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PCT 2021: Stuck in Bishop awaiting a package
The Hostel California is a vortex, through and through, and I've been sucked in! Not really. I'm stuck in Bishop waiting for a package with my microspikes and a warmer hiking shirt to arrive that's several days late.
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PCT 2021: Independence to Bishop
Here is where I admit defeat in the wintery Sierra and decide to escape with my tail between my legs. I wanted to prove that sobo hikers CAN go through the Sierra in October, but I was unable to. That doesn't mean it's impossible, I just wasn't prepared. Hopefully in the future I'll have the right gear and supplies to do the Sierra in winter. Good thing I've still got 650 miles is desert to hike!
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PCT 2021: Lone Pine to Independence
The Sierra certainly is a distinct part of the Pacific Crest Trail! Beautiful in its own, austere sort of way, with its sheer granite faces, scraggly trees holding on for dear life to the wind swept cliffs, exceptionally high altitudes, and an abundance of water features. I am a little bit spoiled, having grown up backpacking in the Sierra, so for the most part this isn't new to me, but I still find it beautiful, and now I am looking at it as an adult, with better knowledge of the surrounding world, and the ability to appreciate it in new ways.
