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I am a carpenter and designer, living in a small island community on the largest freshwater lake in the world. I am deeply invested in disrupting the cycle of intergenerational trauma in my own lineage and my communities. I am more interested in the exploration of questions than the proving of answers.

Long Days / Short Journals (Part 1)

Cedar Schimke
NorCal, Pacific Crest Trail, Thru HIke

August 9, 2017
Toad Lake Junction (1529.1) to Mile 1559.1 (3 miles from Trinity Alps Wilderness)
Pacific Crest Trail Thru-Hike: Day 96

Things to remember from today:

  • Thunder out here sounds very different

  • I’m bored (egads!) of walking

  • On pace with Napoleon Dynamite looking-guy (Mitch maybe?)

  • I watched someone take 2 beers from trail magic (gasp! A crime!). That someone was Alex.

  • We got trail magic!

  • We met Pitch, Micah, and Field Trip (the Napoleon Dynamite guy would be Micah, then). They know Grandma Candy.

  • It throws me off to meet other hikers who aren’t very friendly. Why? Why not be friendly? Even just a little bit?

  • Deadfall Lake today was beautiful, with a rock painted like a fish.

  • Napped at a stream after only 11 miles of hiking

  • Did 30 miles and it didn’t feel like 30 miles (at first)

  • The clouds here are so cool and diverse

  • I miss Becca and Paco and their home in Mexico

  • I have eaten a large (family size) bag of M&M’s in just 2.5 days

  • Tomorrow will probably suck balls.. 11.5 miles of uphill. Trying to think of a way to intentionally split it up to make it easier or manageable, like doing 3-mile segments (I would have 4 segments then), or hour-long segments (5 segments).

Deadfall Lake, Photo Credit: Snakebite/Dana

Deadfall Lake, Photo Credit: Snakebite/Dana

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Long Days / Short Journals (Part 2)

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