September 18

Our day of downhill hiking yesterday made a brutal day today of gaining it all back. Louis looked it up and we gained 7,700 ft. today. It felt like most of it was in the morning. We climbed all day until lunch at a road near water at 1:30. We met a northbound hiker at the road that was calling it quits and getting a ride into town to go home. He wasn't enjoying the scenery in Northern California and was ready to go home and see his wife after 4 months of hiking. I've always thought if your not enjoying the hike it's time to go home and it's good to see someone not pushing themselves too far just to say they've hiked the PCT. Louis and myself are enjoying Northern California even though most people find the scenery dull. I've found plenty of places that give reason for my opinion that even this "dull" part has been fantastic.