{"id":3273,"date":"2024-03-09T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-09T02:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/day-3-riding-the-storm-out\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:25:07","slug":"day-3-riding-the-storm-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/09\/day-3-riding-the-storm-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 3: Riding the Storm Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
Starting Point: Hawk Mountain Campsite (7.4)<\/div>\n
Ending Point: Gooch Mountain Shelter (15.8)<\/div>\n
Total Miles: 8.4 miles<\/div>\n
Steps: 23,622<\/div>\n
Achievements: Crammed Like a Stale Sardine<\/div>\n
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The news on trail was that the weather coming had become more severe and with lower temperatures.  That weather was expected about 2 p.m.  Instead of hiking ten miles, we decided to stop early at the Gooch Mountain Shelter.  This disrupted stuff, but not in a bad way.  I have plenty of food.  I need to do a better job eating.<\/div>\n
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So, the race to the shelter was on.  However, there were three 500-foot climbs to overcome.  My quads are exhausted, and there is little spring in my step on inclines.  I had to clear out of my mind how I used to crush this like it was nothing on the PCT.  It wasn’t true.  My up-game sucked on day 3 of the PCT, too.<\/div>\n
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It took awhile, but based on what I saw, my Presbyterian friend, Crow, will never climb all this in a day.  I never got to say goodbye, but that is the way of the trail.<\/div>\n
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I made it to the shelter at exactly 2 p.m., just as the rain started.  Jason and Wally were there to greet me.  I was early enough, to get a bottom spot on the floor for the night.<\/div>\n
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The shelter was lifted off the ground.  People set up there to stay out of the rain.  Once I was settled in, I was with my people.  20 dirty, stinky dudes, shoulder-to-shoulder, riding the storm out.<\/div>\n
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While stopping early is the smart thing to do, it puts a jump in the plan.  My next resupply point is at Neels Gap at 31.2.  However, to camp beyond 26.2 requires a bear canister, and I don’t have one.  Wally has offered to jam his full, but Jason doesn’t have one either.  We either have another short day tomorrow, or try to muscle a 14-plus marathon, including climbing up Blood Mountain.  The trouble is that there are 20+ trying for those limited spots.<\/div>\n
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The race is on!<\/div>\n
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Starting Point: Hawk Mountain Campsite (7.4) Ending Point: Gooch Mountain Shelter (15.8) Total Miles: 8.4 miles Steps: 23,622 Achievements: Crammed Like a Stale Sardine The news on trail was that the weather coming had become more severe and with lower temperatures.  That weather was expected about 2 p.m.  Instead of hiking ten miles, we decided … Continue reading Day 3: Riding the Storm Out<\/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":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273","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=3273"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3274,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3273\/revisions\/3274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}