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Thursday, July 24th, 2008
  • Hey from mile 1690 minus 155 miles for fire closures. #
  • Oregon! #
  • Goodnight. #
  • Hey.from mile 1705, minus 150 miles of trail closures because of different fires. #
  • It was hot and smoky in Seiad Valley. It was hard to breathe but 6 miles out and up, the air became clear and cool. . #
  • Sitting on the crest drinking a Mountain Dew that was left in an ice chest along the trail. #
  • Lunch time–peanut butter, red onion, cheese, and potato chips burrito. . Highly recommended. #
  • The collar on my backpack is almost completely ripped off. I have lots of duct tape and safety pins holding it on. #
  • If it rains, my backpack will fill with water. #
  • This little section follows a road. But the trail goes up and down and around and then back down to the same road. #
  • It’s a little fustrating. The road is flat the trail is a roller coaster. #

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Monday, July 21st, 2008
  • I made it to Etna Summit(mile 1606) where the trail is yet again closed. #
  • A woman picked me up right away, bought me lunch and got her friend to take me to Yreka where I’m waiting for the bus. #
  • to Siead Valley. #
  • I went crazy in the good grocery store and now have a resupply that won’t fit in my pack. #
  • I also have three trays of sushi, frozen berries and yogurt. #
  • I am so dirty and smelly but everyone pretends that I’m normal. #
  • The last 100 miles have been really beautiful. #
  • I saw a helicopter carrying what I believe was a bag of water. It gets really smoky at night #

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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
  • I’m up on the crest’ laying in the shade, eating all my food. #
  • I guess I should quit twittering, laying in the shade, and eating. And get those miles hiked. #
  • I met 5 hikers on the trail yesterday. That’s too many. #
  • This is a beautiful section. #

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Friday, July 18th, 2008
  • Made it! #
  • I resuppied last night but I think I will wait around for the store to open so I can have a cup of coffee. #
  • Waking up in Castle Crags campground. If you plan to stay here, I suggest you bring ear plugs and benedyl. Very loud. #
  • I’m at mile 1506.5 #
  • 100 miles ahead, there is another closure because of fires. It’s the 50 miles from Etna Summit to Seiad Valley. #
  • If you had to walk the 2.8 miles from the trail to Castela, you can take the Flume Trail back to the PCT. Take note. #
  • I wish I could lay here in my bag and drink coffee, but the coffee is about a quarter of a mile away. #
  • Guess I should get of my bag, pack up, get my coffee and hit the trail. #
  • waiting for them to brew the coffee. #
  • I probally shouldn’t have passed up another .50 cent shower. #
  • But Hops took a shower and he said it made him want to go back to sleep. #
  • I’ve moved my coffee drinking down the road and beside the river. It was to loud and unpleasant at the store. #
  • Ok, me go hiking now. Bye. #

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Thursday, July 17th, 2008
  • Trying hard to make Castella. Well, not that hard. But trying. #

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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008
  • I’m somewhere around mile 1461. It’s hot but I’m laying in the shade and there is a nice breeze. #
  • Last year when I came through here, the berries where ripe I’m a week later this year and the berries are still green and there is still … #
  • I have seen about 100 trail workers in the last 20 miles. They are boy scouts and they say there are 500 of them out here. #

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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
  • I’m laying in a campsite at Burney Falls (mile 1423.6). #
  • I did good miles yesterday and gor to Burnney falls early but I’m still here and now it’s getting hot. #
  • Hiking tip: always wake up on the trail–never stay in town. #

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Monday, July 14th, 2008
  • Hey from Hat Creek Rim. It’s quite pleasant here this evening. Which is not something said of this section often. #

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Saturday, July 12th, 2008
  • I may have over done it in the fresh food department. #
  • Sitting on the side of the street, trying to get a ride. I can’t stand the rejection. #
  • I was just sitting there, twittering away and a guy pulls up and gives me a ride to the trail. #
  • At 9:30 am I was at mile 1235. Now thanks to the magical portal, I’m at 1335. #
  • Laying on the trail eating cherries and drinking Odwall Superfood juice #
  • I think just making it out of town is good. I didn’t even stop to take a shower. And my last shower was over 2 weeks ago. #
  • Last night I slept without a tent and I was awaken by a big brown spider on my head. #
  • So tonight I have my tent up. #
  • Trying to consume 2 lbs of yogurt, 5lbs of superfood juice, and 2lbs of cherries, so my pack will be lighter. #
  • Laying in the shade eating lunch, because all this food is not going to eat it self. #
  • I love this section of trail. #

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Friday, July 11th, 2008
  • I’m walking towards the fires. #
  • I’m in Quincy waiting for the bus to Chester. #
  • The trail was closed due to fires at mile 1235. It took me 3 hours to get a hitch from there. #
  • I was planning to do a long hot smoky road walk around the fires but I lost my resolve. #
  • Good news is, I’m back on schedule #
  • The other day I saw a bird with a bright orange head, a bright yellow body, and black wings. #
  • I also saw a bear that was black and brown. It was crossing the road where the PCT crossed near Sierra City. #
  • There is lots of traffic and no shoulder on this road. I’m glad I’m on the bus. #
  • Yea! I found a resturant in Chester that always serves breakfast. #

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Wednesday, July 9th, 2008
  • Sitting on the crest having dinner break. #
  • The view can’t be beat but if I don’t keep hiking I won’t even make Sierra City by dinner time tomorrow. #
  • I don’t want to give up this view for a few more miles. #
  • The sun is a neon ball that is sinking into a thick smoke cloud #
  • It”s gone. #
  • There is a big smoke plune to the south. #
  • I think I’m going to stay. #

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Tuesday, July 8th, 2008
  • I’m perched on the crest tonight. Smoky orange sky. #
  • Laying in the shade drinking water–I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. #
  • You know what would be cool? Some way to hike recumbently, for when your feet get tired. #
  • There was a resturant at Donner Pass, I was hoping to get breakfast at this morning but it wasn’t open. #
  • If I quit laying in the shade and get hiking I may be able to make breakfast in Sierra City tomorrow. #

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Monday, July 7th, 2008
  • Hey from mile 1127. It’s really smoky. Rumor is there is a fire up ahead. #
  • The trail has been really crowded with day hikers and section hikers and lots of dogs. #
  • I saw two golden bears a couple of hours ago. I started singing and they looked up at me and then ran away. #
  • Someone told me that the PCT may be closed up ahead because of fire. I guess i’ll keep hiking until I see a closed sign. #
  • Very red sunrise this morning. #
  • If I had a hot beverage and lots of time I would watch it for awhile longer. But no stove or time. Better get hiking. #
  • NPR news is obsessed with war and suicide bombers, year after year. #
  • I want “Car Talk” and “this American Life”. #

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Saturday, July 5th, 2008
  • I’m at Echo Lake. I have done all my resupplying and box sending. I have eaten. I want a nap. #
  • I’m at Echo Lake. I have done all my resupplying and box sending. I have eaten. I want a nap. #

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Friday, July 4th, 2008
  • Hey from a “sagebrush saddle”. It’s windy but the view is great, so I think I spend the night here. #
  • Yesterday, future PCT thru-hiker, Jeff, was serving food and beverages to hikers at Sonora Pass. That was a nice treat. #
  • Tommorrow, at Carson Pass there is a thru-hiker BBQ, I heard. I should be able to make it. #
  • I have been dragging lately. I think it may be because I didn’t send myself any ginko in my last package. #
  • Soon I’ll be at Echo Lake were I have more ginko bilbo in my box. Then I will be hiking better, I hope. #
  • It’s really windy up here. I probally should have hiked down off the crest. But the view the thing. #
  • I slept here last time too. It was windy then. #
  • There are still patches of snow on the trail. I want to be done with the snow. #
  • I hope the BBQ will be enough motivation to get me down the trail tomorrow. #
  • Time to try to get some sleep while these crazy wind gust blow around me. Goodnight. #

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Sunday, June 29th, 2008
  • Hey from Tuolumne Meadows–mile 941. Long day to get here. It’s dark and I can’t find the backpacker’s site. #
  • I’m laying in a vacant site I found. #
  • The Sierras have been tedious and tiresome. #
  • On Forester Pass I lost my shoe when I postholed but I managed to dig it out. #
  • I almost lost my shoe in the deep mud today. #
  • I don’t think the Sierra’s are worth the effort, this time of year. Maybe if that is all you were doing. #
  • I’m not really in to all this “potentially fatal” stuff. Most of it is behind me now. . #
  • I hiked from 5am till 9:30pm and only took 1 hour total in breaks. #
  • I have been seeing more hikers lately. #
  • I better go to sleep now. Goodnight. #
  • I packed up and got out of that camp site because I believe the rules are: you don’t have to pay if they don’t see you. #
  • Waiting for the Tuolumne Meadows store and grill to open. It’s a big tent. #
  • I have eaten lots of fresh cherries and drank 3 Odwalla superfood drinks. #
  • They gave me my package even though it’s Sunday. I’m ready to go. #

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