Sarver Hollow to 4 pines

the climb out of Sarver Hollow sucked. the hike was very rough today. hiked with little spoon , longbow and Indy most of the day. had a nice break at the Audie Murphy Monument and proceeded late in the day to Dragons Tooth. this was interesting but my shin splints really ached with all the big drops and dips in the rock formations. it took me 6 hours to do the last 9 miles . the benefit was the last few miles featured a bloomed out rhodedendron forest. they were real and they were spectacular.  I arrived at four pines at 8:30pm and set up my tent in a cow pasture next to Indy, Just Paul, and Flinch. I hung out with Chance, Stargazer, and wrongway a bit before bed.