Author: Fancypants
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Day 23: Donuts and an Easy Day
We had the best of intentions, really — plans to wake up early enough to catch the 5:36 AM bus across town to get breakfast, then hit the trail. But you know what?
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Day 22: Zero Miles Was Never So Tiring
Most of our learning happens along the trail, but, today, we learned quite a bit about what it’s like to be in town. Big Bear is the first (of four or so) stops along the trail where we decided to buy food to resupply, instead of picking up a box that had been mailed to…
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Day 21: On the Next Episode
(Cue up your very best Jeremy Clarkson impression) Today, on The Pacific Crest Trail: Clare sees a lion; Andrew drinks a cola; They both sit on a couch Yes, all of the above really happened today. Plus: we went farther than ever before, and did our first “twenty” — 21.5 miles, to be exact! It…
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Day 20: Trail Names!
Rally. Treeman. Squatch. Hedgehog. Dude. Etch-A-Sketch. You’ve heard me referring to people with these names…but, no, the PCT isn’t completely overrun with hippies. When you’re hiking any of the big tree long trails (Appalachian, Continental Divide, Pacific Crest), people end up taking on trail names — nicknames based on their character, appearance, experiences, or anything…