It was a hard day today, because my energy level was low. Yesterday was a long day (kilometer-wise) with at least 1000 m ascent. But I also think it's because I don't eat enough. I decided to resupply a few days later than planned, so I had already eaten too little for 2 days. Today I also had the problem, that the next water I knew about, was about 28 km away and already starting hiking in the morning I was thirsty and had less than 0.5 L...
The morning was mainly through open area, with some steep little ups and some loss of trails. At my lunch break I ate 3 packages of cookies, which helped tremendously (but also meant I would have to hike) and watched the clouds building little towers.When I made it to the water source after lunch, it just started to rain and I was lucky that there was an old house, where I could hide. After some short showers and less than an hour I continued, heading into the forest. Although, the forest at the beginning was pretty much clear-cut and several spruce trees in the forest are dead due to the bark beetle. But it was easy hiking on forest roads and there were tons of blueberries, so I stopped a lot to snack. Apparently I'm not the only one who loves the blueberries, since I saw lots of bear shit and tracks on the forest road. And onceI heard a big animal running away through the bushes, which disn't sound like deer but might have been a bear. But it was too hidden and far away to spot.
I wanted to continue a little further, but it started to drizzle. So I set up my tent basically next to the forest road, trying to avoid the proximity of too many dead trees. It didn't rain much, so I'm a bit sad about not having a better campspot.
My shelter during the rain btw, is for means spring :)
Lots of forest!
Some energy and water on the way
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