The stars were great last night, at least for a few hours, until the moon came out and hid them. And, while it was a bit cold out last night, it wasn’t too cold, and my down jacket helped keep me nice and toasty warm.
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Today got off to an exceptionally slow start for Muir Pass, which was not surprising given the long day both Quoi and I had yesterday.
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Tackling Mather Pass today was one of my longest and most memorable hiking sessions ever.
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Two nights ago, I discovered while setting up my tent that I was missing one of my tent stakes. Probably, it got accidentally dropped or left behind at Vidette Meadow. This morning, when removing one of the stakes, its pull cord broke, and I had to dig it out of the ground to get it out. Good thing I brought two spares.
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After a tough, grueling hike, Dylan, Flowers, Free, Quoi, and I completed Glen Pass, the first of the six major passes on this segment of our hike, between Kearsarge Pass and our next town destination, Mammoth Lakes.
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