he next day she ran into Tom and Doug again. She hadn’t seen them since her and Greg bypassed the snow. They also bypassed later on in trail because the snow became so dangerous. They stayed together that night, and compared experiences on the trail, since they hadn’t seen each other in a long time. After the boys went to sleep she started burning her last book she read on the trail, and she thought of Eddie. Eddie taught her how to build a fire, and she said without him she wouldn’t have been able to complete the PCT. She tried to burn her very last book called, Dream of a Common Language, but couldn’t get herself to do it. The next couple days, she walked with Doug and Tom, and a few girls they ran into. Those days were full of good times, and to Cheryl
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She offered to let them use her water filter, which they clogged, and use her iodine pills, which she knew she would later need. They were so rude to her, and didn’t care about her belongings. They left and she stayed at her campsite. The one guy came back later telling her he knew her instinct and that she was changing. The other hunter joined, and they left again. Cheryl was scared and took off running down the trail. As Cheryl continued hiking, all she thought about was Crater Lake. It used to be a volcano called Mount Mazama, which erupted thousands of years ago. It formed a lake after the eruption. Later in the day she reached a busy part of the trail. There were hikers everywhere, but they were mostly weekend hikers, and not people hiking the whole trail. On August 18th she noticed it was her mom’s birthday. Normally she would be very upset, but not this year. She was angry this year, and thinking about all the wrong things her mother did as she was growing up. She thought her mom failed her, but kept hiking on. She then forgave her mom for everything considering she did also do so much for as a child
She offered to let them use her water filter, which they clogged, and use her iodine pills, which she knew she would later need. They were so rude to her, and didn’t care about her belongings. They left and she stayed at her campsite. The one guy came back later telling her he knew her instinct and that she was changing. The other hunter joined, and they left again. Cheryl was scared and took off running down the trail. As Cheryl continued hiking, all she thought about was Crater Lake. It used to be a volcano called Mount Mazama, which erupted thousands of years ago. It formed a lake after the eruption. Later in the day she reached a busy part of the trail. There were hikers everywhere, but they were mostly weekend hikers, and not people hiking the whole trail. On August 18th she noticed it was her mom’s birthday. Normally she would be very upset, but not this year. She was angry this year, and thinking about all the wrong things her mother did as she was growing up. She thought her mom failed her, but kept hiking on. She then forgave her mom for everything considering she did also do so much for as a child