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PCT day 9 - mile 160 to mile 179

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"It's always the second gate that suffers the lack of attention" Jarsh "At first this gate seemed a little standoffish, but I approached it with tentative care and when I reached out it opened right up" Dangeroso "Best gate I've opened since the last gate I opened" dannyrolf18 [Guthook app gate marker comments] What a killer day it was, we ascended 1660 meters (5.443 feet) and descended 1120 metres (3.663 feet) throughout the day. The plans to have an easy day and get into Idlewild in the morning has been revised. Since we hit high elevations we experienced quite a lot of snow patches along the way, luckily snowfall this year in the area is considered low so micro-spikes covering the shoes for better grip on the snow were not necessary, and that's a good news because I didn't have them. I'm planning to purchase it in Kennedy Meadows before we will start our way through Sierra Nevada mountains. Majority of the trail today was leading thr...