I am a month into my season, in it for the long haul. Our PT days consist of heavy, timed hikes up some of the steepest ridges in the country, 2-3 mile uphill runs, and calisthenics. I am on the second saw team, and go tank for tank with my partner (alternating cutting and swamping). We responded to a couple small local fires in early July and were assigned to a couple shifts on the Stayman Flats Fire last week which took off in grass and shrub fuels and grew to about 1200 acres in under 24 hours (it is now 80% contained). Standing in the black, I sharpened chain in the wee hours of the morning up on a ridge at hour 20 with stars overhead and a fire blazing on the next ridge over. We hiked down that steep slope around 4 in the morning.
Sending Big Luv Lucy!! ❤️