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Day 16

Day 16

Thin Mint May 18th, 2021
Thin Mint's 2021 PCT Thru-Hike

Today started earlier than expected. After a night of wind constantly pummeling my tent at various wind speeds I finally gave up on sleeping at 2:30, by 3am I was hiking. The sun starts to come up at 5am so I had 2 hours of night hiking. This would be fine if the trail was as well marked as the AT. It's not. I took at least 3 wrong turns. If it weren't for the guthooks app showing my position as it relates to the trail I might have gotten lost. The miles were slow in the dark. I made it the 7 miles to the whitewater preserve by 7:30am. The trail magic we were told might be there isnt. I'm psyched to use a running toilet and wash with running water. Then I take a 2 hour nap. Other hikers arrive and I'm social then take another 1 hour nap. Finally boujey and I move on to a swimming hole. Hang there for several hours to avoid the heat and getting in the water helps with that. We move on at about 4pm and go another 6 miles to the next water. Somewhere in there I start to feel nauseous. Might be heat exhaustion and have something to do with the lack of sleep. Early to bed and some electrolytes for dessert.

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