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Our original plan was to hike out in late afternoon. However,especially Bigfoot wanted to stay for another night,so we agreed upon leaving early Tuesday instead. The Andersons’ Casa de Luna really did live up to its reputation to be the hardest place to leave on the whole trail! I used the unexpected extra [...] Sleeping in after an exhausting day felt really good. I finally managed to get out of my tent when the rising sun started to turn it into an oven. For breakfast,Joe Anderson was serving delicious pancakes to all hikers. What a great start into a zero day! We had decided to stay at least [...] Bigfoot left at sunrise trying to outrun the expected heat. Stanimal and I were ready to go at 7:50 a.m. There were no natural water sources for 25 miles between Agua Dulce and Green Valley. We had left Hiker Heaven with 4 liters of water per person and had to go 3 more miles to [...] I had always wondered how many calories the huge amount of food would contain that we ate day in day out on the trail. So before repackaging yesterday’s purchase,I did the math and came up with a whopping 73,000 calories for 16 days (this equals about 4,500 calories per day). They say that a [...] After a much needed sleep in,I spend the morning taking pictures of Hiker Heaven and doing resupply planning both for the upcoming leg of the trail to Tehachapi and the first part of the High Sierra starting at Kennedy Meadows. We had to mail food ahead because there would be no sufficient resupply options [...] Bigfoot left the campground early because he wanted to walk slower to not worsen the pain in his left shin that he had felt since last night. Stanimal and I took our time since there were only 11 miles left to Agua Dulce where we would take a zero day at the famous Saufleys’ Hiker [...] I did not sleep well this night. The humming sound of the high voltage power lines near our camp site kept me awake for a long time. Then,at about 3 a.m. a rustling sound woke me up. First I thought,the wind was blowing at the plastic bags containing part of my food. But [...] | ||||
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