25 miles
I didn't expect to walk all the way to Sierra City today, but 5 miles in to my hike I meet Wiki-wiki and Zombie, two other solo women, and I decide to tag along with them. We're making great time, because Wiki's goal is to do 20 by noon, and she's 12 or so miles in when I start walking with them.
We fly through the day, going faster to reach the next water source, as both Zombie and I are low on water.
We take a lunch break around 12:30, and run into three guys who have caught up to us--Bambi (Zombie's bf), Coughee, and Woody. We all hike together for a few hours, then I stop w the boys to take a break, and British Wil joins us. We book it to Sierra City, three of the guys decided to skree down the mountain, Wil and I decided to take the path down. We end up walking the rest of the way together to town, and by the time we roll in, I know my feet are done. Like done done.
I meet a whole crew of hikers who have known each other since day one. They are a dirty, friendly, funny bunch, and even though I'm a newbie, I few welcomed.
We enjoy $5 showers from the Red Moose, thought the guy asks me if I want the camera on or off, and says other girl can settle her tab w a blow job. He's one of those openly creepy guys, and I laugh it off until it becomes a story w the other hikers and every gets a warning about the creepy guys in Sierra City.
We buy beer and drink behind the church (the only place you can drink if you're not in a bar), and then we head to the only bar in town for frozen burritos, pool and crazy conversation. We go to sleep late, and I feel grateful to have run into this group. I sleep warm for the first time on the trail.
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