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	<title>The Pacific Crest Trail 2007</title>
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		<title>Border Crossing, Jesse and Lissa&#8217;s House in Bellingham</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Awoke to a bright red sunrise.  Hiked the 12 1/2 easy miles to the border monument in a relatively short amount of time.  Annoying 8-mile hike into Canada to get to Manning Provincial Park where Jesse and Lissa drove by just as Jen and I were emerging from the woods.  Said goodbye to Jen and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=430&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mile #2642, Near Woody Pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Viewful today with much of trail above treeline around 6,000 ft.  Hiked on/off with Jen, who is camped with me tonight in a cirque about 12 1/2 miles from British Columbia by the PCT.  It’s a bit of an exposed site, but I’m tucked behind some trees under my tarp.  Real food tomorrow and the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=421&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mile #2615, Glacier Pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2007 20:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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I awoke at midnight last night with sharp hunger pangs.  Try as I could, I was not able to get back to sleep and knew that I would have to eat something in order to sleep.  I walked over to my food canister and, rationalizing that Monday was going to be a short day, pirated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=413&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mile #2586, South Fork Camp, North Cascades NP</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 20:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Today was a difficult day, but for reasons different than the past few days.  I woke up this morning with an easy, 15-mile descent to the Stehekin River and its High Bridge ranger station/campground.  With my mind finally off of bushwhacks, blowdowns, and bridge collapses, it quickly signaled hunger.  Apparently all of the physical strain [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=408&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mile #2558, 3 Miles North of Suiattle Pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 20:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Another long, challenging day.  I’m past Glacier Peak however, so success!  Today’s highlights:  Bushwhacking into oblivion trying to follow flags going down to Milk Creek (I ended up losing the flags and just scrambled downhill, luckily landing on trail), negotiating miles of blowdowns, some twice my height!  Lots of ups and downs, but the gradient [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=402&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mile #2532, Bench Below Mica Lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:11:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Today had the distinction of being incredibly challenging and spectacularly scenic, making it possibly the best day on the PCT to date.  I took the original route along the west side of Glacier peak in perfect, clear weather.  
Highlights included walking a log 20ft above the White Chuck River, losing trail amongst a tangle of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=394&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mile #2505, Ward&#8217;s Pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Off to a good start with new “breakfast in bed” routine, which is actually more time efficient with less packing and unpacking to do.  Plus, I stay warm when I can do everything from my sleeping bag.  I hiked an extra half hour before and after my morning snack to make up for the time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=387&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2.5 Miles Beyond Steven&#8217;s Pass</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2007 20:11:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Hands and feet cold this morning until about 10:30AM when sun finally came through and I crossed to the east side of the slope I was hiking across.  New routine for tomorrow:  Will have breakfast before hiking as I chill too easy now if I stop to eat breakfast after an hour of hiking, which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=384&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2 Miles Beyond Cathedral Rock</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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NOTES:  Good night and everything stayed dry.  Woke this AM and left just as rain started.  temps in low 40s and my feet were soon wet.  Climbed up to Escondido Ridge for a very truncated and chilly breakfast where temps neared low of 40 for the day w/ drizzle.  Clouds slowly cleared through afternoon and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=380&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alpine Lakes Wilderness</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Aug 2007 20:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dan</dc:creator>
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Had a good breakfast at Summit Inn w/ four section hikers, one of whom volunteers for the forest service.  He bought my meal and also gave me 25 ft of rope so I could hang the food that doesn’t fit in the bear canister.  After breakfast, a long, well-graded climb up into Alpine Lakes Wilderness [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=achillespct.wordpress.com&blog=5875185&post=374&subd=achillespct&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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