Count down to BLR Malibu: Another eventful day

Well today was full of all kinds of ups and downs. I really didn’t feel well and knew I had a urinary tract infection. Not fun and of course I just kept hoping it would go AWAY !!! But of course it didn’t, so I hiked and then asked if they could get me to Urgent Care in West Lake. So that went well I was able to get in and out fairly fast and have an antibiotic and azo stat to help keep me comfortable.

I also had my RMR ( a test that shows how many calories I burn at rest) done . According to the test my metabolism is fast and it is hard to believe I ever got this fat. Hummmm. I also had a VO2 test and this shows how your body uses oxygen during exercise and no I don’t do too well in this category. The good thing about this is I should be able to control my weight loss better with this information. We will see……

Now my problems are small compared to one of the girls on the hike with me today. A girl feel on the trail and broke her ankle in two places. The problem started with the fact she was a long way from a road and they had to carry her out of the mountain on a litter. It was kind of like Lake Lure here when it came to the response to our emergency. There all kinds of vehicles on the side of the road and it took them a while to get to her. They even brought the search and rescue team. This is the second broken ankle in three weeks so I feel pretty lucky I’ve stayed injury free so far. This isn’t a club med and believe me you do have to be tough to survive. I have only two more hikes and one is on the beach so I hope I will stay injury free.