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08554 This is the Highway 108 road sign at Sonora Pass on the north side, at Pacific Crest Trail mile 1018
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08562 The final bit of my 21 mile hike, to the Sonora Pass Trailhead Parking Lot at PCT mile 1018
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08566 I met up with Metal Tim and Little Engine at Sonora Pass - we planned to hike together for three days
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08569 My tent set up at the Sonora Pass Trailhead parking area - I was probably not allowed to camp here
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08572 I stashed a large blue bear canister up in some bushes at Sonora Pass with six days of food inside it
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08573 I finished packing my new food into my carbon bear can and put the blue can back in the bushes
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08575 We decided to drive west on Highway 108, down the big hill from Sonora Pass, to eat breakfast
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08579 We turned off the highway toward Kennedy Meadows North, hoping for an awesome breakfast
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08582 Two eggs over easy, hash browns, and a slab of sausage - just what a Hungry Hiker needs!
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08587 Back at the Sonora Pass Trailhead, the three of us got ready to hike an easy eleven mile day
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08589 Looking south, toward Leavitt Peak, from the Pacific Crest Trail at Sonora Pass (PCT mile 1018)
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08590 Mules Ears plants were the only thing that could grow on this dry soil on a south-facing slope
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08598 Wide angle shot south toward Leavitt Peak from the Pacific Crest Trail north of Sonora Pass
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08599 Volcanic Rock, brown and crumbly, is the dominant species just north of Sonora Pass on the PCT
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08622 Metal Tim and Little Engine on the Sierra Crest north of Sonora Pass, near Pacific Crest Trail mile 1021
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08623 View of the weirdly-eroded agglomerate igneous rock on the south ridge of Sonora Peak at PCT mile 1021
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08629 Peakfinder Earth annotated picture of the view south from the Pacific Crest Trail near Sonora Peak
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08633 Wide angle view looking southeast from the south ridge of Sonora Peak, at PCT mile 1021