August 31, 2022 Mile 2317.4 to campsite at mile 2338 20.6 miles It’s already uncomfortably warm at 6:30. Uh oh. I think I had one day of cheese and now it’s done. I can already tell I’m going to struggle today. But the sky is blue and pink and I’m still out here in this …
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August 30, 2022 White Pass to mile 2317.4 21.6 miles Our camp location isn’t conducive to a good night’s sleep. I keep tossing and turning, trying to get comfortable, trying to avoid facing the bright lights on the building next door. Jumbo and I wake up at the same time and walk in opposite directions …
August 29, 2022 Campsite at mile 2277.3 to White Pass I wake up to Jumbo’s hand on my arm. Confused, I look at him as he comes into focus, and by way of explanation he tilts his head towards Mt. Adams, which is slowly lighting up with the sunrise. I sit up and take it …
August 28, 2022 Campsite at mile 2256.7 to campsite at mile 2277.3 with an amazing view of Mt. Adams 20.6 miles The morning is cool and misty, the kind of mist you imagine when you picture the forest in Washington. Are there vampires running loose in these woods? I don’t know, but there are mushrooms. …
August 27, 2022 Campsite at mile 2235.6 to campsite at mile 2256.7 21.1 miles We’d decided last night that today was going to be a sleeping in day. I’m glad to see that everyone is still adhering to this when I eventually become conscious. Jumbo isn’t rustling around yet, Tribute’s tarp is still up, Feather …
August 26, 2022 Campsite at mile 2214.5 to campsite at mile 2235.6, with trip into Trout Lake 21.1 miles The morning is blessedly cool. It’s going to get hot soon, you can just tell from the humidity, but right now, it’s pleasant. The three of us walk together for the first five miles just like …
August 25, 2022 Campsite at mile 2191.4 to campsite just past the Sawtooth Mountain Trail junction at mile 2214.5 23.1 miles I can immediately feel yesterday in my feet when I start moving. I’d thought that my new insoles from Portland were really working some magic because my foot pain has decreased since the zeroes, …
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August 24, 2022 Rock Creek campsite at mile 2167.2 to campsite at mile 2191.4 24 miles I have weird dreams about a new job and a computer virus. I procrastinate getting up to pee. I’m exhausted when the world starts to grow lighter. But it’s time to hike! I pack everything up and then meet …
August 23, 2022 Bus from Portland to Cascade Locks to Rock Creek campsite at mile 2167.2 19 miles The morning is chaotic because we realize it’s a 20-minute Uber to the transit center where we have to catch our bus back to Cascade Locks. I get up and quickly make coffee, eat a bagel, and …
August 21 and 22 0 miles After the slug debacle, we sleep surprisingly well. Jumbo is feeling a little rough in the morning, but nothing compared to me the day before. We call Tribute asking him what his plan is. He says we have probably about an hour before he comes to town with his …
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Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 