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We finished hiking the Hat Creek Rim section of the PCT. For the way people traditionally hike the PCT, landing them in the southern deserts in either the spring or fall, this is typically the hottest stretch of trail for … Continue reading
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We were getting ready to hike from Warner Valley campground when Cindy eagerly called me over. “You’ve got to get a picture of this!” The picture was a gag shot of Charissa washing herself right by a sign saying that … Continue reading
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At the the end of Cindy’s first 20 mile day we met Chef and Uncle Jerry, who seek to provide a service to the thru-hikers they are calling Pop-Up Trail Angels. You might call this an internship for Chef as … Continue reading
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Nowadays many PCT thru-hikers have smartphones and Halfmile’s PCT app. With this app you can find the trail, stay on the trail, look up distances to destinations and determine the total elevation changes to those destinations. I double down with … Continue reading
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I thought I was the one giving Smitty advice. As we hiked together for a bit he told of loving his work in manufacturing, but needing to get away from the inflexibility and the precision of his work. He viewed … Continue reading
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I dropped Cindy and Charissa off about ten miles north of Sierra City to hike the Sierra Buttes section the easy way, mostly downhill. I returned to the trailhead near Sierra City in order to hike north, up an infamous … Continue reading
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The morning started off great at the Forest Service campground. After a day of easy hiking, with another easy hike ahead, Cindy slept soundly and peacefully throughout the night. A dog from the neighboring campsite came visiting, which perked Cindy … Continue reading
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I did not think Cindy would remember their names; she struggled to remember names of the people we met during our American Discovery Trail hike even during the journey. Yet as we drove to the home of Carlos and Mariana … Continue reading
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We keep coming back to South Lake Tahoe in these early goings, picking up a new walking stick here, a cooler for apples and hard-boiled eggs there. In the process we’ve stayed at three different hotels. Hotels and town stops … Continue reading
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Providing support for another hiker is strange for me. I was supposed to be doing this in the first place, but as plans progressed towards getting Cindy the Triple Crown of hiking I just could not see myself “on the … Continue reading
