Over at the Yahoo pct2007 group, the Sawyer water filter continues to get converts. One of the group posted these pictures of it. The person also put a slit filter and a carbon filter inline. It looks like a really great thing… but I have already bought 4 packages of Aqua Mira so probably for this trip– Aqua Mira it will be.
Update: I bought it and so far have not gotten it to work. Read my review here
This deer has been hanging around my cabin for a few hours… I think it is hiding out from a coyote or mountain lion that might be stalking it. I think sometimes deer hang out with people to avoid predators. Sometimes when I’m on the trail, a deer will hang out at my tent all night.
On my walk, there is a big cat that I always see running into this old cabin. Today it was sitting in the window frame. I wish this cat would come live with me… I would like a pet that wouldn’t mind if I didn’t come home for 5 months.
Update:
The year I thru-hiked the PCT, on the trail for the first 500 miles or so, about every 20-30 miles, under a rock, was a laminated letter from a kid in Mr. Snyder’s class. The letters offered words of encouragement and told us about challenges that the kids had overcome. One letter said, “The pain in your feet is just the doubt in your head.”