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Day 12 (Tape)
Mornin! We’re heading through flatland desert once again, tromping towards the interstate. Ah, Walkin’ Jim caught up with us. There was a water fountain and a huge pipe where there used to be Snow Creek. We were ah, resting and getting our fill at the water fountain and Walkin Jim came up. We found out…
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Day 12
The first half of the day was a quest to cross the stifling heat and whining wind farms of the San Gorgonio gap. When we finally reached the refreshing waters of the Whitewater River, we basked there for hours. The evening stars watched us climb into the desert hills once more for a satisfying walk…
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Day 11 (Tape)
Ok, it’s friday morning now. (pete cackles) I think uh (laugh) as far as I can remember, who knows? (laugh) But ah, we just met another trail hiker named Walkin Jim. And he’s a super friendly guy. Had some good stories about the earlier part of the trip. And I didn’t get on tape cause…
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Day 11 (Pete)
Day 11 was hard. Night time 11 is going to be windy. We got up with just a peek of light, packed up quick and headed out. After about a mile of descent we decided assuredly that we were going in the wrong direction. Lo’ and behold, our camp was named Strawberry Junction as it…
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Day 11
First light, up an at em! Off we go down the wrong trail. After a couple of miles we figured it out and climbed back up to the beginning of our 25-mile, waterless descent to San Gorgonio. Mind-numbing is about the best word for it. In the morning we meet Walkin’ Jim Stolz, who does…
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Day 10 (Pete)
It seems hard to believe it has only been ten days since I was waking up at home. It seems hard to believe it has only been ten days since I was in a city. It seems like half a lifetime. It was the most beautiful day by far today. Dyl’s leg was in good…
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Day 10 (Tape)
We’re back on the trail! I guess this would be thursday morning. And the leg seems to be doing just fine. As long as I take care of it I think I’m gonna be able to go all day today. So ah, today could easily be the ah, the best day so far on the…
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Day 10
A day that has permanently fixed the San Jacinto mountains in my heart, a personal treasure that I’ll return to one day. The leg performs well, I treat it as tenderly as I can. Pete accomodates my pace as we climb over peak after peak, looking out over desert on one side and green valleys…
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Day 9 (Tape)
Its wednesday, still pretty early, and we’re taking an early lunch because on the way up this hill (we’re climbing up the San Jacinto mountains now, things are starting to get really pretty) on the way up this hill I started noticing a little bit of ah, pain in my outer right leg. Which got…
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Day 9
Climbing into the San Jacintos, I pull a muscle in my leg. Our pace slows way down, which makes us appreciate the mountains we are ascending even more. We stop early at a spring surrounded by truly majestic Cedars. I stretch and massage the leg.