After aborting my Pacific Crest Trail thru hike in May 2023, I made the bold decision to restart it in the Fall, to visit the mountain ranges I skipped due to snow in SoCal, after learning that late-Summer rains had replenished many of the water sources in this normally bone dry region. I decided to do it via a series of three week-long backpacking treks. I desperately wanted to complete the Desert Section of the PCT!
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