Every few hours today I stop and realize where I was a year ago. I feel so completely disconnected from the experience, yet the memories are vivid. As I was hiking up Driveway Butte today I realized that 365 days ago I was having an altercation with a rattlesnake near Hauser Canyon. Now, at about 6:30 pm, I am reminded of how I was climbing into the Lagunas after having crossed the San Diego 100 course. Id made it through the brutal heat and though I was dizzy and tired and aching I knew I had to keep moving. The reality of exactly what I had chosen to put myself through for the next two months was setting in and I was alternately terrified, excited, and resigned. I passed a sign warning me to stay on the trail because of unexploded munitions. Id covered 32 miles in 12 hours and had another 10 to go to where I would sleep that night...the end of day 1.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 01:30:55 +0000
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