6 days off my feet have certainly made a difference. While the affected areas are not healed, they are greatly improved and hopefully ready for action.
During the week I was lucky enough to get some work done, visit with family (some of whom I had not seen on a long time), and eat lots of food. Definitely attempted to pack away as many calories as possible while I could. I know they will come in handy.
Had the opportunity to do some work on my gear as well. Cut my 2 liter pot down into a ~1.2 liter pan and fashioned a new base for my stove to hopefully improve cold weather performance. Finally I replaced my katadyn water filter with the Sawyer squeeze system. After struggling with a replacement inlet hose and never getting the pump to I decided to invest in a simpler solution to reduce the chance of failure.
Test drove a hammock for two of the nights (the Hennesy Ultra-lite Backpacker) but found it to be too short for me to get comfortable in. I will probably try another model out in the future because once the temperature goes up it will likely be the coolest way to sleep.
I've got my backcountry permit in hand and am ready to get back out there. Still have a long way to go.
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