Twofold Troubles
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Well.
Initially, I wanted to write about my feet today.
As I seem to have a problem with them. Even before I start in Campo.
Historical Snow Fall in the Sierra Nevada 2017
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It is snowing heavily in California this winter.
The US newspapers headlines read:
- “Sierra Nevada snowpack is biggest in 22 years.”
- “Sierra Nevada historical snow fall.”
These are good news. As all this snow probably will set an end to the drought in California.
Excellent!
But…
Whiskey Double, Please!
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It is Tuesday, January 24, 7.10 pm.
It is the big “run-for-the-PCT-permit-hour”. The application window opens 7.30 pm.
Both my PC and laptop are fired up and ready.
Waiting, staring at the clock.
7.11 pm.
7.14 pm – heart rate goes up.
What I will be doing on January 24, 7.30 pm
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Fact:
If you want to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail (and do a so-called thru-hike), you need a permit from the Pacific Crest Trail Association.
This Association maintains and preserves the path, with the help of financial donations, volunteer workers and members.
Since thru-hiking gets more and more popular these days (as people search for an authentic life I guess), the Association has decided to control/limit the numbers of hikers who set off – in order to protect the path from too much human impact.
That is good news.
The bad news though is, that they allow only 50 people to start each day.
And here it starts getting complicated: