About 3,900 feet of vertical, started before 5:00 am. About 18 miles. At Marble Creek tent site now.
But we left before 5:00 to beat the heat. Got to this campsite eleven hours later. My legs are bloody. I snapped a hiking pole in a snow field.
Fixed mashed potatoes, bacon bits. Butter and four types of cheese (from cheese sticks). Electrolytes for dessert.
Met some Russians, Anna and Andre who are software engineers working from home as they hike. Delightful people.
Another day with no internet or cell service