One Day Hike 2009
I didn't finish this year.   I had problems from the very beginning.   Mostly my mistake was ignoring those problems.   I have had recurrent problems with my left ankle which I broke very badly thirty years ago. It bothered me from the start but I did nothing about it until taking a couple of ibuprofin at Violet's Lock (mile 22).   By that time I was already tired from compensating for it.   I also had a severe chafing problem for which I already had a preventative - silk underwear.   But when I got up in the morning I had just thrown them in my daypack figuring I'd put them on somewhere at or near the beginning of the hike.   I didn't.   In fact, I waited until I was seriuosly chafed (bleeding) at mile 28 to put them on.   When I finally put them on it was instant relief but the damage was done.   After breakfast at Seneca I felt better and actually made up some time between there and Edward's Ferry but then the heat set in.   I am not a very good hot weather hiker in the best of circumstances but with the other problems it was too much.   At White's Ferry I called it quits.
DESCRIPTION
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LOCATION |
DISTANCE (MILES)
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MY ESTIMATES
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MY 2009 ACTUALS
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IN
|
OUT
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start |
Thompson's Boat Center |
0.0 |
3:00 a.m. |
- |
3:00 a.m. |
liquids |
Old Angler's Inn |
12.2 |
6:05 a.m. |
6:10 a.m. |
6:16 a.m. |
breakfast |
Seneca |
22.7 |
9:02 a.m. |
9:20 a.m. |
9:26 a.m. |
liquids |
Edward's Ferry |
30.7 |
11:32 a.m. |
12:00 p.m. |
12:10 p.m. |
sandwich |
White's Ferry |
35.6 |
1:04 p.m. |
1:40 p.m. |
- |
liquids |
Monocacy |
42.0 |
3:17 p.m. |
- |
- |
hot food |
Point of Rocks |
48.2 |
5:20 p.m. |
- |
- |
snack |
Brunswick |
54.8 |
7:43 p.m. |
- |
- |
done/dinner |
Bolivar Community Center |
62.1 |
10:02 p.m. |
- |
- |
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