From: Culpeper County, VA
To: Warrington, VA
Distance: 19 Miles
Topography: Flat with occasional gradations. Mostly rural… "I'm standing here on Highway 666 running through towns like Culpeper, Bradford, Inlet, Remington, and ending in Fauquier County. To some a beautiful stretch of the American Landscape but to the Tibetans, who are still Exiled, it is literally a candy lane of murder and mayhem…on their feet!"

Weather: Okay so now it's officially India Hot!

Details: Serious trepidation on the part of anyone focused on the protection of the Marchers. As Larry put it "I shouldn't have gotten up this morning"

If it is possible for one day to be the total opposite of its predecessor, today proved it. A smooth, safe, progressive, beautiful, and successful day.

So surreal to walk 19 miles and not have even a minor calamity

The March:
Start: 8:30 am
10 min Break: 9:00 am
10 min Break: 11:00 am
Lunch: 12:30 pm
2nd Half: 1:00 pm
10 min Break: 2:30 pm
10 min Break: 3:30 pm
Finish: 4:00 pm
Avg. Time: 1st Half: 2 mph (8 miles in 4 hours)
2nd Half: 3.5 mph (11 miles in 3 hours)
Total Time: 7 hours

Marchers:
Core: 16 (Khempo Ngawang Dorje, Charlottesville, VA; Jigme Norbu, Indiana; Tsering Yeshi, Vermont; Thupten Zopa, NY; Tse Dorje, NY; Tenzin Sherab, Hawaii; Yeshe Gyaltsen, Chicago; Kunsang Dechen, Chicago; Pala, Chicago; Ngawang Norbu Sherpa (aka Colonel), Boston; Dawa Phuntsok, Boston; Tsering Youdon, Boston; Rich Felker, Charlottesville, VA, Ananda Reed, Philadelphia; Larry Gerstein, Indiana; Douglas Herman, NY)

Guests: 4 (Charlottesville Tibetan Community)
Tenzin, Tashi Wangmo, Sonam Dickey, Packno Tsow,

Casualties: Just blisters and my favorite shorts- anything for a shot!

On the DL: Thupten Zopa- massive blisters- Day to Day

Stand Outs: Chi Town Pala for getting back on the horse and leading the pack all day, even though he had to go to the ER for stitches the night before.

Rating: Serious 'Daily Progress' as over sixty miles are now in the bag.
DC here we come

Host Families: Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church: Catlett, Fauquier County, VA
Rector Patti Mary Andrews

Meals:
Lunch: Remnants of the Charlottesville Feast in Culpeper made quite a picnic
Dinner: Thukpa Thukpa Thukpa Thukpa Thukpa!!!!!

Leg Five:
Distance: 12.5 Miles
Wake Time: 6:30am
March Start: 8:00am outskirts of Faquier County, VA
Est Finish: 5:00pm