July 23, 2015
It rained last night and into the morning, so I slept in a bit. It didn’t take long to get soaked from thighs to toes once on the trail. It was a real misty morning, which made for some cool scenery. Eventually it cleared up and was really nice, then I was in a very intense hail storm. Then the PUDs (pointless ups and downs). I had a big climb that I kinda liked because there was some cool stuff to see. Then the trail went up, down, up, down, etc along a ridge line. The climbs were steep and…