![]() Rawhide texted me that it was torture and it kind of was.Įventually we got to a picnic area and relaxed. The trail made us walk all the way around the lake without any real access points (unless you felt like scrambling steeply down to some of the beaches, which Agnes and Francois did). I’d been pushing it on water, only carrying a liter for the last 7 miles or so (low for me) but I ended up being okay, in part because the trail was relatively flat and also because it only got up to about 70 degrees today – still hot, but doable. ![]() We even took a brief break under a not-very-tall road bridge.įrom there we hiked to Silver Wood Lake. Rawhide wasn’t a fan – “what is this, filler?” she told some other hikers. We spent a good part of the day walking on some hills near a road and then eventually beside the road. I managed to cruise pretty well for several miles after that, often taking a break when I would catch up with Rawhide. She’s a fascinating lady and her pace worked really well for me so I hiked with her for about an hour and a half before we found Rawhide in the shade and I sat down. ![]() She got her trail name because she’s raising money to save rhinos while hiking the PCT. She’s a doctor in the Yukon, originally from South Africa, and she’s traveled a ton of places. Apparently they got a good laugh out of that – they seem to catch me when my mind is exclusively on food.Ībout a mile in I bumped into a hiker named Rhino. As I was eating breakfast (bagel and cream cheese) in my tent this morning, Hobo and Caddy (I’ve been spelling her name wrong) walked by and saw me.
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