30.9mi

- Violent storms last night. The lightning flashes behind my eyelids woke me up.

- Knapsack Col was in my opinion one of the best sections on this trail. A Col is the lowest ridge or saddle between two peaks. This one happened to be at around 12,000ft. I was glad I took my time to that section because it was both beautiful and treacherous. Insanely rocky on one side of the pass, and slippery snow the other. HOLY MOLY it was mind boggling out here.

- Sending down the valley I'll be other side of knapsack I ran into more amazed and NOLS groups, slippery grass, unstable rocks large and small, patches of mosquito hatches that filled my mouth.

- I ended up taking a wrong turn and felt that I could cut across on some rocks but it turned out that it turned into a sketchy situation. Had to turn back several times to choose a safer way to move through the massive boulders.

- My shoes are falling apart, fairly good for trail runners at almost 800 miles on them. I liked them especially when going downhill on wet grass.

- Met my first Southbound hikers, two girls named Jez & Chez. I assured them Knapsack Col was worth doing.

- Ended the day walking along tall grass a really long lake as the sun was setting on nice flat trail way up high. Such a variety of scenery today.