Author Archives: Deserrae Potts

Miles Hiked: 25.2 PCT Mileage: 1897.3 This morning I woke up at the Cascade Locks Park in my cowboy camp. I was too tired to pitch my tent last night despite sleeping in town. Usually I prefer to have some privacy when sleeping in public. It was a cool night. The first cool night onContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 102: Bridge of the Gods”

Miles Hiked: 42 PCT Mileage: 1872.1 (mileage north) This morning I was motivated to get moving at 5am. I groggily packed up all my things and started walking down the trail at 5:15am. The trail was totally flat this morning and went through a forest of young trees. It was 10 miles to a waterContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 99: A Wild Turn of Events”

Miles Hiked: 13.6 PCT Mileage: 1839.2 Despite my intentions of sleeping in, I woke up around 6:30am at campsite C24 in Crater Lake National Park. Sherpa and Jay Bird were up and getting ready to hike out. Sherpa is doing a section with Jay Bird. They met outside of Sierra City and I actually metContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 98: Crater Lake”

Miles Hiked: 36.5 PCT Mileage: 1820.9 This morning I decided to sleep in since I had such a rough day yesterday. I decided I would take the day to hike alone and go my own pace and I was happy about it. I would just meet Diva in the next town because I didn’t feelContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 97: Hitting the Wall”

Miles Hiked: 34.5 PCT Mileage: 1785 This morning I woke up in the dark at Klum Landing motivated for a big day of hiking. We were aiming for 39 miles today. I left camp right after Trail Diva but passed her shortly on the uphill. We hike very close to the same speed all theContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 96: Christi Spring”

Miles Hiked: 30.4 PCT Mileage: 1750.4 Today I woke up at 5am after sleeping only two hours. I ended up going outside to the porch last night because the cat was bothering me so much. It kept trying to swat my head while I was drifting off to sleep and scarring me. I was soContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 95: Klum Landing”

Miles Hiked: 0 Today I took a zero in the town of Ashland. I woke up early after barely sleeping at all last night. I looked over the map of Oregon and made a plan to get around the fire closure north of Bend. It’s called “lions head” and it was been closed for theContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 94: Ashland”

Miles Hiked: 26.4 PCT Mileage: 1717.7 Today I packed up camp in the dark. I was on the trail within 15 minutes of opening my eyes. I love being able to wake up and start hiking immediately. I left camp right behind Homebrew. I kept forgetting that we were in Oregon this morning. I hadContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 93: Type 1 Fun”

Miles Hiked: 29.5 PCT Mileage: 1692 This morning I woke up surprisingly late but I was so happy I slept in for once. The sunrise was amazing as I packed up my camp and hit the trail just behind Homebrew. I continued climbing along the ridge we ascended last night. Luckily there was more vegetationContinueContinue reading “Day 92: OREGON BABY!”

Miles Hiked: 27.9 PCT Mileage: 1662.6 Last night I didn’t sleep well because there were deer walking all over our campsite. I heard other people yelling like the deer were messing with their things. I woke up at 4:30am to Trail Diva packing up her things. By 5am I was on the trail walking inContinueContinue reading “Day 91: Seiad Valley”

Miles Hiked: 32.7 PCT Mileage: 1634.6 Today I woke up at 5am to Trail Diva packing up. I was up until midnight last night and felt so sleepy still. I was paranoid about bears and had to keep getting up to go to the bathroom. Since I was already awake and had no chance ofContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 90: Back in the Game”

Miles Hiked: 2.3 PCT Mileage: 1601.9 Today I slept in until after 8am. A sign I am super exhausted because it’s usually really hard for me to sleep in. My feet were still swollen and everything hurt. I didn’t want to get out of bed. So I didn’t. Not until around 10am. Then I wentContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 89: Etna”

Miles Hiked: 30.9 PCT Mileage: 1599.7 This morning I woke up feeling well rested for the first time since before climbing Mount Shasta. Getting to camp by 8:30 last night really helped me get a full night of recovery. One thing I have been doing before I go to bed to help with recovery isContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 88: Payne Lake”

Miles Hiked: 37.2 PCT Mileage: 1568.8 This morning I got on trail around 6am. I was hurting before the day even got started. The morning was pretty with a sunrise over Mount Shasta. I hiked the first eight miles alone. It was pretty easy but my feet were hurting. I took a break at aContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 87: Trinity Alps Wilderness”