Author: Leigh Foster
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Day 87 & 88 – The Sierra’s, a final hurrah
Wednesday 24 July 2019 Day: 87 Location: Mile 1004.4 Distance travelled: 21.3 miles / 34 km We hit the 1,000 mile mark today! It feels like a huge achievement walking 1,600km. It’s a long way. When I think back to when I first started on the PCT I have learnt a lot in these 1,000…
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Day 85 & 86 – Goodbye snow, hello wildflowers
Monday 22 July 2019 Day: 85 Location: Mile 965.3 Distance travelled: 19 miles / 31 km We enjoyed a spectacular morning following the river down to Tuolomne Falls. The forest was pretty and the falls were spectacular. Thanks to all of the snow melt the falls were gushing with water. The trail climbed throughout the…
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Day 83 & 84 – El Cap, free soloing the nose
Saturday 20 July 2019 Day: 83 Location: Yosemite Rather than hike straight down into the valley we decided to take a scenic route via Glacier Point. We didn’t have proper topo maps but expected the trail to traverse around the outside of the valley to Cascade Point where we would have views of Half Dome,…
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Day 81 & 82 -Yosemite, a side adventure
Thursday 18 July 2019 Day: 81 Location: Yosemite Our alarms sounded at 6.30, we packed up quickly, headed up to the Wilderness Centre and position ourselves in line for a Yosemite Wilderness Permit. While the PCT skirts around the outside of Yosemite it doesn’t go into the valley. Adam and I have heard so much…
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Day 79 & 80 – Bagels, a bear then back into the mountains
Tuesday 16 July 2019 Day: 79 Location: Mile 924.4 Distance travelled: 17.8 miles / 29 km First day back on trail after a couple of days off in Mammoth Lakes and it was a damn good day back. Having missed the last trolley and consequently the last shuttle back up to the trail head yesterday…
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Day 55 & 56 – En route to Lone Pine
Saturday 22 June 2019 Day: 55 Location: Mile 740 Distance travelled: 17.6 miles / 28 km Today was a spectacular day on trail, from the moment I left camp to the moment I set up camp. The views were outstanding and the weather was perfect for hiking, sunny but with a cool breeze so it…
Adam, Leigh and the Trees 
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