Ok, some of you may be wondering about today's song title...it all has to do with Duane (sp?) from FL. As we were coming down from Cheoah Bald after a day of almost complete uphill hiking, we hear a crashing sound behind us and barely managed to get out of the way before Duane comes running down the switchback. Yes, that's right he was running. With a pack on his back. I named him the Energizer Bunny. To give you a idea of how fast he hikes, let's just compare us for a second. We left Wesser at 7:50am to begin the 8.1 mile climb (3300ft of elevation with a small dip then climb at the end) which took us about 6 hours not including an hour lunch/rest. Duane told us he left around noon , so the same hike took him about 3 hours. He told us that he usually does 20-30 miles per day which I never would have believed if I hadn't seen it myself. So here's to the Energizer Bunny and maybe some of his speed will rub off on me!
I actually did better than I expected to considering how much uphill we did today. Even Snowfox was hurting & we're pretty sure our legs will feel like we just did a Jason workout tomorrow. It was hot & dry today so it was a good thing we like to start early. We even went further than we intended and plan to knock off a 1/2 day from our schedule to get into Fontana, which just gets me closer to the zero day in Hot Springs. Woohoo!
- Princess
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Jason workout:-( I wish Jason would come back!
ReplyDeleteSorry I didn't get to talk to you the other day. I was in a meeting when you called!! Maybe next week!