Tag: thruhiker
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A Thief at Camp – Day 79: Nehalem Bay State Park to Barview Jetty County Park
Date: July 9 I wake up and use Dexter’s shampoo in the shower and it is glorious. We get hiking, a beach walk, and I call my friend Sarah and catch up with her a little as I walk. Then we get to Jetty Fishery, where for $10 a guy named Josh takes us in…
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The Most Expensive Cab Ride – Day 78: Short Sand Beach to Nehalem Bay State Park
Date: July 8 I wake up around 2am and look out and the moon is setting on the horizon, so bright orange it could be the sun. This trail is full of so many surprises. Nobody bothers us about camping and we sleep great. It’s a little confusing where to go when we get hiking…
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Waves Are Magic – Day 77: Arcadia Beach to Short Sand Beach
Date: July 7 Miles: 12ish Sleeping on the beach is amazing and our tents aren’t wet and I am happy happy happy. We’ve woken up early-ish to catch the low tide and get walking. On the beach I find a whole sand dollar – I’ve seen endless amounts of broken ones but never a whole…
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The Best Sunset of Summer – Day 76: Tillamook Head to Arcadia Beach
Date: July 6 Miles: 10ish I take a while to fall asleep because I keep hearing scratching and running sounds, sometimes seemingly right by my head. But every time I look, I don’t see anything, so I put it out of my head and fall asleep. In the morning we wake in the dark and…
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More Vagabond than Hiker -Day 75: Bud’s RV Park to Tillamook Head Hiker Camp
Miles: more than 8, less than 15, genuinely don’t know how to keep track Date: July 5th In the morning I wake up around 5:30 to a soaking wet tent, so I decide to deal with it maturely by going back to sleep. It’s foggy and there’s no point in getting up early. So I…
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Independence on the OCT – Day 74: Northern Terminus to Bud’s RV Park and Campground
Date: July 4th Miles: 13? 14? 15? Unclear how to keep track out here We were up late, 11 or so, and I’m reluctant to get out of bed. I rouse myself around 6:10 and my pack is packed and I’m dressed so there’s really not much to do. I go downstairs and have a…
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From the Crest to the Coast – Day 70 – 73: Bishop to Cape Mear, OR
Miles: 1.5 My panic keeps me up until 3 am, a time of morning I haven’t seen in a really long time, but eventually I get two hours of half-sleep. Then I see Denied walk past my tent, ready at the time we’d agreed upon, and so I get out to tell him the news:…
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Nero in Bishop, Panic on Trail – Day 69: bishop to Onion Valley Trail Head
Date: June 29 PCT miles: no Miles: 1.5 I get up early and ride a loaner bicycle to the grocery store. Well, first I go for a mile in the wrong direction, but I genuinely don’t mind because riding bikes is fun and the weather is perfect. When I get back I have to try…
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A Risk to Others – Day 68: Zero in Bishop
Date: June 28 I wake up and grab breakfast with Rainfly. He pays for my breakfast which is sweet and then we have a nice conversation about the trail. Afterward I go to do laundry and the whole group is there. They’re planning the next section of the trail. “Anything I can do to help?”…
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Kearsarge Pass Day 67: Campsite before Kearsarge to Bishop
Date: June 27 PCT miles: ? Miles: 8ish We get up around 5 and immediately head up steep switchbacks, but they’re dry and so I’m happy to have them. The group waits for me where the snow begins and Co navigates us through trees and sun cups around Bullfrog Lake. At one point I get…
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