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He’s made it to Blue Mountain Shelter, 50 miles from Springer.
In his last update, he’d hiked 14 miles the day before then spent several hours vomiting at night. He’s convinced he’d swallowed a “parasite” and regurgitated it. It’s been recovered (see pic).
A more likely, alternative theory is that he was severely dehydrated and physically stressed, which caused him to vomit into a grub.
