Jack5455 - Pacific Crest Trail Journal - 2009

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Jack "John Deer" Wallace
State: WA
Country: USA
Begins: Apr 12, 2009
Direction: Northbound

Daily Summary
Date: Wed, Jul 29th, 2009
Start: Squaw Lake
End: Deer Creek
Daily Distance: 14.5
Trip Distance: 674.3
Entry Lat: 37.5635
Entry Lng: -119.03386

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Weird morning

I knew the day would be unsettled when mosquitos swarmed me as I got out of my tent this morning and then it immediately thundered. The mosquitos waned as I left the lake basin area and headed down toward Fish Creek and up to Tullys Hole. Then the rain started which got rid of the mosquitos. At Lake Virginia, I took a long break - sunny and no mosquitos; then headed to Purple Lake; then Duck Creek where the weather got electric. Should I stay or should I go? -- We have already done that song lyric. I went and got very wet - fortunately my pack stayed dry. Things cleared and I dried out by the time I got to Deer Creek. Jeez, there were a lot of mosquitos.

Deer Creek is a special place to me - my first psychological melt down and "hitting the wall" was here in 2003 when I was doing the JMT south bound. I feel good that I overcame that issue and completed the JMT then.

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Jack Wallace aka John Deer

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