The hike between Lake Morena and Mount Laguna was a hefty climb, approx 2000ft/600m to 6000ft/1800m. And it just got colder and wetter. We ended up emergency camping for fear of hypothermia. Got dry and warm (thank God for those amazing down sleeping bags)... but our hasty camp backfired when in the morning everything was soaked. Even part of Rebecca's sleeping bag, which really worried us (down does not like wet). It was that damn ground sheet which pooled the water, we've since got rid of it. Also did I mention we decided to cold camp (no fires/stove) for the first 700mi? So you rehydrate food with cold water, less weight and they have a whole bunch of fire bans in Southern California which includes alcohol stoves. While it thankfully minimises the fire risk, it unfortunately minimises the flavour.
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