Mental state of the empire – the walk

We are not making the same mistakes as the last time when it was hot. Perfect day and got up at 5:30, and headed towards the Deli for sandwiches and breakfast coffee. Mainly coffee. Needed desperately. He said goodbye to the grandfather and returned to our Uber back to the Tiortoi circle. More than ever, I’m nervous to walk again today. It is supposed to be much cooler today, but I’m still nervous about what happened last time.

For the morning, especially I walked alone. While the perfect day and I coordinate where to finish every night, we the two prefer to walk alone, since trying to force a combination of rhythm generally results in a little resentment. Early in the day, I returned at 3:16, to whom I told him two days ago to take it easy. He … did not seem to be in good shape. White as a sheet, and told me how I couldn’t stop being thirst. I had electrolytes … so I told him that I should seriously consider out of the way. I hope you have done it.

I checked the Glen Anderson shelter and … I was in poor condition. I think that with their proximity to New York City, they cannot keep shelters in good shape near Harriman and Bear Mountain State Park. But while I was examining the path of the path, I returned to persuasion! He had basically relaxed behind me the day before, so she and I walked together, since it is really as fast as I, if not a little faster. The only difference is that he needs more breaks than me, and he can’t continue so far.

We take a division near where the Redition of the AT is. However, before talking about the Reloute, I climbed Black Mountain where … on the horizon … it was a view of Manhattan! It is crazy to be able to see not only an important city … but the most important city of all cities in the United States from the way. The civilization is so close, buzzing in your work day, and I am here in the beautiful forests. There is nothing like that.

A few years ago, a hiker died while trying to cross the Palisades Interstate Parkway, so they redoured the path. It is … controversial. Apparently, according to Farout’s comments, some of the best views and sections of New York are lost. But, I will only keep the white flames. The only real problem with the Reloute is the lack of water sources anywhere along the route, which is not in a local park. Personally I had been left, so I went to drink water, use the facilities and soak the cold of a ramen, lower the greatest amount of food I could and throw my garbage here while I could. So, when I crawled on the perfect day and persuasion again, both were surprised. A little of a do-si-do.

The persuasion and I joined again, directing the Bear mountain of New York. Thanks to its proximity to the city, it was actually a super easy climb, with some beautiful views! Too bad heat caused banks to be almost unusable. The persuasion and I climbed to the top, we pass the accessible place for the wheelchair and enjoy some cold and ice cream. We also take Manhattan’s beautiful view from here. Bear Mountain is actually where the first miles of the AT dedicated themselves, and there is very care to educate people not only on the path, but how the paths are built. Although in the elevation profile, the descent seemed steep, it was a lot of very arranged gravel steps, which were cute!

Persuasion beat me here around here. His day ended at Fort Montgomery, where his team regrouped and would continue after the heat wave. Perfect day and, therefore, I continued with the Graymoor spiritual center for the night. But first, Bear Mountain Inn. We took time to rest on his «road to the hiker», which was actually just a expensive coffee. Neither needed food, but she had a drink when we both dropped the temperatures of our body. While it is not so bad today, there has been a great breeze, it is still hot! Here, I ran back to Sherpa and Petroglyph. The first had taken it easy a little, the second had apparently pushed 20 miles yesterday! But it was about walking at 3 am, and then walking after 6 pm. Even with all that, it sounds brutal.

We arrived a little late to go through the zoo, but at least we obtained some beautiful views on the Hudson River, seeing everyone to lead home from their work over time. The first climb through the Highlands of the Hudson River was brutal, since it was still hot. In fact, much of the rest of the walk was brutal. I don’t know, with all the cushion in my shoe, sometimes it seems that I’m really working more difficult To get my foot to make effective steps.

Whatever, I waited a little on the perfect day, and we arrived at the Apalaches market, one of the two delicacies basically directly along the way. This marks the beginning of the «Deli Blazing» section of New York. It is possible that you have noticed that even in our zero in Fort Montgomery, we did not make a refueling. That is just because there is a group of food everywhere along the way. However, unfortunately, when we arrived at the Delicatessen store, it did not have its open sandwich station. But at least there were sandwiches, wraps and prefabricated dinners to enjoy. I took the moment not only to eat for today, but to pack breakfast, lunch and coffee tomorrow.

We did our last mile to the spiritual center of Graymoor in the dark. Apparently they have been doing this for a while, and it was an incredible place. The perfect day did not even bother his rainfly, and none of us bothered with our sleeping pads, due to the grass beautifully prepared for a super soft bed. It was so hot that the added value was only warm anyway. And … then I immediately fell asleep. It was a great day for the first day during a heat wave! But it’s good to be back.

(Title letter: Empire State of Mind, Jay-Z)

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