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"The cheeseburgers are calling, and I must go." – John Muir Hitting lake Tahoe tomorrow morning. 1089 miles down

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Guess where I am? Vacation from my vacation.

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Made it!

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Cowboy camping is always a good idea.

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Got invited to dinner in the hostel tonight. The 3 Koreans made two dishes and a Chinese chef made salmon and beef. Topped off with gin and cranberry tonics. Fuck yea. i am now obligated to make them an American breakfast…but what should I make…

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"No man" going to town on two tubs of ice cream for breakfast

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Nutella and tuna with hot sauce in a tortilla is supposed to be really good. Tons of people are doing it…not sure it's my first choice tho

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Layers upon layers of mountains. In the distance, the shadows, in the reflections, in the shadows of reflections. Mt Whitney offered impressive morning views to the west all throughout the hike.

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I love the rock hopping across creeks and rivers. Id do this section again just to hop across all the streams. This one is from the start of kings canyon national park when the forest floor suddenly started getting very lush, muddy, and unfortunately laden with mosquitos as I descended into huge granite canyons.

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So, the Sierra is absolutely beautiful, impressive, stunning, or just insert your own adjective. None of the pictures can even remotely grasp how awesome it is to hike through here. The silence is bliss at night. Half moon, stars, the creeks, frogs, bats, birds…this town is almost a torment to my senses, its hard to readjust. I'm currently in mammoth lakes, 1/3 of the way through the PCT. Some guys from a brewery let me and 4 friends crash at their camp site…while writing this next to the campfire, a coyote just walked up to me in the dark and ran off when I turned on my headlamp. But still haven't seen a bear, even though a 5 year old girl saw one out the window on the bus ride here while I was trying to fight nausea standing up. The mosquitos are a very serious burden, but the bug free times are well worth the fight.

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Hans, from Denmark, eats an impressive breakfast. Eating tomatoes like apples, kale like it's pizza, and avocado like cereal. Looking back on this picture I wish I had that plate instead of eggs, pancakes, and bacon…but don't tell my host that

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A guy at Mt Whitney summit brought his flag. He salvaged it from tornado wreckage in his home town. It went on 3 tours through Afghanistan and this was it's first mountain summit. =)

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Was hanging out in the evening and cooking dinner with a guy named "radio" last night, 8 miles from a trailhead. Had some quality conversation with a stranger for almost two hours. I was up by about 5am, had the last bits of breakfast I had packed 5 days ago, broke camp and we started hiking towards the 12000 foot pass. It was really cold but the views took my mind off the suffering of numb fingers and incline at altitude. Got a ride to the first town pretty quick, then a hitch 45 minutes north to bishop. I don't know if I'll ever be able to give up this experience of long distance hiking. 2 months down and I feel like home is entirely in the moment…except I miss my cat. Poor Esteban probably thinks I'm never coming back.

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The view from my afternoon poop yesterday.

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The 4th car picked me up to go into lone pine, had a bed to chill in with a friendly dog…but it's sunday and the post office is closed. =/ staying in a hostel for the night and getting some stuff done while I wait

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Wicked sunset at camp 6/9. The remained of all the lenticular clouds blowing off Mt. Whitney made quite the display. #cloudporn #pctassociation #thetrek

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Four lenticular clouds that appear to have come from Mt. Whitney…or four UFOs, depends on the person

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This was a fun spot around 10800 feet. The sun came through the trees like this for a few miles

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