On sunday we started the BIG hike again, intending to do 17 miles by going over Bishop Pass, then heading down Dusey Basin and then north into LeConte Canyon to our basecamp. But, I mistook pain in my left leg simply as soreness from the trip that we had just returned from on friday. I pulled my quad muscle, not terribly at all, but enough to make it hurt so that Tom and I decided I shouldn't continue down the 100 switchback section of trail and make the injury way worse than it already was. So, I gave my portion of the research gear to Tom and hobbled my way back up the basin, over Bishop Pass, and back to the car. It sucked hiking on, but I made it, and it sucked even more to have to leave Tom like that. So, for the past couple of days I've been doing some work that Tom laid out for me in the lab at SNARL and taking care of my leg by going out to the natural hot springs a couple of nights with some other grad students. The muscle is feeling better and better everyday, which is great, and I have no doubt that I will be fine for the rest of the trips we have planned. I'm going to pick Tom up at the trailhead on Thursday afternoon....
It's a long time to be up here all summer, and I miss all my friends and family terribly. These last four weeks will go by quickly though, and I will be able to see at least some of you then!!
(the picture is of the house I'm living in here at SNARL)
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