{"id":3265,"date":"2024-04-10T23:57:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T23:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/day-35-saying-goodbye-to-blaze-again\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T23:25:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T23:25:05","slug":"day-35-saying-goodbye-to-blaze-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/day-35-saying-goodbye-to-blaze-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 35: Saying Goodbye to Blaze (Again)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Starting Point: Hot Springs (274.9)<\/div>\n<div>Ending Point: Spring Mountain Shelter (286.2)<\/div>\n<div>Total miles: 11.0<\/div>\n<div>Steps: 33,263<\/div>\n<div>Injuries: None<\/div>\n<div>Achievements: Lover&#8217;s Leap Rock<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiSYlOMMo4tSBCA6dnipsRJB8RBTay65AzzrJJDmNMFWrGuwwItijQrJqvAlS_1vdsr0fW6tT5OfldIFP8mNMy7eNrlpHn5lnaAcsFqaodrnfZx0ods4SRg-iRTcmatAQdBdCusLUYCmjCUfMk0xs3Df3MU29I-QWi4P9-Ldt-lKq9TGG5b_TPpQXFhMEc\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/a\/AVvXsEiSYlOMMo4tSBCA6dnipsRJB8RBTay65AzzrJJDmNMFWrGuwwItijQrJqvAlS_1vdsr0fW6tT5OfldIFP8mNMy7eNrlpHn5lnaAcsFqaodrnfZx0ods4SRg-iRTcmatAQdBdCusLUYCmjCUfMk0xs3Df3MU29I-QWi4P9-Ldt-lKq9TGG5b_TPpQXFhMEc\" width=\"400\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<div>There was some road hiking.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Despite nearly 4000&#8242; of climb and a late start I made it to our destination by 3:15. Captain Blogger, a hiker I just met, Hawaii, and I have been joking all night.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Unlike the PCT, the AT seems to be dominated by old men.&nbsp; On the PCT, as the old guy, I was in the minority.&nbsp; On the AT, there are a bunch of people my age or older.&nbsp; Makes for some great comedy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We&#8217;ll see how I feel hiking through more rain tomorrow.&nbsp; Good times!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting Point: Hot Springs (274.9) Ending Point: Spring Mountain Shelter (286.2) Total miles: 11.0 Steps: 33,263 Injuries: None Achievements: Lover&#8217;s Leap Rock There was some road hiking. Despite nearly 4000&#8242; of climb and a late start I made it to our destination by 3:15. Captain Blogger, a hiker I just met, Hawaii, and I have &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/10\/day-35-saying-goodbye-to-blaze-again\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Day 35: Saying Goodbye to Blaze (Again)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-at2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3265"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3267,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3265\/revisions\/3267"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jphikes.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}