[at-l] Trip Report

[SaraSW@aol.com (SaraSW@aol.com)]

Several folks have talked about colds recently, and I've just spent eight 
days with a cold. For four of them, I was racked with fever and feeling that 
a walk from the bed to the bathroom and back was all I could handle.

So what do folks do when this happens on the trail?

I've always sort of assumed I wouldn't get colds on the trail because of not 
being in crowds of people, but . . . .

Even here at home I wonder whether I should try doing more so as not to lose 
conditioning or whether to rest to help my body recover.  So, do I keep on 
hiking? Get to a hostel or town in order to rest? Hole up in a shelter for a 
couple days? What?

Something like what I just had could make a lot of non-hiking days.
Vcat