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Day 38 – Rachel Gets a Trail Name

Posted on July 1, 2025 by TheJessicaness

We’re up early but Caleb is not in a rush. We break down camp as we know it will be easier to sleep by the general store tonight than trying to bring people up to our site to hang out … Continue reading →

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Day 33 – Hiking In My Sleep

Posted on June 26, 2025 by TheJessicaness

I set up the one-person tent last night, put a rock on the stake to hold the vestibule door open, and passed out. I’ve woken to agreed-upon group alarms but have yet to set one for myself, which I suppose … Continue reading →

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Day 22 – Mount Baden-Powell

Posted on June 15, 2025 by TheJessicaness

We are up at 330 because though I want miles, I’m not willing to hike in the dark to get them. Caleb drops the four of us at Big Rock Camp at 515am. It’s 63°F, we are around 5,000 ft. … Continue reading →

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Day Nineteen – We’re Off to See McDonald’s

Posted on June 12, 2025 by TheJessicaness

Caleb drives Gert and me to the trailhead outside of the park, saving us some road-walking, but it skips a mile of trail, which brings my total missed to about 198 miles. I have Gert turn on my Garmin after … Continue reading →

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Day Five – Trekking Poles Save Lives

Posted on May 29, 2025 by TheJessicaness

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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