{"id":3184,"date":"2019-08-12T09:33:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T16:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/?p=3184"},"modified":"2019-08-20T11:35:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-20T18:35:42","slug":"day-114-entering-glacier-peak-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loudonweb.com\/2019\/08\/12\/day-114-entering-glacier-peak-wilderness\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 114: Entering Glacier Peak Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"

It rained on the tent all through the night and, although the rain stopped when we got up around 5:30, everything was wet and the clouds were low as we hiked. The path is narrow and bordered with plants whose leaves are heavy with moisture so with every step they offloaded the water into our shoes which were quickly saturated.<\/p>\n

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About 9 am the sun was shining and the clouds were lifting to reveal spectacular snow topped mountain scenery and green valleys below. We spread out our wet gear in the sun at lunchtime and took off our shoes to air our damp feet.<\/p>\n

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The day warmed up as we hiked in the afternoon but cool breezes continued to make the steep ascents more bearable.<\/p>\n

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As we wound along the path taking us to our last peak of the day, we passed a trail maintenance crew hard at work.<\/p>\n

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The marmots were also hard at work.<\/p>\n

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Down then we wound into a valley and along to our campsite 23 miles from last night’s spot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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