Miles Hiked: 33.6 PCT Mileage: 1061.3 This morning I woke up around 4:45am and left camp around 5am. Downhill Daddy and Duck were both still asleep when I left. The morning was chilly but tolerable. I hiked through a pine forest on a sandy granite trail. I felt great and I was cruising. Today isContinue reading "Day 60: Summer Solstice"
Day 59: Kennedy Meadows North
Miles Hiked: 10.8 PCT Mileage: 1027.7 I woke up early despite trying to sleep in today. I went down to breakfast and found Bahama Mama at the table. I ordered THREE plates for breakfast. French toast, a half order of biscuits and gravy, and the two egg breakfast with toast and hash browns. I thoughtContinue reading "Day 59: Kennedy Meadows North"
Day 58: Sierra Day 16: Sonora Pass
Miles Hiked: 16.6 PCT Mileage: 1016.9 I woke up to ice on my sleeping bag and frozen water bottles this AM. I was too cold to get out of my sleeping bag until 6am. I watched Apache pack up in the meantime. I was glad I only had to go 16.6 miles to town. ItContinue reading "Day 58: Sierra Day 16: Sonora Pass"
Day 57: Sierra Day 15: Dorothy Lakes Pass
Miles Hiked: 27.5 PCT Mileage: 100.3 I woke up at 5am in my tent on Bensen Lake Beach. It was cold and I didn't want to get out of my sleeping bag. I waited until 6am hoping either Pop Rocks or Tiger Lily would start moving before me. It would be ideal if they leftContinue reading "Day 57: Sierra Day 15: Dorothy Lakes Pass"
PCT Day 56: Sierra Day 14: Spiller Creek and Benson Pass
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 soContinue reading "PCT Day 56: Sierra Day 14: Spiller Creek and Benson Pass"
PCT Day 55: Sierra Day 13: Glen Aulin
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 getContinue reading "PCT Day 55: Sierra Day 13: Glen Aulin"
PCT Day 54: Sierra Day 12: Tuolumne Meadows
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. ItContinue reading "PCT Day 54: Sierra Day 12: Tuolumne Meadows"
PCT Day 53: Sierra Day 11: Red’s Meadow
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 filterContinue reading "PCT Day 53: Sierra Day 11: Red’s Meadow"
PCT Day 52: Sierra Day 10: Virginia Lake
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 foodContinue reading "PCT Day 52: Sierra Day 10: Virginia Lake"
PCT Day 51: Sierra Day 9: Silver Pass and VVR
Miles Hiked: 30 Today I woke up at 4:45am. By 5:15 I was all packed up and hiking down the trail. The beginning of the day was super gentle downhill through a river canyon. The trail went over a couple bridges across raging rivers. I was so glad there were bridges here! As soon asContinue reading "PCT Day 51: Sierra Day 9: Silver Pass and VVR"
PCT Day 50: Sierra Day 8: Muir Pass
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 campContinue reading "PCT Day 50: Sierra Day 8: Muir Pass"
PCT Day 49: Sierra Day 7: Pinchot and Mather 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 PinchotContinue reading "PCT Day 49: Sierra Day 7: Pinchot and Mather Pass"
PCT Day 48: Sierra Day 6: Glen Pass and Rae Lakes
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 DonaldsContinue reading "PCT Day 48: Sierra Day 6: Glen Pass and Rae Lakes"
PCT Day 47: Sierra Day 5: Forester Pass and Bishop
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 aroundContinue reading "PCT Day 47: Sierra Day 5: Forester Pass and Bishop"
PCT Day 46: Sierra Day 4: Mount Whitney
Miles Hiked: 22.8 Total Mileage: 774.1 This morning I woke up at 4am and started packing up for Whitney. I hardly slept last night and was feeling extra tired. It was nice to only pack what I would need for a day hike and leave the remaining items behind in my tent. I made sureContinue reading "PCT Day 46: Sierra Day 4: Mount Whitney"
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