Saved a thru-hiker's life today. Well, not exactly but we did haul ass to find a hiker who had been passing blood and was headed to Clingman's Dome for help. Samwise and I had found out at Derrick Knob Shelter about Ralph and offered to take off in search of him. There was a Ridge Runner (an experienced hiker who is trained in wilderness survival and does trail maintenance) there but he had just arrived and was a little fatigued from the hike. Samwise and I knew that we would have a much better chance of catching Ralph so we offered to go find him. The Ridge Runner gladly accepted our assistance and radioed in that we were in hot pursuit. Shortly after we hit the trail we overheard the Ridge Runner talk into his radio "Hey, I've got two super fast ultralight thru-hikers who are headed to Clingman's Dome to find Ralph." Yeah, we're pretty awesome.
We did eventually catch up with Ralph at the next shelter, where I treated his water with Aqua Mira and then stayed with him until help arrived. We have received a plethora of trail magic ourselves and were only happy to return the favor.
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