Chinese Wall Morning

After sunrise shots, we ate breakfast and packed up camp. We had 19 miles back to the trailhead.

Having a lot less food weight, we cruised downhill and made good time that morning. By mid afternoon we were only 6 miles from the truck, thought it was a little early to set up camp, and the allure of a giant cheeseburger and fries led us to push on.

That ended up being a brutal three hours due to being tired, a still over 40lb pack, a blister, and it was uphill through the burn in the hottest part of the day!

We finally made it back to the trailhead, 19 miles later. Definitely one of the biggest mileage days I've ever done. After going and just sitting in the cold river, we were on our way back to Augusta for that much needed burger and beers!