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Stuck in a rainstorm on the John Muir Trail for 3 days straight
Last September I planned a 6 day stretch from Red's Meadow to Tuolumne Meadows, but a low pressure system parked over the Sierra and dumped rain nonstop. I spent 72 hours mostly in my tent, eating cold ramen because firing up the stove in that wet was pointless. Have any of you dealt with a multi-day washout, and what did you do to keep from going stir crazy?
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oliviac2216d ago
Ugh, that sounds brutal. I got caught in a similar storm on the Wind River High Route a couple years back, 2 days of sideways rain and I swear my sleeping bag weighed 10 pounds by the end. The only thing that saved me was making up little games, like guessing how many minutes between raindrops hitting my tent in a specific pattern, and I reorganized my pack like 15 times just to have something to do. Also, I totally gave up on trying to stay dry and just embraced the swamp vibe, which honestly made it way less stressful.
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