CT day 6 - 19.2 This morning we climbed up Georgia Pass and it was stunning. I actually teared up a
CT day 6 - 19.2 This morning we climbed up Georgia Pass and it was stunning. I actually teared up a bit as we reached the summit. There’s something significant about walking 80+ miles to see a view like this one. Yes you can drive up a pass or hike only a short distance to see something similar, but traveling on foot the full way from Denver is an experience all of its own. Passing through low-altitude forest and seeing it change as you go higher, seeing the wildflowers evolve, seeing the grasses and different types of rock through various alpine zones - it’s such an immersive personal experience. By the time you reach 12,000 ft, you’re brought to tears by how beautiful it is that life can survive at such conditions. Through wind, snow, daily thunderstorms, and low oxygen, somehow these delicate little grasses & wildflowers can thrive. Today was long, but good. We stopped for a midday break and took a nap in the sun, then got up and hiked some more. We planned to camp at a ridge and have a shorter day, but when we got up there it was exposed with lots of dead trees standing and it didn’t seem like a good place to camp. So we hiked a few miles further. Despite today being the longest we’ve hiked so far, we feel good. Our packs are light and morale is high. I remember this point on the PCT around 100 miles, feeling completely haggard and hobbling into town. We actually feel really good this time around, probably due to lightening our pack load significantly. I think those hikers are right when they say “the lighter the pack, the bigger the smile”. Tomorrow will only be 7 miles to Frisco where we’ll resupply. I’m looking forward to getting breakfast in town! -- source link
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