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We were just a few miles into the Three Sisters Wilderness when we met an older man trucking along. He greeted us with a “How are you?” When we asked him the same he replied: “Close to excellent! I’m almost … Continue reading
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We spent the night at the home of John and Gail Lyons. They demonstrated an abundance of warmth and kindness, but we knew that already about John when we met him and his trail crew a few days previously. Besides … Continue reading
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While helping out the Lyons Pride trail crew I worked and chatted for a bit with Mike, an older man like myself who had recently hiked the PCT. We got on the topic of the book Wild, a hot topic … Continue reading
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The tough part about being a support person is that hiking is where the action is … usually. On my last support stint I found plenty of action when I pulled into the Squaw Creek Trailhead late morning to set … Continue reading
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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
