growth

We have grown so much! On our first day we almost died after a 9mi hike and now we are confident in our ability to hike 22mi and properly plan where & when to break, filter the right amount of water, and cross reference our maps. We now have individual and extremely varied philosophies about blister treatment and time/mileage updates. We can ration cliff bars and energy chews like champs. We can properly lace our shoes and have intelligent 40min conversations about socks and shoe fit. I can now close my pocket knife after opening it to get rid of unneeded grams of packaging. We can hike through the pain of blisters, corndog toes, sprained ankles and frozen IT bands, DEET in eyes, my 50 thousand mosquito bites, redneck sunburns, mud, rain, snow, bruised hips and collarbones, and missing toenails. And most impressively surviving the stench of our socks trapped in a tent overnight. We are so hardcore...... sometimes. Xoxox Kyliente