Tag: pacific crest trail
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Farther than Anticipated – Day 34: Sulphur Springs Campground to Roadside Burn Area
Pct miles: 406.6 to 427 Miles: 20.4 I got a late start out of camp because we got in late and I was tired. And I also hadn’t taken the time to get water the night before so I went to do that, but didn’t bring my scoop cup, so that took an immense amount […]
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The Best Magic – Day 33: Islip Trailhead to Sulphur Springs Campground
PCT miles: 386.1 to 406.7 (+1 mile of detour)Miles: 21.6 I don’t sleep well, waking every hour or so. I think it’s because it’s warm out, maybe 65 or 70 degrees. I finally start getting my things together around 515 and am on the trail by 6. Maybe I’ll do 20 today, I think. It’s […]
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Carrying It Up The Mountain – Day 32: Grassy Hollow Visitor Center to Islip Saddle Trailhead
PCT miles: to 386.1 Miles: 15.7 I woke up in the morning to a dream that my brothers, Mark and I were all living in my mother’s house but my mother was dead and we were all half-pretending she wasn’t. I was trying to figure out where everyone should go – should we all move […]
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Back to Trail, Sort Of – Day 31: Wrightwood to Grassy Hollow Visitor Center
I woke up this morning thinking I was sleeping in my tent on a cliff – only to realize I was just off the floor, on a bed. I laid in bed a while before getting my things together. As I did that, I realized I’d lost my credit card at some point the day […]
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Town Got Weird – Day 30: Guffy Campground to Wrightwood
Miles: 5 Woke up to a really gorgeous sunrise and watched it from inside my tent. Started packing up but wasn’t in too big of a hurry because I knew it was a short walk to town. I decided to make myself hot oatmeal for breakfast (normally I would never break out my stove in […]
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Back to the Mountains – Day 29: Swarthout Canyon to Guffy Campground
PCT miles: 347.2 to 364.4 Miles: 17.2 I didn’t sleep great because it was a pretty warm night. Got started around 6 because we were anticipating a hot day and an all-day climb. The first part of the day was pretty warm and the climb was tough – steeper than I expected and also carrying […]
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Long and Flat-ish -Day 27: Deep Creek DamOffshoot to Silver Wood Lake Campground
PCT miles: 313 to 328 Miles: 15 As I was eating breakfast (bagel and cream cheese) in my tent this morning, Hobo and Caddy (I’ve been spelling her name wrong) walked by and saw me. Apparently they got a good laugh out of that – they seem to catch me when my mind is exclusively […]
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The Hot Springs Were Everything I Wanted Them To Be – Day 26: Splinters Cabin to Deep Creek Dam Offshoot
Miles: 15.3 Woke up this morning around 530 but stayed cuddled in my tent. It was a little cold out, and also on easy terrain days without the hot heat Rawhide and I haven’t found it necessary to get up super early. Eventually I started getting my pack together and went to the bathroom – […]
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Downhill Means Big Miles – Day 25: Big Bear Overlook to Splinters Cabin
PCT miles: 279.2 to 298.5 Miles: 19.3 It’s cold in the morning and I’m reluctant to get going. Around 6 I will myself to start getting my pack together. I decide to pack it differently because it had been pulling on my shoulders yesterday. So now food is going near the bottom, instead of at […]
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Leaving Town Makes Me Sleepy-Sad – Day 24: Big Bear to Lake Overlook
This morning I told myself I’d get up and going quickly, and instead I lay in bed and then decide to completely repack my pack, searching for stashes of trash in pockets and replacing dirty ziplocks. I text Rawhide and she’s not moving quickly either – I get my things together and walk with my […]
colleen stinchcombe 