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I refill my empty bottles from my water bag, have breakfast, and start out on today's hike across the fan to the Kelso Peak area

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3464-water.jpg I wake up to slightly cloudy skies, which is more polite than the typical blazing sun that makes a tent uninhabitable after 7h30ThumbnailsAs I start hiking across the creosote-bush scrub, a fluffy winterfat bush (Krascheninnikovia lanata) catches my attentionI wake up to slightly cloudy skies, which is more polite than the typical blazing sun that makes a tent uninhabitable after 7h30ThumbnailsAs I start hiking across the creosote-bush scrub, a fluffy winterfat bush (Krascheninnikovia lanata) catches my attentionI wake up to slightly cloudy skies, which is more polite than the typical blazing sun that makes a tent uninhabitable after 7h30ThumbnailsAs I start hiking across the creosote-bush scrub, a fluffy winterfat bush (Krascheninnikovia lanata) catches my attentionI wake up to slightly cloudy skies, which is more polite than the typical blazing sun that makes a tent uninhabitable after 7h30ThumbnailsAs I start hiking across the creosote-bush scrub, a fluffy winterfat bush (Krascheninnikovia lanata) catches my attentionI wake up to slightly cloudy skies, which is more polite than the typical blazing sun that makes a tent uninhabitable after 7h30ThumbnailsAs I start hiking across the creosote-bush scrub, a fluffy winterfat bush (Krascheninnikovia lanata) catches my attention

I still feel a bit of yesterday's slight heat sickness. I'm not hungry for breakfast. I force myself to eat the usual granola, dried fruit (pluots and pineapple), and tamari almonds. However, my cool Starbucks Via coffee and vitamin C drink go down nicely.

My MSR water bag has developed a slight leak around the cap, causing me to lose perhaps as much as a litre during yesterday's ride. Like all of my equipment, it does get (ab)used, so I'm not surprised when signs of wear develop.