Hike Day Numbers

I'm realizing that it may be helpful to include the day i wrote the blog entry in addition to the day it gets posted. During the day, i can write blog entries on my phone, but they may not get posted until a day or two later - depending on signal and charge. This was written on our hike day 3, which due to a fortunate but accidental alignment with the calendar, is also the day of the month.  Knowing what hike day you are on is incredibly important. Here in the backcountry, there is no "Wednesday" or weekend, only hike day numbers. Those numbers determine what activities you will do, how far you will hike, where you will pitch your tent, what you will have for dinner. We will do our best to remember that Hike Day 4 is a holiday!