Night 6/25
Today was our first day of hiking with packs and rappels. Lowering packs takes time. We were pretty efficient, but every drop took over an hour. And you are not covering much ground during that time. I was nervous rappelling. We had our longest most exposed rappel, and i went close to the end. I realized that was a bad strategy. I spent a lot of time waiting up top getting nervous. I implored Joe to, “check it again.” Meaning my harness and knot set up. My OCD kicks in when I am nervous, and I am a checker.
It was a pretty incredible day though.
It was also the point in our hike when we started to head for home, back to the trailhead. We had turned around. After that part of hike it often gets emotionally easier for me because I know I am headed towards Xochitl. And that feels good.
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