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And Then the Desert Was Over – Day 55: Fox Mill Creek to Kennedy Meadows
PCT Miles: 683.1 to 702.2 (+.7 to the general store) I have intentions of getting up at first light and setting out, but it’s chilly which makes me slow. Instead Nobody and I head out around 6. We have 19-something miles to cover to get to Kennedy Meadows today and it feels like it’s going…
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Seeking a Sierra Trail Family – Day 54: Spanish Needle Creek to Fox Mill Spring
PCT Miles: 668.7 to 683.1 Miles: 14.4 I wake up this morning and don’t want to get up at all. My motivation is still missing. I look at the map and decide to hike 14.7 miles today, which will let me camp by water, and will only leave me with 18 or 19 miles to…
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Post-Family Blues – Day 53: Walker Pass to Spanish Needle Creek
PCT Miles: 652.1 to 668.7 Miles: 16.7 My stomach has one last hurrah in the hotel toilet. At least I hope that’s the last of it. Mark drops me off at the trailhead at 7:30 and it is so very, very hard to let him go. My body feels rested and strong but tired. The…
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Fever Sleep – Day 49: Zero on Trail
I wake in the morning and it seems like my nausea has passed. Should I hike? I wonder. I have messages from Mark saying he knows exactly where I am and can come and get me. Okay, I think. Come and get me. I get up to move my tent to the shade and am…
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Return of the Bad Stomach – Day 48: Windy Campsite to Shaded Meadow
PCT Miles: 571.0 to 592.0 Miles: 21 I wake up really hungry and tired. But – hungry! I feel as if my stomach is better because my appetite is back and I’m pleased. I eat a muffin in my tent and get hiking. I take several breaks for mini naps and more food. I stop…
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First Slackpacking of the Trail – Day 47: Tehachapi to Windy Mountain Campsite
Pct miles: 558 to 570.8 Miles: 12.8 I wake up and manage to eat some continental breakfast and while everyone is still in bed I do our laundry. We slowly get our packs together for checkout, and then I drop mine off at Rachel and Mousetrap’s room and head back to the grocery store. I…
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Will Hike For McDonald’s – Day 28: Silver Wood Lake Campground to Swarthout Canyon
PCT miles: 328 to 347 Miles: 19 Well, I didn’t get eaten by a mountain lion. I did have a dream that I heard something outside my tent which led to a mountain lion pawing at my tent near my back. I couldn’t scream and as I tried to get myself to make noise in…
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Hot Hot Heat – Day 11: Agua Caliente to just past Mike’s Place
Snakes: 1 Rattlesnakes: 0 Miles: 14 PCT miles: 115 to 129 We didn’t get up as early as we would have liked. We got walking around 630 or 7. It was already hot at 8am. I had planned to try to push out as many miles as I could in the morning and then rest…
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Thoughts While Walking – Day 10: Warner Springs to Agua Caliente Creekside Campsite
PCT miles: 109 to 115 Snakes: 0 Tears: 1 Today I was sitting with a group of thruhikers and we exchanged a few niceties and then we almost immediately started talking about poop. I’m starting to think that we need a kind of Godwin’s law (Godwin’s law is that any conversation on the internet will…
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Day 1: Campo to Hauser Creek
Miles: 15.4 Cries: 2 Snakes: 0 (1?) Woke up at 330am and laid in bed feeling surges of adrenaline about starting today. I cried a little thinking about how much I wish my mom were able to be there to send me off, that I would so love one of her hugs. Got up, got…
colleen stinchcombe 