{"id":2332,"date":"2018-04-24T23:20:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T23:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minorcoursecorrection.com\/?p=2332"},"modified":"2026-06-16T14:38:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T14:38:21","slug":"day-19-im-part-of-an-elite-club-of-bobcat-survivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2018\/04\/24\/day-19-im-part-of-an-elite-club-of-bobcat-survivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 19: I’m Part of an Elite Club of Bobcat Survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Started: <\/b>Whitewater Preserve (218.5)
Ended: <\/b>Tent Site (230.9)
Total: <\/b>12.4 miles
Achievements: <\/b>Bobcat Survivor<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We slept in after our late hike the night before. I was still not 100%. Fishtank told me he felt the same. Unfortunately, getting up late meant dealing with the heat for the rest of the day. The good news is that this part of the trail has plenty of water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was pretty much walking in a daze. I lost the trail at one point, and tripped over a log with a very pointy branch. Somehow I managed to twist myself around it and avoided injury despite wearing a backpack. Fishtank watched the whole thing and was terrified. He kept bringing it up the rest of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It look a long time to hike to a shaded tree at mile 226.2 where we rested and drank until the heat died down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we got back up, Fishtank yelled to me. He thought a fox ran between him and I. I’m normally in the lead and there was 30 yards between us. We both got a good look at what it was. It was a bobcat. It probably was trying to determine if it could take me in my weakened condition. Then it got a sniff of me and assumed I was already dead and spoiling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We were only able to muster a mere twelve miles. That is going to take a toll on my already stressed food situation. We are struggling because we got up late and were fighting the heat. We concluded that the only way to get out of this mess was to get to camp early and get a good rest. Then we can get up and hike a good chunk in the cool morning air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Started: Whitewater Preserve (218.5)Ended: Tent Site (230.9)Total: 12.4 milesAchievements: Bobcat Survivor We slept in after our late hike the night before. I was still not 100%. Fishtank told me he felt the same. Unfortunately, getting up late meant dealing with the heat for the rest of the day. The good news is that this part … Continue reading Day 19: I’m Part of an Elite Club of Bobcat Survivors<\/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-2332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct2018"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332","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=2332"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3524,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332\/revisions\/3524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}