Today was a real eye opener for us. We’ve been getting out of camp relatively late but the desert is no joke. Even though it’s March it is extremely hot and the sun feels like it’s burning your soul. We did not feel great, it was taking us a long time to do relatively easy hiking.
We ended up taking a break midday, got under our umbrellas, sat down, and rested. Robby wasn’t feeling right and neither was I. We realized that we need to be drinking more water and be getting out of the hot sun during midday. We are still in the desert and conditions can be rough.
The next water cache was 20 miles from our starting point. We knew we weren’t going to make it. We stopped at 14 miles where there was a water source. We weren’t sure if we would need it so Robby did go down, check it out, and get some water (we ended up dumping it out because we didn’t need it).
Miles hiked: 14
Total miles hiked: 40
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