Started from Boots Off with a heavy pack full of maple syrup flasks, full 1.5 L bladder of water, a snickers bar, jack links meat stick, and a water filter. I did set a good female time and it was a GREAT day in the mountains! The water sources were DRY. I took over 20 mins trying to collect water, had to reset a pipe at source after Cross Mtn to collect, and a source that’s normally gushing at Low Gap took another 10 mins😰 A long section of overgrown trail left my arms and legs cut up. Then there was a trail maintainer that had cut the grass on the trail🙏🏼saw a baby bear climbing a tree😍 didn’t stick around for mom😅 Temperature was perfect 👌 Love this section of trail it has a little bit of everything. Was pretty dehydrated coming into Damascus and out of water, but really happy with today. Can’t wait to try it again in the fall.