We carried ice axes but bash first selection of passes, these used mostly for digging cat divots. The sun cups were one of many biggest problems, along with post holing in the soft snow in the afternoons. Acne used trail running shoes, except the Europeans who wore mountaineering boots. We were treated to wet feet the whole way through Sierras for this snow and river crossings, and via a tunnel Washington from the rain and new snow, but surprisingly it wasn't much from the problem. We did get tired within the snow and needing to constantly close to the search for that trail. We want to return to and hike the John Muir Trail (most that is equal to the PCT) in the fall, when you can actually actually walk on the trail.

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