Day 2, Red Gap Pass, CDT
Today absolutely BLEW. It was a 20-something mile day. It really showed me what I was getting into. My body, back, and legs where going strong, and felt pretty good, a sign of good preparation. However, my feet had, had enough. I managed to get a couple of blisters, but that was the least of my concern, the sinew and ligaments in my feet had not been prepared. It felt as if my bones where even aching. My last mile into Many Glacier was particularly brutal as I begin to develop a shuffle. As I persisted to just finish out the day it begin to poor down rain as well. I was beginning to get pretty down on myself, but then I came across a warm restaurant where I had a few beers and a buffalo pizza burger. That brought my mood back up a bit.
The day had been pretty exciting, we had gone over Red Gap Pass. On the other side we glacaided (slide down on my butt) down a few snow fields. The sites where spectacular, and the weather had been great just up until it rained.
I hope I find my hiking feet soon.
