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This July 6, 2017, photo provided by Charles Brandenburg shows his self portrait taken along the Pacific Crest Trail near Tehachapi, Calif. Volunteer rescuers who were coming to the aid of Brandenburg, who had become dehydrated, were held up by armed men on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Piute Mountains near Tehachapi, Calif., about 85 miles north of Los Angeles. Authorities closed the trail after the robbery and airlifted Brandenburg and three other backpackers trying to hike the 2,650-mile (4,265-kilometer) route from Mexico to Canada on the trail. (Charles Brandenburg via AP)
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This April 30, 2017, photo provided by Charles Brandenburg shows his self portrait taken at the point where the Pacific Crest Trail begins in Campo, Calif., on the border with Mexico. Volunteer rescuers who were coming to the aid of Brandenburg, who had become dehydrated, were held up by armed men on the Pacific Crest Trail in the Piute Mountains near Tehachapi, Calif., about 85 miles north of Los Angeles. Authorities closed the trail after the robbery and airlifted Brandenburg and three other backpackers trying to hike the 2,650-mile (4,265-kilometer) route from Mexico to Canada on the trail. (Charles Brandenburg via AP)
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This July 8, 2017 photo provided by Charles Brandenburg shows a Kern County SWAT officer being lowered to help Brandenburg and three hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail near Tehachapi, Calif. The hikers were airlifted to safety after a search and rescue team that was hiking to bring Brandenburg water was robbed at gunpoint by two men. Authorities said an operation to find the culprits was underway Monday, July 10, 2017, in the Piute Mountains about 85 miles north of Los Angeles. (Charles Brandenburg via AP)
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In this Sunday, June 4, 2017 satellite photo provided by the US National Weather Service that shows the Pacific Crest Trail in California's high Sierra drawn in red surrounded by snowpack. The dream trip of a lifetime has turned to nightmares for some hikers as a massive snowpack in the Sierra Nevada covers the trail and turns rivers to torrents. (US National Weather Service via AP)
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In this Wednesday, June 7, 2017, photo, Wesley Tils crosses a snowfield below Forester Pass in Sequoia National Park along the Pacific Crest Trail near Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail, on America’s West Coast, have been detouring California’s high Sierra in droves this year because of persistent snow and raging creeks. Several hikers have had close calls while attempting to cover the scenic trail that runs from Mexico to Canada. (Jake Gustafson via AP)
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In this Friday, June 16, 2017, photo, Jake Gustafson crosses Bear Creek along the Pacific Crest Trail near Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. With hundreds of so-called thru-hikers entering the high Sierra early in the season, their experiences serve as a cautionary tale for others planning weekend or summer wilderness escapes. More than a dozen people have drowned in Sierra rivers at lower elevations, including one in Yosemite and three in Sequoia National Park, and rangers are warning hikers to think twice about crossing swift water. (Wesley Tils via AP)
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In this Thursday, June 15, 2017, photo, Jake Gustafson crosses wading chest-deep in still waters with his backpack over his head at Evolution Creek along the Pacific Crest Trail near Kings Canyon National Park, Calif. With hundreds of so-called thru-hikers entering the high Sierra early in the season, their experiences serve as a cautionary tale for others planning weekend or summer wilderness escapes. More than a dozen people have drowned in Sierra rivers at lower elevations, including one in Yosemite and three in Sequoia National Park, and rangers are warning hikers to think twice about crossing swift water. (Wesley Tils via AP)
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In this Monday, June 5, 2017, photo, Jake Gustafson crosses a creek along the Pacific Crest Trail near Sequoia National Park, Calif. With hundreds of so-called thru-hikers entering the high Sierra early in the season, their experiences serve as a cautionary tale for others planning weekend or summer wilderness escapes. More than a dozen people have drowned in Sierra rivers at lower elevations, including one in Yosemite and three in Sequoia National Park, and rangers are warning hikers to think twice about crossing swift water. (Wesley Tils via AP)
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In this June 20, 2017, photo provided by Anya Sellsted shows a snow covered section of the Pacific Crest Trail, near Sisters, Oregon. Sellsted had traversed the highest snow-covered passes and forded raging rivers during her hike from Mexico to Canada when she ran into trouble in the high Sierra Nevada mountains. While crossing a log over a rushing creek in Yosemite National Park, the Seattle woman fell in the deep water and was gasping for air as the weight of her backpack pushed her under. She is among a growing number of hikers who have posted dramatic accounts of saving their own skin after close calls on the Pacific Crest Trail, thanks to melting snow that have swelled creeks and rivers. (Anya Sellsted via AP)
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In this May 15, 2017, selfie shows hiker Brien Bower in a snow storm along Pacific Crest Trail in California's southern Sierra Nevada. Bower, who hiked the 2,600-mile trail in 2015, detoured from the trail this spring after being caught in an avalanche and encountering dangerous river crossings and ended his effort to complete the hike after getting sick. (Brien Bower via AP)
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In this May 22, 2017, photo taken along the Pacific Crest Trail near Kearsarge Lakes in Kings Canyon National Park, , Calif., shows conditions after a snowy winter and spring. Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail, on America’s West Coast, have been detouring California’s high Sierra in droves this year because of persistent snow and raging creeks. Several hikers have had close calls while attempting to cover the scenic trail that runs from Mexico to Canada. (Brien Bower via AP)
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In this early June 2015 photo taken along the Pacific Crest Trail near Kearsarge Lakes in Kings Canyon National Park shows what conditions were when there was little snow on the trail. Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail, on America’s West Coast, have been detouring California’s high Sierra in droves this year because of persistent snow and raging creeks. Several hikers have had close calls while attempting to cover the scenic trail that runs from Mexico to Canada. (Brien Bower via AP)
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ADVANCE FOR SATURDAY, OCT. 1, 2016 AND THEREAFTER - In this August 2016 photo, a trail runs past the lower lake at Snowy Lakes, near the Pacific Crest Trail. Loerch hiked part of the Pacific Crest Trail alone. (Jessi Loerch/The Herald via AP)
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Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail" led to her being a guest at the State of the Union and as high-profile environmental advocate. (Associated Press photographs)
