Camping/Backpacking last week.
Daughter overworked the phone, and solar charger, on Day 1 so no pics or accurate trail mapping. But, she did wear the VivoSmart the whole time and it held its charge!
10.5 miles / 33,000 steps (her smaller ones, anyway) in on Wednesday, with a net elevation gain of 2000 ft. Base Camp at 6,000 ft. Upcountry camp over 8,000. But at least 3000ft of up with all the terrain changes. I had 45lbs on my back and a solid 5 on my hip.
11.5 miles (found the doggone trail!) / 29k steps out on Friday (don't ask.) Pack should have been several lbs lighter, but nobody else volunteered to carry the FAK so I added that to mine.
Did a little swimming, some other walking/hiking/climbing. Chopped, batoned and cut a bunch of firewood. Didn't really monitor activity.
Right knee was bothering me right before we left for the hike - felt like it needed to pop (which it does now and again). But it buckled under me, just walking around camp, prior to putting pack on. Against better judgment, I went anyway. (Mad scramble uphill in the first 1/2 mile of the trail. I figured if I could make that, I could finish the hike. If not, I could crawl back to camp and get someone to bring my pack back to base.) It got better the farther we got in, but favoring it the muscles nearby got all funky. Day 2 after a packless 1/2 mile scramble it finally felt decent again. Friday morning just leaving I took a too-long step from rock to boulder - really, really hurt and heard a "POP" - thought I blew out my ACL or something, although the pain was more accurately in the hamstring tendon. But, remarkably after another minute of walking it was best it had been in 2 days. I think I just stretched things out.
Was just about normal when we got back to camp. But Sunday my calves were very sore, and the right one looks and feels about an inch oversize.
Can't wait to do it again! Less the 24 hr flu / food poisoning / norovirus thing.