Day 118 August 29, 2013

Big Branch to Clarendon Shelter

Woke up in the middle of the night last night and had to stick my head out of the shelter to throw-up. I had been feeling a bit odd the night before but nothing really serious. I felt fine again right away and was able to go right back to sleep. When I woke up I still felt alright, but shortly after finishing my breakfast of oatmeal and a granola bar, that all came back up as well. Once again I felt ok right away after, just couldn’t keep food down apparently.

We started hiking and it was a pretty average day, I was feeling exhausted all day though. I’m sure a lot of it was the lack of fresh energy from not being able to eat anything. In addition to throwing up what I did eat, I still wasn’t hungry at all. Adding to the rough day was more heat and humidity and a couple climbs. As is normal Landon was only interested in doing as many miles as possible, we had agreed to try to find a spot to camp between shelters, but when we got to Clarendon I was totally beat and Miranda’s feet were hurting. There was a big discussion that eventually ended with Landon and Miranda separating for the first time on the trail – Landon continued on trying to do 6 miles to the next shelter before dark, Miranda and I stayed at Clarendon. The two of us will have a longer day tomorrow, but we’ll all be meeting up in Killington at the end of the day.