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Turn and Face the Strange (Ch-Ch-Changes)
By the time I reached Mammoth Lakes, California, where I created my last post, I had come to accept the fact that completing the trail in 100 days or less was no longer achievable, but I was still driven on finishing as quickly as I could. My pace had fallen behind schedule from time spent in town to resupply on food or wait out a storm in the Sierras, and “the pack” (the party-crazed majority of hikers that cling together in a wave of slow-moving cliques) had finally caught up to me. There were people passing me that I hadn’t seen since my first day, and while I hoped that I might finally find a hiking partner or a group with a similar pace, it did make me feel a bit defeated.… Read more
Categories: Pacific Crest Trail
Tags: 2014, Coaster, Cross Country, dudetrek, JMT, John Muir Trail, Jonah Boyer, Mammoth Lakes CA, Mosquitoes, Pacific Crest Trail, PCT, PCT2014, Portland OR, Yosemite National Park
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