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Mileage: 15
After yesterday, I deserved a lazy day. Today, that meant sleeping with no alarms. Having gone to bed at 1AM, I slept soundly until the first group of hikers walked by, and then I started experiencing a pattern. Woke up, saw some hikers, went back to sl...
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Mileage: Lots.
Disclaimer: Lots o’ words for lots o’ hiking. Today was the day. Ever since Belden, I’ve been eyeing this stretch as a a fantasy flat section in which I can hike 50 miles, but I hadn’t fully decided to actually try it until yesterday. The bear can rest...
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Mileage: 23
Today was an easy day to prepare for a high-mileage day tomorrow. After walking around 30 miles every day for a while (except yesterday), a 23-mile day is a welcome break from high-mileage hiking. I started the morning in standard fashion by accidentall...
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Mileage: 18 to right outside Lassen Volcanic National park because of those pesky little bears (mile 1343).
Since I walked so far yesterday, I could wake up late and still make it to town early! Best morning ever! I still woke up at 6:30, but I took my time packing up and wasn’t hiking until 7:15. The 3 miles were uneventful and I made it to the highway to hi...
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Mileage: 35 to right outside Chester (mile 1328)
I woke up this morning knowing that we had some brutal climbing ahead of us today, so I wasn’t in any particular hurry to get started. At 6AM, I sat up and saw multiple people packing up their packs. I was still in my sleeping bag. At 6:15, the first fe...
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Mileage: 25 through Belden (mile 1284)
I woke up around 6AM this morning and sat in my tent for a while before starting the day. I heard either Taylor or Jann deflate their sleeping pad, which meant that it was time for the other to wake up. I ignored this signal and continued to lay in my t...
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Mileage: 32
After snoozing my alarm a few times this morning, I saw some hikers that I knew pass me, so it was time to get up and start my day. Some people get up so early! I threw my stuff in my bag, at a huge breakfast of snack foods, and was on my way towards Be...
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Mileage: 34
Every time I camp with other hikers, I’m reminded of how early everyone else wakes up. When I was with my group in the Sierras, we did the same thing, but I’ve been waking up super late (9AM) some days while I’m going solo. I woke up to the sound of hik...
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Mileage: 30 into and out of Sierra City (mile 1195)
My hiking philosophy is that I like to hike high miles, but I don’t want to let arbitrary mileage or a deadline dictate what I can or cannot do on trail. This means that instead of focusing on getting in my 30 miles at all costs and becoming a slave to ...
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Mileage: 28
Today had a pretty spectacular morning where I woke up underneath Squaw’s furthest north lift for the sunrise over the lake. I then promptly fell back asleep and woke up when it was sunny. Right out of Squaw, I descended before climbing up to Tinker’s K...
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