Actually I assumed there are 2600 tired people.
Thursday I got up at some really early hour to take a friend to the airport.
Friday I got up at 3 to get to the 3-Day to start work at 4 AM, last bit of work at 9 PM – shower around 9:30 PM, bed in tent followed.
Saturday I got up at 3:30 to get to work on the 3-Day at 4 AM – finished work at 10:30 PM – no shower, bed in tent followed.
Sunday I got up at 3:30 to get to work on the 3-Day at 4 AM – finished work around noon. Walkers finished between noon and 3:30. Closing ceremony at 4:30. Dinner out (Halibut cakes – ummmmmmmmm).
Time for a shower and bed (almost 8 PM).
Funniest bit that shows how tired I was this morning.
Packed up my stuff and put it on the gear truck around 5 AM.
Carl to pick it up at closing, goes to the Y truck (I was tent site Y72).
Can’t find it and calls me, worried.
Then I remember the gear truck person asking me if I was H or I.
I said, “H” and gave them my bag.
None of us looked at the tag that said Y72.
Luckily I actually remembered that brief exchange when Carl called.
H was my row of tents during the Michigan 3-Day Walk about 1 month ago.
Well, I thought it was funny, but then I am sleep deprived.
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September 14, 2009 at 5:17 am |
So which is harder, walking or crewing?
–Your sister in soreness
September 14, 2009 at 9:49 am |
Both are really tiring, but they are differently hard.
Both end with sore muscles, but the crewing soreness tends to be spread over more areas, and probably not as intense on the feet and lower legs. My feet are sore, but some of that may be due to having done the walk a month ago and then doing this so soon.
The hours are much more longer for the crew. Once you are done for the day with walking you can really just schedule what you need to do for yourself as you want, so it is definitely more relaxing at the end of the day for walkers. Walkers also have more discretion for what they want to participate in. I missed most of the gathering stuff in the evenings because I was working out of earshot, but since I have been through it before I didn’t feel deprived at all.
Of course the crew fundraising is MUCH EASIER (no minimum requirement). Next year??? Not sure yet.