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thetrek.co > day-8-fifty-years-to-swim

Day 8: Fifty Years to Swim

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (769+ words) One of my strongest memories of the AT from 1975 was staying at Stratton Pond. It was where I saw and heard my first loon. The echo of that haunting call is always in my minds ear. I was looking forward…...

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thetrek.co > pacific-crest-trail > days-120-123-welcome-to-the-grind-aka-goodbye-oregon-hello-washington

Days 120 - 123: Welcome to the Grind aka Goodbye Oregon & Hello Washington

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (515+ words) From mile marker 2149.8 To mile marker 2175.5 Camping: Willem from Australia I took a few pics and a video crossing the bridge, but the whole time I was paranoid about dropping my phone through the metal grating. Bridge of the Gods…...

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thetrek.co > appalachian-trail > time-off-trail-with-family

Time off Trail with Family

2+ week, 15+ hour ago   (532+ words) Going home in the middle of the thru hike was not something that we had anticipated when we started. The trail had grown on us and the thought of going home for a week in the middle of our hike…...

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thetrek.co > jmt-days-21-23

JMT: Days 21-23

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (350+ words) “When you travel, you find yourself Alone in a different way, More attentive now To the self you bring along, Your more subtle eye watching You abroad; and how what meets you Touches that part of the heart That lies…...