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We got a bit too cocky this morning and slept in until 8:00, forgetting that the southland heats up pretty quickly after the sun comes up. To make matters worse, my hiking pace is indirectly proportional to the outside ambient temperature. Cool temperatures=brisk walk; sunny and hot=crawl/dragging of limbs. Same goes for Bails. Chris was worried that he was going to have to carry us both down the mountain.
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To keep myself occupied on the way up, I mentally scrolled through descriptors of my current situation. Here is the short list: broiling, steamy, parched, dessicated, exhausted, sweaty (sadly, I'm not one of those girls that 'glow'. I stream sweat), tired, dragging, dizzy, faint ....clearly, the list goes on. Fortunately we gained the top just as I was running out of words.
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Thankfully, Bailey was feeling my pain; it's nice to have a fellow commiserator*. He stayed like this for the entire ride home. I would have thought him dead if not for the vast quantities of saliva streaming from his gullet. Think I'm joking? Check out the blanket around his mouth; it's soaked.
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*I'm not sure that the word
commiserator is an actual word but I think most people will grasp the intended meaning. Yes? No? Maybe?