{"id":2326,"date":"2019-05-23T21:12:03","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T04:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/?p=2326"},"modified":"2019-05-23T21:12:07","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T04:12:07","slug":"day-33-towards-mordor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/2019\/05\/23\/day-33-towards-mordor\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 33: towards Mordor"},"content":{"rendered":"

We headed out under foreboding skies, first a climb into the mountains which fortunately were not covered in snow but the air was cold and we had intermittent rain.<\/p>\n

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The climb felt more strenuous as we were well loaded up with water for hiking through a dry stretch. When we reached the summit it became apparent that we could make it to the highway crossing by the end of the day rather than requiring another camp.<\/p>\n

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At the highway we caught up with a couple of young hikers who were married at the end of last year and are spending their honeymoon on the PCT. Steven made a phone call to a trail angel and 20 mins later as we shared a ride into Tehachapi the heavens opened and rain poured down.<\/p>\n

We chose the same motel as Steve as it is close to the post office, which we will visit tomorrow to pick up our resupply boxes. We will make this a “zero” i.e. spend two nights here for the benefit of a full day off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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