This morning, we work up at 5am and started hiking at 6am. We were in camp 1 by 9:30am and I was feeling extremely exhausted and worn out. We took a 30 minute break at camp 1 where we had packages cakes, passion fruit juice, and I lied down on a bench for 15 mins.
I was strong through the climb out of camp 1, but the two-hour monotonous downhill slope after that was very emotionally, mentally, and physically challenging. After the hike, we said our goodbyes to the crew and got a ride back to the bus station from expotur. We then took a bus to Cartagena.
Interesting parts of today:
- Taking photos of Santiago with an indigenous family and having the indigenous girl come up to me and say ”dos mil” (cost for taking photo)
- Santiago telling me that he’s planning on painting one of the indigenous sales buildings on the trail with his artwork
- Persevering on this hike and finishing in a strong manner
- Learning that Daniel lives in Mamey and he plans on guiding hikes for 8 more years
- Hearing Daniel share about the 4 historical deaths on this hike (2 heart attacks, one flash flood near camp 1 and one fall into the river near camp 1
