8/5/15 Day 103 – Lima M2172.3 to Saddle M2202 8661′
Tent – Nights Spent Alone: 15
29.7, 2008.5 Trip Miles
Mostly Cloudy and Rain / Hail / lightening
7 am to 7:46
Day’s of Snow: 8 – Day’s of Rain: 37 – Days of Hail: 18
# of Zero days: 11
Gila Crossings Final Total: 221
Tick Count: 4 (4 more crawling on me)
Wanted List
Mountain Goat
Grizzly Bear
Sasquatch
Black Bear
Bighorn Sheep
Velociraptor
Mountain Lion
Beaver – SPOTTED
Unicorn
Wolf
Buffalo
Critter Count
5 Pringhorn
2 Deer
1 Chipmunks
1 Mouse
Totals
1) 618 Pronghorn*
2) 384 Elk*7
3) 264 Chipmunks *5
4) 174 Deer*2
5) 153 Marmot*4
6) 120 Lizards*6
7) 116 Wild Horses
8) 92 Squirrels *9
9) 60 Ground Squirrels*10
10) 54 Pika
11) 46 Cotton Tail Rabbits *8
12) 30 Prairie Dogs
13) 22 Horny Toads
14) 17 Jack Rabbit*3
15) 14 Moose
16) 8 Snakes
17) 5 Coyotes
18) 5 Moles
19) 4 Porcupine
20) 2 Mouse
21) 2 Fox
22) 2 Rattle Snakes
23) 2 Toads
24) 1Beaver
25) 1 Badger
26) 1 Skunk
27) 1 Weasel
*259 from car, *2 – 48 from car, *3 – 1 from car, *4 – 2 from car, *5 – 1 off trail, *6 – 1 off trail, *7 – 9 from car, *9 – 1 from car, *10 – 5 off trail
I didn’t go to sleep until almost 11:30 pm. Then I couldn’t sleep. I woke up at 5 and was still very tired. The plan was to meet at 6:30 to car pool to the trail. It was Lot, Toast, Otter and myself. Otter was going south.
We were headed into what everyone calls the Roller Coaster. The next two sections are very up and down. To say the least my calves and quads got a work out today.
On the way to the trail I walked a dirt road. I saw a group of horses and there must have been at least 6-8 babies. They were so stinking cute and full of energy. I would have loved to stay and just watch them but I had miles to hike.
We would hike mostly together for the day. We passed Will from the UK, Shimmy who was 11.4 miles from completing his CDT hike, Fun Size and a kid named Jason. All were going south.
We got rained on three times and hailed on twice. It’s raining now for the fourth time. We’re on a ridge so it’s windy as shit too. Just typing this is making my hands cold. My tent should be step up 180 degrees. Hopefully it calms down soon.
I hit the 2000 mile mark today! Under 800 to go and only 32 days!
Scatman
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