I still couldn’t believe what the flip-flop hiker told us last night. He said a hiker named Skittles fell and broke her wrist just outside of Monson. Was this the same Skittles I knew?
This morning I texted Skittles and told her what I had heard. “Please tell me this isn’t true,” I said.
Later, when Skittles replied she said it was true. In fact, she had just left the hospital after having surgery to repair the break.
There was good news, though. She said Jeff and she still intended to finish their hike. They would take another day off, then make a trial hike to make sure she could hike with her arm in a sling, but she thought she could. She would only need help putting on and taking off her pack.