<html><head></head><body><div class="yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:arial;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I am h<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>me fr<span><span><span>om my annual PCT secti<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>n hike. I had planned t<span><span><span>o</span></span></span> hike n<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>rth fr<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>m my st<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>pping p<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>int last year, Etna Summit, but f<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>r the sec<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>nd year in a r<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>w the Marble M<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>untain Wilderness has been cl<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>sed by fires.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span>S<span><span><span>o</span></span></span> Plan 'B' was t<span><span><span>o</span></span></span> hike n<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>rth fr<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>m Callahan's L<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>dge. I made it as far as Crater Lake. The trail n<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>rth fr<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>m Mazama Village was als<span><span><span>o</span></span></span> cl<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>sed by new fires. S<span><span><span>o</span></span></span> I headed h<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>me after a sh<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>rt secti<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>n this year. <span><span><span>o</span></span></span>nly 102 miles.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span><br></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span>I guess this is the new n<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>rmal. G<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>nna be hard f<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>r me t<span><span><span>o</span></span></span> finish this thing at my current age and pace.</span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><span><span><span><br></span></span></span><div><span><span><span>S</span></span></span>c<span><span><span>o</span></span></span>tt<span><span><span></span></span></span></div></div></div></body></html>