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71.565

Miles

114.50

890.68	Miles out of Hobbiton
432.68	Miles out of Rivendell
29.32	Miles to Lothlorien

365 - "Road climbs in great mounting curves with no side passages. (Est.) break."
370 - "(Est.) lunch and rest."
375 - "(Est.) break."
380 - "Reach the 21st Hall of the North End. Camp overnight."

Jan. 15 – Day 23 - 18 miles
380 - "(ca. 8 a.m.) Eat. Enter Chamber of Records nearby. Find Balin’s Tomb. ATTACK - orcs and cave troll. Escape through east door of room."
381 - "After descending 7 flights of stairs, REST."
381.3 - "Reach the 1st Deep. Fire blocks them from Orcs. Cross Bridge over Durin’s Deep. Balrog attacks. Gandalf and Balrog fall."
381.5 - "Rest escape up flight of steps, and out East Gate. Orcs flee. (ca.1 p.m.)."

Continuing Jan. 15 - Outside Moria
382 - "STOP to vent grief. Then continue down rough, winding trail."
383.5 - "Durin’s Stone and Mirrormere. Stop briefly, then continue south on road."
384 - "Pause at the spring of the Silverlode."
390 - "Frodo and Sam lag behind. Aragorn and Boromir carry them to a dell nearby. Eat and rest (ca. 3 to 4 p.m.)."
393 - "Dusk (ca. 5 p.m.)."
396 - "Frodo begins to hear Gollum again, and sees glowing eyes."
397 - "Enter woods of Lothlórien."
398 - "Cross the Nimrodel. Go west upstream a short distance. Meet elves. Sleep on flets in the trees. Orc company passes during the night. Gollum appears briefly."

Jan. 16 – Day 24: 32 miles
398 - "Start about 8 a.m. Clear and cold “like a cool summer day.” Follow path south beside the Silverlode."
403 - "Cross the Silverlode on ropes. Fellowship is blindfolded. Frodo notices paths are smooth, and he smells the trees and grass."
423 - "Pass through an open glade."
430 - "CAMP - Sleep on the ground. Still blindfolded."

Jan. 17 – Day 26: 32 miles
430 - "Continue on path."