Tuesday, June 19th: Today was another good day! Today's miles = 21. The entire day was pretty much uphill. I'm not kidding. In the morning I climbed 7 miles right off the bat. Then there was a little downhill just to climb another mountain at the end of the day. It was hard terrain today but I'm still feeling good. I think I've decided that the factor that makes the most difference out here is water consumption. If I don't eat very much I can still hike and push through the day. If I don't get enough sleep I can still hike and push through the day. If I don't get enough water... I sit. I cannot hike. I can't even think. So, to test my theory I've been drinking what I would consider an obscene amount of water. It's making the difference. 4 or 5 gallons a day out here in the desert seems to do the trick!
I was getting ready to go to sleep and in the process of closing up my tent and getting organized I realized that the zipper on my tent is broken! It usually snags a little but if I'm careful with it it will close no problem. It's been like this ever since NY on the AT. However, tonight it broke completely. I no longer can zip my tent up. which kind of defeats the purpose of having a tent. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about it at this point. I'm just going to have to deal with it until I can get somewhere where I can get it fixed or buy a new tent...although, new tents are upwards off 300 dollars for one suitable for the trail. :-(
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