Ferries, mosquitoes and zeros of the city: PCT Days 77 to 81

The Ferry to VVR would not arrive until 9:30, so I fall asleep unusually late. After a quick trip through the lake, I was in the resort itself. The refueling here was expensive, but fortunately I only needed 2 extra days to get to Mammoth. It was also appreciated loading my electronic products and obtaining a hot hamburger for lunch. I met and talked to Roxy, another point, and I saw a silver side I had met in Idyllwild. There was a very big hiker presence here, but most did not know.

After a quick dip in the lake, I caught the afternoon ferry and kept walking. I just had to go to 4 miles to the base of the next pass and when I arrived at the camp, David, Nick and Justyna were there! They were finishing dinner just when I arrived, but it was still nice to see family faces. I almost fell asleep in my store after eating, but I got together and finished the rest of my night tasks before fainting.

Day 78: Silver pass

As was usual on the mountain pass days, I got up early. I spent several very cold -looking alpine lakes on my way to the mountain pass. Fortunately it was relatively snow -free and I arrived at the beak around 9 am

The view from the top of a mountain pass is almost always beautiful.

However, I needed my spikes on the way down. I also met Justyna in the descent and we both work to navigate the snowfields. When the snow is thick, it is not clear where the path should be. Eventually you should meet with that, but the loot (compacted snow left by previous hikers) often wanders. In cases like this, my best resource is a GPS application so that I can see where I am and where the path should be. At least it was early enough that snow was still quite solid.

Justyna took a break in a water source, but I went ahead. I would have stopped, but the family tradition has accepted that I am unusually delicious for mosquitoes and even up here in a mountain pass that was still true. I saw and I went to David and Nick on the way down. A little later I found a good shaded camp, I quickly installed my inner store for mosquito protection, then lunch. What followed was a truly legendary nap of 2 hours after which I felt incredibly renewed.

The last miles later were, of course, even more uphill. There were a lot of hikers from John Muir Trail today, everyone went south, in groups or alone. The path would also pass numerous lakes, and even partially passed through one. Seeing all the walking groups made me feel more than a little alone, and I lost the experience of walking with others. However, I am a slow hiker and that made it difficult to find families of paths that move at the same rhythm as me.

Day 79: escapes the city

I had slept without a rain of rain and only in my foam pad due to exhaustion at the end of the day, but it seemed to work this time. A fairly long decrease was transmitted in mostly plane. As yesterday, there were many JMT hikers, but when I spent my first days hikers I knew that I had to be close to the city. Indeed, I turned off the path and arrived at the Mammoth Pass path around 12:30. Everything aligned here: My audiobook ended just when it arrived at the parking lot and the free ferry arrived 2 minutes later. I rode the city with another 2 pcter called Bear Claw and Alex. Disappointingly, I realized that I had missed the marker Mile 900. Or it was too much in areas to enter the city or maybe there would simply be one. Well, I would not look for it again.

Feeding the last miles with a gusty bar.

Lunch was a Tai tip sandwich of a barbecue food truck. I called some friends and family while I waited to register at the Motel 6. Function, Juice Bomb and their small family of trails passed and exchanged brief helos.

Finally I got my hotel room, I had an absolutely happy shower, then I would lie in bed watching videos for the rest of the night. Around 7 I gathered enough willpower to wash my clothes, fortunately I was on the other side of the street. I met DJ Squirrel there, a German hiker, and we took our clothes together to save some dollars. We chatted with ET and Chisa while we expected the machines to end, although Chisa accidentally left his phone. I had seen it in the same motel 6 as me fortunately, so I could leave it at the reception. I hope you recover it.

The dinner was Pizza, but I was awake a little late to talk to my sister in Italy.

I was so tired. He had reserved 2 nights with the intention that tomorrow was a day zero, but he was already feeling that it was not enough. The continuous climbs and descents, early mornings interrupt my sleep cycle, and the isolation last week has affected me serious. I knew the rest would help, but would it help enough?

80 – 81: Lakes Mammoth Zeros

I ended up extending my stay per 1 night for a total of 2 zeros in gigantic lakes in motel 6. I slept a ton, ate a little and spent most of the first day lying in bed. Mission joined me during one night, since my room had an extra bed, but he left with a hiker named Lindsey while entering my second zero.

The second zero really did some tasks. I obtained a new bottle of water from Gear’s store in the city, since the previous one had returned to mold this last section. I did most of my replenishment in the grocery store (so cheap! Such strange selections!) Then I filled the holes in von’s. I received the dinner from a Latin market and wow, the roasted fried potatoes that served me were huge and delicious. I also updated my blogs since the long days on the road had left very little time to write.

The aforementioned roasted offspring. Unfortunately, I generally do not plan to take photos in the city.

Old Bottle vs the New. The old man seems to have chickenpox! I don’t know what caused the mold outbreak in this last stretch, but I stopped using the bottle as soon as it began to become pink.

However, I made an error and did not stretch my body or did any exercise for my ankle. The sudden lack of exercise meant that my body became rigid a little and my posterior tibial tendonitis would laugh. Very, very annoying.

Path Statistics:

Cathols: 27

It stops to filter water: 108

Results: 14

Hitches: 15

Ceros: 15

Crys on the path: 12

Ampoules: 12

Gear repairs: 17

Miles jumped: 212.3

Significant water crosses: 70

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