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Numerous times I flipped through my hundreds, maybe even thousand, of pictures I took while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in ’17 and ’18. There’s still barely a day I don’t think about it. I was back on sections of the PCT a few times already, and now we will be back on 50 miles that the Tahoe Rim Trail shares with the PCT. And those 50 miles will pass through the Desolation Wilderness and the Granite Chief Wilderness. John refers to this section as easily one of the most beautiful along the entire PCT. I have very special memories…

171 miles around a lake? It doesn’t sound too challenging. Also, hiking on a rim with more or less constant views of the same lake day in, day out didn’t sound overly exciting to me at first. I did some proper looping around water reservoirs in the Thuringian Forests, and I got bored quickly. But, to start the story with the ending: It was a fantastic hike! After a long flight to Reno, we took a shuttle up to Tahoe City, where the trail officially starts and, as it is a loop, ends. After some chores in town, we were…