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PCT Thru Hike / 02.07.2018

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At mile 1732. Hiked 14.3 miles today. Jenny from the Ashland Hostel was kind enough to give me a ride back to the trail. She even stopped at a gas station so I could purchase new sunglasses. I’m on my 4th pair now. I wasn’t on the trail until around 11 am. Carrying extra water and a 5 day heavy resupply, my pack was heavier than usual, but the trail was as easy as it gets for leaving a trail town. Usually, coming out of town means long climbs.  I wasn’t...

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PCT North California, PCT Thru Hike / 01.07.2018

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Day 70 - Bizarre  At mile 1717.7. Hiked 17.5 miles today. Walked unknown number of off trail and town miles. I hiked to Interstate-5 where I hitched a ride to Ashland. I was dropped off at Albertsons Grocery so thought I would shop for my resupply. At the entryway I dropped my pack into a large cart, pulled out my hiker trash and dropped the trash in a can just outside the glass door maybe 30 feet away. When I turned around my cart with backpack was gone. Gone in...

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PCT North California, PCT Thru Hike / 01.07.2018

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At mile 1700.2. Hiked 24 miles today. Rating: Don’t Miss. Looking up the trail I saw something that looked like a huge long legged jack rabbit hopping down the trail. A doe nosed this animal into a hiding place at the edge of the trail. Of course it was a tiny fawn. It would not move. I could have stroked it, but left it unmolested. I thought, newborn and Bambi. Later upon examining the enlarged photo, I noticed an injury to the leg. Now I think about “The Yearling”...

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PCT North California / 01.07.2018

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At mile 1676.2. Covered 20.3 miles today. Trail rating - Skip After breakfast at the Cafe, I had a late start sometime after 9 am. Here is someone who took on the Seiad Cafe Pancake  challenge. Today I took an alternate route from Seiad Valley using Road 48N20 to join the PCT at Cook and Green Pass. This was recommended by several people over the past week. I was told that the bypassed portion of the PCT is in burn area, exposed to sun, and had not been maintained allowing poison...

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