splint type injuries more easily.
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