Ask any hiker who has spent a summer stumbling out of the Cascades into Sisters and they will tell you the same thing: somewhere around mile 2,000, a cold soda tastes like a religious experience. That is the whole idea behind "trail magic," the informal system of kindness that keeps the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) running on more than just willpower. The PCT stretches roughly 2,650 miles...
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