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Team Lone Pine was born yesterday when matching visors were found in a hiker box.
We've hiked together for 32 miles now and it really helps keep things moving when we are constantly joking around.
Last night a cold front moved in to the area and we got the first real rain of the trip with a lot of wind. I made the mistake of pitching my tarp too high and it caught a lot of wind. Had to adjust the pitch 3 times in the middle of the night, but I'm glad I got the opportunity to learn more about pitching the A frame in windy conditions before I got to more demanding circumstances. Next time I'll pitch it super low to the ground.
The next day, today, it rained almost nonstop but somehow we managed to put 22 miles in before coming to an amazing shelter that none of us were expecting.
There we met Weeds a hiker who attempted the trail last year but had to be evacuated from the Sierras when she suffered a hemorrhagic stroke at high altitude. Needless to say it was awesome to see her back out here.
Weeds, Colin, and Casey in Splinter's cabin shelter left to right.
It's supposed to keep raining. My rain jacket is working great and hopefully it will be less relentless tomorrow. If I wasn't hiking in a group it would be really easy to let the morale fall in this weather.
Matt is at Big Bear now so he is quickly catching up and we might expect to be hiking with him again come wrightwood where all of us are planning on taking the first full zero of the trip. Actually. I think I'm going to zero this time.
On the donation front, Hike for Hope has reached the preliminary goal of $2,650 due to a lot of generous contributions. The goal will be increased soon, but in the mean time donations will still go through just fine.
-Luke
P.s. A big congratulations goes out to my sister who has decided to study at Chapman University next year. You rock, Ellie!!
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