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Stanimal and I are no good at getting up early,especially when it is fricking cold outside. This morning was one of the colder ones,so early riser Bigfoot had to wait for us until 8:30 a.m. to leave camp. We made it to Islip Saddle,where the PCT crosses Highway 2 again,in little [...] It was time to hit the trail again. I was sure that my shin splints had sufficiently healed. After an early wake up,the unpopular task of cleaning up the gear explosion all over the garage had to be completed. At 9 a.m. we were finally finished and loaded our packs and the bounce boxes [...] To give my shin splints more time to heal,we decided to stay another day in Wrightwood. Bernie and Keith extended their hospitality for another night which we were very grateful for. I continued working on my trail journal,sorting photos and making some more phone calls. Additionally we discussed the details of the upcoming [...] We had been really hoping for the other 80% after the weather report predicted a 20% chance of snow showers for today. Whitsunday,however,did indeed decide to greet us with snowflakes rather than tongues of flames. When it started snowing on us at 4 a.m.,I could hear Bigfoot hurrying to set up his [...] | ||||
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