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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
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“This is so beautiful!” Cindy remarked while resting near the top of our climb out of Sonora Pass. At 10,500 feet we had a panoramic view of the open, mountainous country around us. We were 4000 feet higher than where … Continue reading
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As long distance hikers there is a phrase we’ve used on each other frequently: “Suck it up!” There are many times that a thru-hiker has to “suck it up.” When you aim to complete a long trail you have to … Continue reading
We had not hiked far up the rain forest draped trail when Cindy remarked: “I remember this, and not that long ago.” My mind was dismissive at first. I had only been up this stretch of trail once, back in … Continue reading
