Day 108 – Miles – The walk

My ankle feels almost normal today. I was worried about time, but it seems that I will return to normal in other days.

I camped in another camp full of people last night. I got after seven, but three more tents arrived after me. I don’t care to camp with other people at all, but since there is no way, I can do the 31 miles of Mazama today, I hoped to sleep a little. I have slept through dozens and dozens of campers packed in the morning by my side in silence and on the way, but the two tents beside me had no intention of doing anything in a low voice this morning. There were blows, tremors and crumbled for at least 45 minutes while slowly packed. I thought about sleeping after they left, but I was awake, so I packed and went to the path just after 7 am.

Honestly, I blamed a lot for camping in a group site. I was tired, and it was convenient, but I have an independent tent, and I am usually quite good to detect sites that are not on the list in the application. I was lazy. Tonight, I will try to be a bit more discretionary.

I camped about 32 Mazama miles last night. Even in a 100%ankle, I don’t think I do it there today. That leaves me with a mileage dilemma to solve. There is a stretch of 14 miles outside Mazama on the Alternative Route of Crater Lake where camping is not allowed. That means that I would have to leave Mazama early enough to walk 14 miles. It can be a little lower, but that is the number with which I am working for my mental mathematics. I think that if I can find a safe camp place after approximately 25 miles today, I can go to Mazama early in the morning, do all my quorés of hikers, and then return to the road at noon, or maybe even at 1 o’clock, and be able to overcome that section in the daylight. If for some reason I cannot go so far today, or if the tasks take more than expected, I suppose I will stay in Mazama and I will leave the next morning. I have no difficult deadlines on this path, and I would have to slow down to worry about worrying about being trapped in the snow in Washington, but I want to have a better time and see if I can recover a few days that I took due to injuries. I will simply keep walking and see how the day is going.

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