well we ended up staying at the first shelter we came to. we only did 8.6 miles but we didn't want to kill ourselves trying to get to the next shelter 5 miles away. we have about 9 miles to do tomorrow now. considering it took us 6 hours today it shouldn't be too bad tomorrow.
we're staying with a couple other backpackers. 3 guys are her for the weekend but are getting picked up tonight because of an injury. one guy hiked the whole trail in '08 but is doing sections again to get back in shape. the last guy is through hiking now. he started in February and has been out for 91 days. we've started running into a lot more through hikers recently. it's been really cool though to get everyone's different stories, experiences and advice. people out here are so nice!
the shelter is kind of small especially sharing with 4 other people but it's easier than the tent. it has 2 levels and we have 3 people to a level and one guy in a hammock tent outside. it's pretty.
today I think what killed us was the rocks we had to climb to get here. they were so brutal on our feet that once we stopped that was it. it leaves us with 9 miles tomorrow and a 500 ft vertical. that would have been nice to get it over with but new legs tomorrow might make it easier.
all in al it was a good day!
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