PCT day 72 - mile 1544 to mile 1577
"We will cease to be so angry, once we cease to be so hopeful" Seneka.
"What need is there to weep over parts of life. The whole of it calls for tears" Seneka.
A long, tough day. Everyone was pushing miles to split the difference and get to town called Etna tomorrow, there's a few scaremongers in the comment section of the GPS app we using called Far Out saying that hitchhike to town might be difficult, so everyone wants to reach the road as early as possible.
I'll have 23 miles to walk tomorrow, it means I can be there between 2 and 3 pm which should give me plenty of time to catch a ride. But I also have a backup plan, if I'll manage to meet other PCTer going to town beforehand, I'll ask him if he or she could sell me his remaining resupply (people always carry extra) which would allow me to skip Etna completely and carry on to Seiad Valley 55 miles further down the trail. The plan has some chances of succeeding, I have enough dinners and proteins on me, so getting few extra tortillas and snacks would be enough, we shall see how it will work out.
I think it was the longest day mile-wise I had so far, everyone seemed to be walking faster than me and I ended up setting the camp two miles before I planned to, my feet in new shoes were urging me to stop, it was enough for them. It's a decent campsite as well, located at the edge of burned area and it looks like it was a fairly recent fire, my feet are all black from walking on the ashes.
State of California is finally ending in just over 100 miles, it's a one long state, no doubt about it. Oregon here we come!
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