Horse Gap to Lance Creek

The wind at horse gap was like being slapped in the face all night with the coldest palm in the world. no sleep all night. woke up to 28 degrees and a windchill of around 6 it seemed. i hated every second of waking up. today was supposed to be a hard day. we started with 2 big mountains to climb and then rolled into Gooch shelter for lunch, huge crowds at shelters. Ryan and I took a 2 hour lunch and then caught up with others before Woody Gap. at Woody we lounged for an hour  in the sun before climbing up to a awesome overlook before descending to lance creek. great day. exhausted but I probably lost 5 lbs today . I really like the others that I am hiking with, as Ryan is a nice, good looking bartender from LA, very smart and a strong hiker. Kelly is so small, but is a very fast pace setter, and in great condition. Matt lumbers a bit more, but is tall, and gets there even tho he has said he struggles on the climbs .