Hiker, and co-founder of American Spartan Inc, Captain Tommy Muir, continues to keep us updated on the day-to-day of the 425+ mile Spartan Hike, via emails spent from his phone.
"The morning of Day 14 started out like many of our mornings a week ago, with the pinging sound of rain drops impacting our rainflys on their descent from above. As I packed my things up before coming out of my dry tent, I laughed to myself as we had joked that the rain would probably find us again in San Luis Obispo when it finally let up in Big Sur last Saturday.
Preparing for another battle with the elements, we quickly packed up and loaded our gear. We opted for a quick battery charge at Starbucks, dawned our rain gear and hit the road for today's 19.5. Facing strong headwinds and an even stronger steady rain, we fell right back into full storm mode and powered through. Along the route, we received a great deal of support and were even given a less than promising weather forecast. The word was that it was to be near record lows overnight with possible snow showers continuing throughout the next day. This obviously got mixed reviews from the group and we agreed that time would tell.
Weather or not, we were going to be facing a large challenge anyway as we had decided to add some miles to the journey. Originally, we planned on driving a 60 mile section of Hwy 1 as it passed through March Air Force Base into Santa Barbara and we had deemed it expendable. In an effort to gain more publicity, we had all voted to now include the 60 miles while adding zero days to the journey. Meaning, the total mileage would be 485 and we'd be knocking out 90 miles in 48 hours. So tomorrow looms large on our horizon regardless of what the elements hold in store."
Tommy Muir
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