Feeling pretty worked, I took two zero’s (zero miles hiking on these days) after coming out at Tuolumne Meadows and then reluctantly ventured out on the trail again. Reluctantly, because when I said good bye to my husband, Chris, I felt enormous hesitation. My typical mode of steady confidence felt shot. I wasn’t “right” going into the next remote 5-day stretch of trail. Everything felt off. I’d been having on and off stomach problems for a couple weeks. The main symptom is nausea and lack of appetite, even off trail, which translates to everything going south and the gas tank running on empty. When other hikers are enjoying “hiker-hunger” I was dealing with anti-hiker-hunger. Yikes. Its difficult to walk for […]