Legs and Borders

"They fixed the road for us last year and even painted this yellow line in the middle just for me! But I don't really care about it" Molly. Good day, I hiked into Etna, resupplied and decided that if I catch a hitchhike back on trail within 10 minutes I'll go back, Molly was there, saw my thumb sticking up and stopped.. fastest hitchhike in my life, this is the way. Camp Host managed to catch me up yesterday evening, he rolled in to the campsite I was just before sunset along with Can't Touch This who went the wrong way yesterday evening and ended up doing 38 miles to catch up. Trail leading to town was quite steep but at least there was a lot of streams available so we didn't have to worry about water carry. Everybody were rushing as people had hotel rooms booked, packages at the post office etc. I didn't have any reason to run except topping up my food so I was taking my time and enjoying the trail. At my final stop before town two bold chipmunks were ap...

"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 ...

"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 1...