Miles Hiked: ZERO After the events of the last 24 hours and hiking out in the middle of the night, I spent two days thinking about my plans moving forward with the trail. The 60 mile section between Hwy 138 and Shelter Cove have been closed. Another fire near the California and Oregon border brokeContinue reading “PCT Day 100 and 101: A reevaluation”
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PCT Day 99: A Wild Turn of Events
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 waterContinue reading “PCT Day 99: A Wild Turn of Events”
PCT Day 98: Crater Lake
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 metContinue reading “PCT Day 98: Crater Lake”
PCT Day 97: Hitting the Wall
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 feelContinue reading “PCT Day 97: Hitting the Wall”
PCT Day 96: Christi Spring
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 theContinue reading “PCT Day 96: Christi Spring”
PCT Day 95: Klum Landing
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 soContinue reading “PCT Day 95: Klum Landing”
PCT Day 94: Ashland
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 theContinue reading “PCT Day 94: Ashland”
PCT Day 93: Type 1 Fun
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 hadContinue reading “PCT Day 93: Type 1 Fun”
Day 92: OREGON BABY!
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 vegetationContinue reading “Day 92: OREGON BABY!”
Day 91: Seiad Valley
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 inContinue reading “Day 91: Seiad Valley”
PCT Day 90: Back in the Game
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 ofContinue reading “PCT Day 90: Back in the Game”
PCT Day 89: Etna
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 wentContinue reading “PCT Day 89: Etna”
PCT Day 88: Payne Lake
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 isContinue reading “PCT Day 88: Payne Lake”
PCT Day 87: Trinity Alps Wilderness
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 aContinue reading “PCT Day 87: Trinity Alps Wilderness”
PCT Day 86: Castle Crag State Park
Miles Hiked: 30.4 PCT Mileage: 1531.6 This morning I woke up at 5am at the KOA campground. I didn’t sleep much last night because a bear was in the campground and I could hear another site yelling at it. I could also hear it getting in the dumpster. The campground host let me know aContinue reading “PCT Day 86: Castle Crag State Park”
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