Day 106 – Healing? – The walk

I arrived at my camp last night around 5:30. Another short day while trying to see if my ankle will recover. I was alone for about an hour, but between 6:30 and 7:30 about nine more hikers were presented. I was already in my store with my leg high, so apart from a few greetings or comments from my store to a circle of campists who ate together, I really did not interact. Everyone seemed funny people who didn’t try to make huge miles, but I’m still a few days after making moderate miles.

Today, my plan is to walk 8 miles to FFSH Lake Resort, get some food, hopefully, overcome my food bag, since I packed for four days for Crater Lake, not six. Yesterday, when my leg was loosening, I felt almost good. I felt that I could have continued walking more. This morning, it is rigid again, and I still wonder if I need zero somewhere and let it heal completely, or if I think I can cure it along the way.

I am already drifting behind my end and planned end window, so, on the one hand, I hate taking a free time and, on the other hand, I will certainly not achieve it. I can only do 15 miles a day. I am not sure how close the Fish Lake complex is for a city with accommodation, nor how easy it would be a hitch, but that can also play in my decision making. I will reassess when I get there.

I had a wonderful breakfast at Fish Lake, I was able to replenish more than enough to get to Mazama. I returned at the beginning of the path a little after noon, and I am walking to the north gradually uphill while I do the mathematics of kilometer of hikers in my head. Given my ankle injury, the sensible thing is to walk around 14 miles and stop at a 20 for the day. Then, try to stretch it to 22 the next day, and then around 14 from there to Mazama, where I can get my refueling box, maybe spend the night and leave the next day. Depending on my ankle, the most aggressive plan, but still completely feasible (depending on my ankle), is walking 22 today, stretching that at 25 the next day, then making a short day in Mazama for breakfast, a quick round of hiker tasks and after returning on the road. There is a 14 mile stretch around the Crater Lake alternative where camping is not allowed, so I would have to go with enough time to cross that area. Plan B in better circumstances would be the optimal option, but I will let my body tell me what route I will choose. At full health, given the condition of these paths and the lack of a gain or loss of significant elevation, it should really plan to arrive in Mazama tomorrow night. Unfortunately, I think that plan is not a beginning. It all depends on how well my ankle continues to heal.

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