AT ‘26 - Day 16 - Stecoah Gap to Fontana Dam скачать в хорошем качестве

AT ‘26 - Day 16 - Stecoah Gap to Fontana Dam

🐐🥾 Morning Goat Recap (aka: Why 5:00 AM Is a Personal Attack) These people make me get up at hours that are simply not morally acceptable. Seriously. I am not a morning goat. Nothing good has ever happened at 5:00 AM. My coffee shouldn’t even be awake yet. So naturally, the day began before the chickens had filed their complaints, and immediately the trail chose violence: Jacob’s Ladder. Yes, that Jacob. Biblical staircase from Earth to Heaven. Turns out it’s less “divine vision” and more “who hurt you?” I may have wrestled with God on that climb, and at certain points I definitely laid down and offered Him my soul. When I finally reached the top, I drank water like a camel with trust issues. Which, of course, meant I immediately ran low on water. Classic. I staggered into Cable Gap Shelter with visions of a babbling creek… only to find what can best be described as moist disappointment. I’m not convinced I could’ve scooped it with a leaf. Fine. Map says next water in 3.1 miles. I can do that. Probably. Cue more nightmarish climbs, a body turning into human jerky, and then SURPRISE the next “water source” looked like something a swamp monster would politely decline. Ewww. At this point I started bargaining with the universe, convincing myself I could absolutely make it to the dam where I knew water existed. And praise be, IT DID. I camelled up like my life depended on it (because it did), then promptly laid down on the concrete sidewalk and fell asleep until the rest of my Tramily arrived. Moral of the story: 5:00 AM is a lie. Jacob’s Ladder is rude. And water is the real religion.