{"id":2135,"date":"2019-04-28T18:28:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-29T01:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/?p=2135"},"modified":"2019-06-20T13:49:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T20:49:16","slug":"day-8-hiker-trash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/2019\/04\/28\/day-8-hiker-trash\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 8: Hiker Trash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our first real encounter with danger on the trail was with some local flora. Poison oak, if you touch it, can cause a very nasty blistering rash. Because it is a delayed reaction, you can have an extensive contact before you realise the danger. We were camped for the night beside a lovely creek, the site only spoiled by the presence of poison oak. Fortunately it had a convenient label and we had been warned about the danger.<\/p>\n

Apart from that, our campsite was very nice beside a small creek, which we crossed a few times before climbing higher. We got to one part of the mountain covered in granite boulders, reminiscent of Girraween.<\/p>\n

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By about lunchtime we reach Mike’s Place, which has somewhat of a reputation among PCT hikers. The term ‘Hiker trash’ is used affectionately (by hikers) and not so affectionately) by other members of the public. Mainly because we are dirty and smelly.<\/p>\n

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We filled up with water and because the temperatures were a bit lower, ended up putting in a longer day of 20 miles.<\/p>\n

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Rain is forecast for tomorrow. We continue to be thankful for safety and scenery.<\/p>\n

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Our first real encounter with danger on the trail was with some local flora. Poison oak, if you touch it, can cause a very nasty blistering rash. Because it is a delayed reaction, you can have an extensive contact before […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/IMG_2932-01.jpeg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paLLGr-yr","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2135"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2143,"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2135\/revisions\/2143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2136"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}