Des Hikes Thru

Miles Hiked: 29.2 PCT Mileage: 2107.9 Today I woke up pretty early. I woke up on and off throughout the night thinking it was time to leave already. It was weird and I had some strange dreams. I left camp at 5:50am before anyone else. I hiked downhill for a mile and a half beforeContinue reading "PCT Day 110: Snoqualmie Tunnel"

Miles Hiked: 32.2 PCT Mileage: 2053 This morning I left camp at 4:30am. I didn't sleep well at all last night and when I was awake at 4am I figured I might as well start hiking. We planned to do a long day today since there is a small fire near Chinook Pass we wantedContinue reading "PCT Day 108: Chinook Pass"

Miles Hiked: 17.2 PCT Mileage: 2020.8 This morning I left camp at 4:50am. I think it's the second earliest I have been on the trail hiking on the PCT. The day started with a five mile uphill climb. I was glad to get an early start to the day because I wanted to hang outContinue reading "PCT Day 107: White Pass"

Miles Hiked: 25.3 PCT Mileage: 2003.6 This morning I woke up at 4:30 without an alarm. I noticed that the mosquitos were not out and I got excited. I closed my eyes for fifteen more minutes before packing up as fast as I could. I didn't want them to come out and attack me firstContinue reading "PCT Day 106: Goat Rocks Wilderness"

Miles Hiked: 30.5 PCT Mileage: 1978.3 Today I barely made it on the shuttle back to trail in time. I opened my eyes at 7am. Thirty minutes before it left. I packed up my things quickly, back flushed my filter, and got a breakfast burrito and juice from the store. I was throwing everything inContinue reading "PCT Day 105: Mount Adams Wilderness"

Miles Hiked: 23.6 PCT Mileage: 1947.8 Today I woke up at 4am without an alarm for the first time in over a month I'd guess. That means I slept well and finally got enough rest to wake up this early naturally. I was stoked. Since I was still sleepy and in no rush to getContinue reading "PCT Day 104: Trout Lake"

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 onContinue 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 waterContinue 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 metContinue 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 feelContinue 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 theContinue 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 soContinue 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 theContinue reading "PCT Day 94: Ashland"