May 15th - Part I The day had finally arrived. Now we’d see if our training had been adequate. We didn’t doubt that we could make it down the trail, but how would we feel tomorrow? The day started early. We’d arranged to meet four of our fellow members of GCHBA for breakfast at Jacob Lake when the restaurant opened at 7 am, MST. We were staying in Kanab, UT, about 40 miles north of Jacob Lake, which is on MDT. We depend on the fact that we’re used to getting up around 7 am EDT to keep us on schedule. After all, 7 am EDT is 4 am MST… I think. We’d done our laundry and packed our backpacks, except for last minute items, the night before so all we needed to do was take
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