{"id":3250,"date":"2024-05-02T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/day-57-unforced-error\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:24:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:24:43","slug":"day-57-unforced-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/02\/day-57-unforced-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 57: Unforced Error"},"content":{"rendered":"

Starting Point: Mount Rogers National HQ (534.6)<\/p>\n

Ending Point: Campsite (547.7)<\/p>\n
Total miles: 13.1 trail.  1.5 Double Bonus<\/div>\n
Steps: 35,515<\/div>\n
Injuries: Intercostal Strain<\/div>\n
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Kea and I stopped off for a good breakfast before leaving for the trail.  We were going to take the 11:00 bus from Marion.  However, we had an opportunity to take a ride from a trail angel.  I grabbed my pack, but left my outer shell behind.<\/div>\n
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That was a real dumb mistake.  It is supposed to storm all next week.  An outer shell it a necessity.<\/div>\n
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Fortunately, the Sweeper found it and gave it to a hiker by the name of Singing to the Pines.<\/div>\n
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I didn’t realize this until I was six miles in.  While I waited, a ranger came by and I got a chance to paint a new blaze.<\/div>\n
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After waiting for two hours, I started hiking backwards. He got to the trail an hour later, but bought doughnuts and decided to have breakfast before starting.<\/div>\n
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Unfortunately, there were some neat things to see, but I had to skip it all.  I’m good now, as I have all my gear.  Lesson learned.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Starting Point: Mount Rogers National HQ (534.6) Ending Point: Campsite (547.7) Total miles: 13.1 trail.  1.5 Double Bonus Steps: 35,515 Injuries: Intercostal Strain Achievements: Kea and I stopped off for a good breakfast before leaving for the trail.  We were going to take the 11:00 bus from Marion.  However, we had an opportunity to take … Continue reading Day 57: Unforced Error<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250","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=3250"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3254,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3250\/revisions\/3254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3250"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3250"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}