Bushcamp to Bushcamp
27.6 miles
Sobo mile 1066.5
Total mileage 3719.1
When my alarm woke me at 4am I knew there was no way I could get up. I felt horribly ill, my stomach was twisted, head foggy and any movement made me cringe from nausea. An hour later I was forced from my tent by a code brown. I barely made it out of the campsite…
By 7am I finally felt well enough to begin moving. It had been a rough morning, I gotta figure out what’s wrong with me.
It was weird packing up with the sun fully raised. I’m normally out of bed by 5am at the latest, so getting such a late start was hard on me mentally.
I wish I could say that I improved as I hiked, but I’d be lying.
I’d traded the Marble Mountain Wilderness for the Russian Wilderness, but it was hard to enjoy the incredible vistas I hiked along.
I passed the road leading into Etna around 1. The temptation to hitch into town for a burger was real, but I needed to make miles, so pushed on.
Head down, I zombie walked most of the day, barely breaking 2.5 mph, but I was just happy to be walking. I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to hike at all when I’d first woke.
To make matters worse, when I touched base with Paige I learned of a new fire burning ahead of me near Shasta that had 55 miles of trail closed. Great.
While making my way along a ridge line I felt something land on my hand. I looked down just in time to watch a wasp sting the snot out of me. Great.
Around 6 I stumbled into camp, ate and went to bed.
P.s. Sorry for the depressing day…but that’s just how it was. Not everyday is going to be fun, hopefully tomorrow will be better.
You might have Giardia. You did mention that you didn’t filter water for quite a while. Hope you figure it out and get well.
I’ve felt good for the last few days, so hopefully whatever it was had passed!
Been thinking Giardia too…not fun for sure, hope you get better and are able to enjoy the journey
Been watching your trek since Campo. Please get your belly and stool checked. Antibiotics will make your life pleasant again after few days. I know you are strong young lad but your blogs are telling readers you need a check.
Thanks Jackie!
Giardia makes sense. My best friend lost 30 lbs with it, was lethargic, and had the code brown as well before it got diagnosed. I can’t imagine hiking 40 miles with it! Most doctors don’t see it often, so you have to force them to take a stool sample. If it is Giardia, you will recover very fast after you take Flagyl. I had another friend of mine that had no money tried to tough it out. About a week later he ended up giving it to his girlfriend. Try to talk Spikes into getting checked. I remember a few weeks back in your blog that Spikes had some stomach problems as well. I might know a guy who could get you some Flagyl if he knew where to send it.
Dang thanks for the info…hopefully it’s no Giardia!
Are you filtering?
No…