The party that awaited them there — complete with happy reunions at the Finish Line, «Celebration»
blaring on loudspeakers, a BBQ lunch, and REI's Village of outdoor goodies — commemorated a remarkable feat: no one had ever backpacked and camped the length of the 80,000 - acre Golden Gate National Parks.
Other calming geopolitical factors weighed
on gold as there was a continued thawing in North - South Korea relations (South said it will remove
loudspeakers that
blared propaganda across to the North, North said it would align its clocks to the South), and a growing optimism over the upcoming US - China trade talks this Thursday and Friday.