June 29 Wed
A day of rest, I can feel my body recovering, I am going to plan another 5 days to N. Hornell, then 5 days to Hammondsport and then decide what to do next, by then I will be almost 4 weeks into the 6 week - maybe 7 - of the hike, it is clear that I am not going to complete a through hike of the FLT, if I look back on the AT hike, by about 6 weeks, I was starting to consistently do 12-15 mile days, for the FLT, 6 weeks is all the time allotted for the whole hike. I will be healthier than when I started, but nothing like the AT when I finished, but hey, in 6 months of hiking one should be in good physical condition. Will pack my bag, 5 days of food sure feels heavy. The trail for the next 2 days looks short on water, and the terrain, according to the read out on the map, there is one really bad stretch with deep gullies. We will see.
Finger Lakes Trail, end-to-end, through (thru) hike, started June 18th completed Aug 9th, 2010. A 52 day journey, 563miles. Title: The Old Man and the Trail, A Solitary Journey of Renewal. By Garth Fisher, age 70, 2315 N. Wright Rd., Janesville, WI 53546
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