Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Day 132

 Woke up to rain and a ton of mice foot prints all around my bivy. But the mice left me alone and bombarded Chips. He apparently left some chips out and once they got the scent they wouldn't leave him alone all night. It was kinda funny, but only because they weren't attacking me.




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The trail was churned up by horses. And there seemed to be more horse poo in the mud than dirt.
Cold. Windy. Wet. Muddy.
My Camelback tube popped off so I had about a liter of water chilling in the inside of my pack too. Very cold. Very Muddy. Very unhappy.

Met Apple and Misty and Australian Chips again at the camp in 21 (we were all planning to do 25 today) but the rain and wind and awfulness made everyone grumpy and sad and want to hide in our tents.

The only things not wet are my sleeping bag, wool shirt and sleeping pants.

There are some hunters set up here in the same area and they brought us all some candy and hand warmers. Super nice of them.


Boiled some water and put it in a bottle and it's heating my sleeping bag. I actually feel remotely dry and warm. Yay!
Big bear and chapstick were also camped here after slackpacking to the monument for the day. They are heading back to Hart's pass because they couldn't exit through Canada (I think one of them doesn't have a passport).