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.
"We awoke to find dark skies that were fortunately that way due to the time of morning we were looking at them and not the weather. Intending to take the first steps of our grueling 90 mile in 48 hour push no later than 6am, we quickly tore down our tents and stored our gear. Arriving at the starting point at 5:45, we were disapointed to find the adjacent 7-11 staying true to their name and being closed. Forgoing what everyone has come to rely upon as our prefered morning fuel, we hit the trail promptly at 6 as the sun was cresting the mountains in the distance.
Reaching the bar we intentionally set near ceiling level was going to take two days of maximum effort from each one of us and this was evident from the first steps that were taken. Holding a 4 mph pace for twelve hours straight, we loaded into the vehicles completing 48 miles of the 90 on our plate as the sun was painting a beautiful portrait over the Pacific. We were aiming to take a bigger chunk out of the 90 than we did but for good reason we ended where we did.
Yesterday, Dan received a call from a reporter at the Santa Barbara News-Press informing him that they were interested in covering our hike. As that was our goal with the 90 in 48 push, we were more than willing to cut out an hour of hike time for an interview and photo op.
Upon arriving at our campsite, hardly a word was spoken as we quickly set up our tents and started a fire to prepare dinner. We've become so fluid and due to expunging our only other dinner option on Dan's BDay, it takes us little to no time to prepare our exquisite pasta and marinaria with canned chicken sauce. Finishing dinner quicker than it took us to prepare it, we quickly did our dishes and everyone retreated into their tents to stretch and get some much needed rest."
Tommy Muir
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