PCT day 71 - mile 1515 to mile 1544
"We don't exist until there is someone who can see us existing. What we say has no meaning until someone can understand. To be surrounded by friends is to constantly have our identity confirmed, their knowledge and care for us have the power to pull us from our numbness" Alain de Botton.
"Nothing satisfies a man who is not satisfied with a little" Epicurus.
Good day of ye olde hiking. Miles has been done, trail was fairly easy and the weather warm.
We climbed up to about 8000 feet again so despite the heatwave down below, it has been way cooler and the occasional breeze was a welcome addition. I walked alongside Fomo and Can't Touch This the whole day, we took a nice long break at the Porcupine Lake which even had its own little kayak! Everybody had a swim and a go at paddling around the lake.
Lake area was quite popular with day hikers and fisherman so we been passing next to others frequently. One lady told us that she counted 31 PCT hikers yesterday and 10 today so far, so we must be walking behind a big bubble of people.
Both Fomo and Can't Touch This want to push big miles for the next two days to arrive in town quickly as they got plans and hotels booked, I will probably pace myself and see how it goes, I might just walk into town in three days, resupply and go out just like in Shasta, it worked pretty well last time.
I swapped my audiobook from Kerouac's "On the Road" to Alan de Botton's "Consolations of Philosophy", Kerouac book has his interesting moments especially when he's describing American culture but he also spends a lot of bragging and going into too much detail about his daily routines and encounters. De Botton style is just condensed information with occasional anecdote and I enjoy it more at the moment. I'll probably go back to "On the Road" later on.
We got a good protected from wind campsite tonight so it should be a quality sleep galore.
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