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Backpacking Routes
c/backpacking-routes•xena_wells54xena_wells54•2mo ago

Met a guy on the John Muir Trail who changed how I plan my trips

I was about three days into the hike from Tuolumne Meadows, feeling pretty beat, when I met this older hiker named Carl at a campsite near Thousand Island Lake. We got talking over our stoves and I mentioned my usual plan of trying to hit 15 miles a day. He just shook his head and said, 'You're racing the trail, not walking it. The point is the lake you swim in at lunch, not the number on your map.' He showed me his own map, which was basically just a list of spots to sit for an hour, like a certain rock for morning sun. I cut my next day's goal in half and just sat by a creek for most of the afternoon. It was the best day of the whole trip. Has anyone else had a stranger give them advice that totally flipped their hiking style?

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Binge Worthy Shows
c/binge-worthy-shows•xena_wells54xena_wells54•2mo ago
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Budget Buyers
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