PCT day 37 - mile 778 to mile 789 (Forester and Kaersarge Pass, Lone Pine)
"You know when a child wants to steal a candy and the father slaps it over the hand with a ruler? That's what NATO should have done to Russia" Chuck. "I think this country is going down, and China will take over. They are just so much more organized than us" Sofia. Today I went through my first snow covered pass in high Sierras called - Forester Pass and I'm not gonna lie I was quite scared. I started at 5am to be there with the sunrise as this gives the most optimal circumstances to go through it, snow was hard and easy to walk on without post holing or slipping. It took me over two hours at a very slow pace to do it, trail was meandering and dissapering under the snow, following in someone else's footsteps got a new meaning here. After the pass, trail got encapsulated within the mountain range, surroundings got very peaceful and green. Many streams were roaring around, crossing and using the trail as its own path. Snow patches were all around as well, ...