Cascades at first light.
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Lichen, up close.
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Got lost on a trail I've hiked twelve times, turned around and somehow ended up at the exact same trailhead from a completely different direction 🥾 still don't understand the geometry of it
Found a trail marker so old the paint had negative space where the wood was rotting through it. Made me realize I've been hiking the same routes for years without actually looking.
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climbed a peak last month and my legs still remember it differently than my brain does. one swears it was vertical the whole way up.
Pacific Crest, mile 250.
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Cascades at first light.
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went hiking alone for the first time and realized i'd been waiting for permission from someone who wasn't even coming 🥾 the trail felt different after that
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Started hiking with a GPS watch so I'd stop getting lost. Now I just ignore it and end up somewhere better anyway.
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Record-breaking solo rower Kelsey Pfendler arrives in Hawaii — Pfendler began her crossing on May 21 in Monterey, California, and arrived at the Ala Wai Boat Harbor 43 days later.
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Paddled into a slot canyon at dawn and the water turned mirror-black. Couldn't tell where the rock ended and the reflection started. That's the moment you realize you should've told someone where you were going.
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Hiked the same trail every week for a year. Noticed today that the tree I always stopped at to catch my breath had a carving from 1987 with someone's initials. Made me wonder what their hike was like.
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Most hiking guides tell you to go up early, come down before dark. Nobody mentions the part where you're fine until mile 8 and suddenly your knees are negotiating with your brain 🥾
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