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Miles Hiked: 42.2 PCT Miles: 31 TRT Miles: 11.2 This morning I woke up at 4:45 am after a great night of sleep. I was on trail hiking by 5:15 after packing up all my things and taking the time to sit down and eat breakfast before leaving camp. The day started with a veryContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 65: TRT Day 5: Tahoe City”

Miles Hiked: 23.8 PCT and TRT Miles: 23.8 Today I get picked up by a trail angel at 7:30am. Me and five other hikers squeeze into the car with our giant packs. All the other hikers get dropped off at Echo Lake but I get dropped off at Carson Pass. If you recall, I leftContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 64: TRT Day 4: Two For One Special”

Miles Hiked: ZERO Today was my first day off in three weeks! Somehow I sleep in until 8am despite the natural light coming into the room. This is not something I ever do unless I am incredibly exhausted. Usually I wake up very early whether I want to or not and once I do IContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 63: TRT Day 3: Z E R O”

Mile Hiked: 20 PCT Miles: 0 TRT Miles: 20 Last night the clouds over head did lead to rain and I was caught cowboy camping. When the first sprinkles came I debated just letting it rain on me but then it got heavier and I decided to set up my tent at 2:30am. I wasContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 62: TRT Day 2: Kingsbury Grade”

Miles Hiked: 30.5 PCT Miles: 18.3 TRT Miles: 12.2 Everything is sore when I wake up. I am completely exhausted from yesterday. Last night I put myself to sleep with an edible and Benedryl to counteract the morning caffeine rush that lingered far into the evening. I know once I start moving I will feelContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 61: TRT Day 1: The side quest begins”

Miles Hiked: 24.8 PCT Mileage: 972.7 This morning I woke up at 5am. I was still tired and I knew everyone else would be slower than me so I laid down for another hour. I was tired anyways. Turns out I was still the first person to leave camp despite being tired and waiting soContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 56: Sierra Day 14: Spiller Creek and Benson Pass”

Miles Hiked: 5.9 PCT Mileage: 948.3 This morning I woke up at 6am in the Yosemite Backpackers campsite. I got a great night of sleep last night and was feeling so much better than yesterday. I packed up my tent, said goodbye to Honeymoon and walked two miles back to the Yosemite Lodge to getContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 55: Sierra Day 13: Glen Aulin”

Miles Hiked: 24 PCT Mileage: 942.5 I really wanted to make sure I got to Tuolumne early today. I woke up at 3am and started hiking by 3:30am. Since I set up camp at 6pm last night I felt pretty well rested from the day before sleep wise but still really tired body wise. ItContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 54: Sierra Day 12: Tuolumne Meadows”

Miles Hiked: 24 PCT Mileage: 915.4 Since I got to camp so early last night I was able to sleep well and wake up really early. I was on trail at 5am. Around 2am last night Vulture woke everyone up and told us to put our filters away because everything was freezing. A frozen filterContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 53: Sierra Day 11: Red’s Meadow”

Miles Hiked: 19.1 Total Mileage: 891.3 This morning I woke up around 6am feeling totally exhausted. I did not want to hike today I was so sore. I packed up my tent so slowly. For breakfast I ate a ton of junk food snacks I sent myself because I knew I had too much foodContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 52: Sierra Day 10: Virginia Lake”

Miles Hiked: 25 PCT Mileage: 852.3 This morning I woke up at 6am. I was really exhausted from getting to camp late the night before. Regardless I packed up all my things and hit the trail as fast as I could. I woke up Fry who told me he was going to hang at campContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 50: Sierra Day 8: Muir Pass”

Miles Hiked: 24 PCT Mileage: 827.3 Today I woke up at dawn in the green grass we camped in last night. I quickly packed up all my things and was loud enough to wake Fry up. He started hiking shortly after me. The day started with a 2k climb up to the top of PinchotContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 49: Sierra Day 7: Pinchot and Mather Pass”

Miles Hiked: 21.7 PCT Mileage: 803.3 This morning Fry and I got up early to catch the 7am bus to Independence. We were all packed up and leaving the motel at 6:15am. We had to walk a mile to the grocery store where the bus stop was. On the way we both got Mc DonaldsContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 48: Sierra Day 6: Glen Pass and Rae Lakes”

Miles Hiked: 21.7 PCT Mileage: 788.9 I slept for the first time in so long last night. It wasn’t the best sleep but it was sleep regardless. I woke up at 4:45 with no alarm feeling energized. I wrote one of my blog posts and reviewed the map before starting to pack up camp aroundContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 47: Sierra Day 5: Forester Pass and Bishop”

Miles Hiked: 16.6 PCT Mileage: 766.3 I opened my eyes at 5am and it was totally bright outside. I was thinking about doing Whitney for Sunrise tomorrow but I’d have to wake up at 1am and the fact that it was totally bright outside at 5am changed my mind. I didn’t sleep well for theContinueContinue reading “PCT Day 45: Sierra Day 3: Crabtree Meadows”