{"id":2312,"date":"2018-04-15T20:30:28","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T20:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minorcoursecorrection.com\/2018\/04\/17\/day-10-who-hired-escher\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:03:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:03:35","slug":"day-10-who-hired-escher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/15\/day-10-who-hired-escher\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 10: Who Hired Escher?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Started:<\/b> Campsite 115.4
Ended: <\/b>Campsite 131.5
Total: <\/b>16.1 miles<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As I last left you yesterday, I strategically placed myself at the base of a mountain so that I could hike it with fresh legs in the morning. I ate well both last night and this morning. I got up at five so I could begin before it became too hot. There is one thing I did not take into account. It seems the trail team contracted Escher to design this section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I knew this was going to be a long uphill hike. I didn’t think it would be ten miles of unrelenting up. I could have left the atmosphere for the number of uphill steps I took. Every time I turned a corner, I was filled with hope that maybe I would have some flat trail, only to have my hopes dashed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After six hours at it, I completed just nine miles. I was so hot and tired. I curled up around a boulder in some shade. There may have been some crying. I was not moving fast and the heat was sucking up all my energy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eventually, I reached Mike’s Place. It is a notorious resupply point and watering hole. It is styled in something you would see on an episode of the Walking Dead or Mad Max. The whole place screams hepatitis and bed bugs. They do maintain a water cache, so I left a donation. It seemed rather unholy, so despite wind warnings I raced up the ridge and pounded out another six miles after four p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I found shelter in the bushes to protect me from the wind. About 8 p.m., 69 year old hiker Sunshine asked if she could camp next to me. I said sure, although I might snore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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She is an amazing section hiker. She carries a 1970’s external pack with a 19 pound base weight. With food, she’s carrying 23 pounds, not including water. She does this despite some back issues. Keep in mind that I have a 15 pound base weight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We talked past hiker’s midnight about good works, religion, and the choices I’m making after this hike. She is wonderful person who is an example to everyone. I asked her if she thought I had what it took to finish this hike. She was honest and said no. I was doing it all wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I responded, “all wrong?” I have a very light kit and I trained for the past two years. She explained that huffing and puffing up every hill will make this hike unbearable. Instead, I need to walk only as fast as I can carry a conversation. If I cannot walk and talk at the same time, I’m going too fast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’ve committed to taking her advice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Started: Campsite 115.4Ended: Campsite 131.5Total: 16.1 miles As I last left you yesterday, I strategically placed myself at the base of a mountain so that I could hike it with fresh legs in the morning. I ate well both last night and this morning. I got up at five so I could begin before it … Continue reading Day 10: Who Hired Escher?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2312"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3061,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2312\/revisions\/3061"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}