We reach a beautiful stone shelter and have lunch inside protected from the wind. We are following Teenwolf and Sequoia who had left earlier than us to catch him. A fast long descent to a road, and water at Walkers Gap. We catch up to Teenwolf and Sequoia stopped to treat their water. Teenwolf wants to keep walking. Sequoia wants to take all the time in the world. We wonder how long Teenwolf will be prepared to hang out with her.
We climb a ridge to one of the rockiest traverses on the trail - huge granite boulders, poorly marked trail, and a steep drop off on one side with great views to the country below. We struggle on - it is only a climb in elevation of 500' but we do it again and again - up and down stuggling over rocks, searching for the best path - and we do this for 5 miles - when will it end? It looked so easy on the map - another lesson learned. We finally make it to the road and I sprain my ankle on the flat - I can't believe I survived through all the rocks and then injure myself on the easy bit. We struggle on and finally arrive at camp close to dark. This is a long day. We camp near the shelter and meet 'Graham Cracker' who is an older woman hiker - the first I have met. She is skinny, and fit, and she walks at twice my pace.
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