June 8th. 

First day after completing my 9 week interim job and I’m waiting for Donedidit to retire on Friday. Our pumps are primed.  We have permits and reservations to begin our hike on July 5th, but we hope to leave sooner. The thought of 11 hour hiking days interrupts sleep, so we just want to begin.

Our route is the patchwork of missed-miles from my last year’s failed attempt thru hiking the PCT.  Even though I completed nearly 2000 miles, I still have nearly 700 left. Last year my hiking partner and husband, Useitup, completed the whole trek. Following injuries, I just didn’t have the fortitude to keep up. Will this year be different?

With the trail name, Donedidit, my friend will have to do it. Even though she lacks experience backpacking, she’s only worried about bad coffee.  She’s got her priorities straight.  

I’ve assured her we’ll have plenty of bad coffee, and it will be the least of our travails.   

So soon we’ll be heading south from Mammoth CA, hoping to scale all the peaks including Whitney. Then we’ll hop up to face the mosquitoes for a short section in OR. Finally we’ll meet up with my friend Andrea to tackle all of WA. 

 
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Donedidit by Joaquin