Well the photo feature of this app is giving me trouble. I’ll post ten photos and only two show up or sometimes none at all. Hopefully my post can share enough.

Today, we got up and got moving through the green tunnel after waking up to our gear absolutely soaked. There were actual pools in our tent from the condensation. After packing up, our tent weighed a good two pounds more. To boost my spirits, I drank a Dr. Pepper that I packed out from White Pass.

I learned two new terms today: Vitiman I (ibuprofen), and slowbo (hiking slow, whether you’re going nobo or sobo).

After stopping at lunch and drying off our tents, we started our climb up to Chinoot Pass and met another Frenchmen who started in April, but after tearing his calf, had to take a month off in Bend, Oregon. We came upon Mount Rainier. It was a breathtaking reveal of the mountain. We stopped and soaked in the view for so long that it shortened the mileage we did in total. We’re now camped at Dewey Lake listening to the nearby elk call in the distance. Such a surreal sound.

Polar Express vibes…