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Day Twelve – Lilo and Stretch to the Summit
Caleb will take two trips to deliver us hikers to Marion Mountain Trailhead, about 15 minutes up the road, which is very winding through these hills, and connects with the PCT. This leaves about 30 trail miles unhiked between Paradise … Continue reading
Day Nine – Eagle Rock to Paradise Valley Cafe
We are three miles from Eagle Rock, a popular waypoint on the PCT around mile 106 when we wake. We get to pass under shade, by cows, and through a meadow. We climb over our first downed tree, listen to … Continue reading
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Tagged Eagle Rock, gates, hiker box, hikers, international, miles, PCT, PVC, resupply, tramily
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Day Five – Trekking Poles Save Lives
Yesterday was 18.4 miles, by my watch. Caleb, Rachel, and Gert go back half a mile or so to the Sunrise Highway junction, where it’s a quarter mile to a water source. The other two had planned to leave at … Continue reading
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Tagged beautiful, cactus, desert, hills, Julian, PCT, snake, Southern California, trail angel, trail family, trekking poles, views
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Day Four – There’s Honey in These Hills
Gert and Rachel leave camp at 620 and we’ll be about 15 minutes behind, as usual. I spent the morning drying wet clothes in the hand dryer while the four of us shared the three stalls in the open bathroom. … Continue reading
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Tagged bees, bugs, Cleveland National Forest, PCT, permit tags, snake, Southern California, thru-hiker, trail family
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Day Three – Not Too Perilous
Today will have us leaving camp at 8am, about five minutes behind our trail family, with my body at a 6 out of 10. I see a California kingsnake but the non-venomous ones are usually in a hurry to escape … Continue reading
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