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Mileage: 30 miles to the top of Squaw! I’m camped near one of their chair lifts.
It was freezing this morning! I always hate getting out of my warm sleeping bag on cold mornings, so today I didn’t. As a result, I didn’t get started with hiking until 9AM. I also hadn’t slept much the past two nights, so the extra sleep was good for m...
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Mileage: 20
Today was absolutely delightful, and what a coincidence, I ate a whole bag of gummi bears again today. Hmmmm… I started off my morning early with a 7AM breakfast at Driftwood Cafe, where I had the Carolina Connection, an interesting take on biscuits and...
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Mileage: 24 into South Lake Tahoe
I knew I wanted to be in Tahoe for a good portion of the afternoon in order to get some town stuff done and prepare for the sushi feast, so I woke up nice and early to try to be to the highway by 2PM. Initially, it was tiny bit chilly but not too bad, b...
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Mileage: 35
I woke up this morning and did something I haven’t done in ages: ate breakfast. Rudy, the German JMT hiker we had picked up on Forester Pass, had shown up to VVR with all of his extra food that he didn’t need, including lots of Clif Bars and muesli, whi...
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Mileage: 22
I woke up in my super awesome camp spot and was very excited to get on the road. I was going into “town” today! Kennedy Meadows North, the promised land 2.0. Since I was camped at 10,500 feet, obviously my first course of action for the day was to go up...
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Mileage: 29. I’m 6 miles from Sonora Pass and Kennedy Meadows North!
> 🎶 I would walk 500 miles, and I would walk 500 more, to be the man who walked 1000 miles to eat the whole darn store. (I deserve it) 🎶 – The Proclaimers > 🎶 And you know, I’d walk 1000 miles, if I could eat… real foooooood… tonight! 🎶 – Michelle B...
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Mileage: 22
Today was tough. Probably the most physically and mentally taxing day I’ve had on trail. Physically, I think a lot of the difficulties came from yesterday’s mileage. Slipping and sliding on snow and in rivers works a lot of muscles that I haven’t had to...
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Mileage: 30. My first (and hopefully only) 30-mile day in the Sierras.
I started today the way any 30-mile day should start: sleeping in and getting a late start at 9AM. Once I had fully woken up, I started following the trail down out of the snow. There were a few splits, but I stuck with the glissade path that seemed lik...
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Mileage: 27 trail miles + 1 or 2 more for Red’s Meadow and Devil’s Postpile
I woke up feeling pretty jolly because I had walked pretty far yesterday, was feeling good, and was so close to getting into Mammoth. All I needed to do was walk 3 miles and catch the bus from Red’s Meadow. I didn’t know what time it came, but I was aim...
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Mileage: 26, so I’m 3 miles from Red’s Meadow and Mammoth at mile 903.
We knew that today would be tough since we were disbanding the team, and when I woke up I heard cuddling noises coming from Savage’s tent. She and Dodger were making the most of their last time together, and when I came back from the bathroom, I jumped ...
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