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It is Tuesday, January 24, 7.10 pm.
It is the big “run-for-the-PCT-permit-hour”. The application window opens 7.30 pm.
Both my PC and laptop are fired up and ready.
Waiting, staring at the clock.
7.11 pm.
7.14 pm – heart rate goes up.
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Fact:
If you want to hike the entire Pacific Crest Trail (and do a so-called thru-hike), you need a permit from the Pacific Crest Trail Association.
This Association maintains and preserves the path, with the help of financial donations, volunteer workers and members.
Since thru-hiking gets more and more popular these days (as people search for an authentic life I guess), the Association has decided to control/limit the numbers of hikers who set off – in order to protect the path from too much human impact.
That is good news.
The bad news though is, that they allow only 50 people to start each day.
And here it starts getting complicated:
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Today, I am going to field test two new sexy gear items:
I will pitch the new lightweight (!) tent in the backyard and cook lunch with my new lightweight (!) stove.