Des Hikes Thru

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 theContinue reading "PCT Day 45: Sierra Day 3: Crabtree Meadows"

Miles Hiked: 25.8 Total Mileage: 750.8 I didn't sleep well last night so naturally I was second to last to leave camp. The first five miles were all downhill to a water source. I stopped halfway to do my stretching routine. The ground was sandy under my feet and I passed by tons of graniteContinue reading "PCT Day 44: Sierra Day 2: Chicken Spring Lake"

Miles Hiked: 22.8 Total Mileage: 725 This morning I was the first one of the group awake at Kennedy Meadows General store campground. I walked over to the store to see if I could charge my phone and upload some blog posts using the wifi. There is no cell service at Kennedy Meadows. There isn'tContinue reading "PCT Day 43: Sierra Day 1: Into the Sierra"

Miles Hiked: 0 PCT Mileage: 702.2 Today was full of anticipation, preparation, and anxiety. It started with pancakes for breakfast at 8:30am. All the hikers were up early and standing in line for showers, laundry, and food. We all learned that it can take hours to do simple chores at grumpy bears just because ofContinue reading "Day 42: Anxiety on a Zero Day"

Miles Hiked: 26.2 PCT Mileage: 702.2 I opened my eyes at 6am today. That was a really late for me to wake up and get going. I was just exhausted from the day before. It was 26 miles to the road that leads to Kennedy Meadows and I was so excited to get there. KennedyContinue reading "Day 41: Kennedy Meadows"

Miles Hiked: 24.7 PCT Mileage: 676 I slept absolutely amazing last night on Freddy's floor. The only thing under me was a carpet and I was so comfy. Didn't even bother to blow up my sleeping pad. I woke up early and energized. The first thing I did was get caught up on quite aContinue reading "Day 40: Mojo"

Miles Hiked: 16.2 PCT Mileage: 651.3 Today we had less than 17 miles to go to the road where Fry's friend Freddy was going to pick us up after he got off work at 3pm. I wasn't in a rush to leave since we had so much time and the trail was mostly downhill. FryContinue reading "Day 39: A Quarter Way There!"

Miles Hiked: 26.4 PCT Mileage: 635.3 It was cold the morning and I didn't sleep once again. I didn't want to get out of my sleeping bag. I wish I still had my pair of leggings it would make it so much easier to get up and get going. Luckily Pippin lent me her rainContinue reading "PCT Day 38: Desert Days Coming to an End"

Miles Hiked: 25.6 PCT Mileage: 608.9 This morning I was so cold and tired I didn't want to get out of my sleeping bag so I "slept" in. By that I mean I just didn't get out of my bag until after 6am because I only got about an hour or less of sleep lastContinue reading "PCT Day 37: Landers Meadow"

Miles Hiked: 16.8 PCT Mileage: 583.3 We all wanted to get back on trail early this morning but since we had to wait for the post office to open at 10am that didn't happen. I enjoyed sleeping in and eating a grapefruit for breakfast. Kathy drove us to Tehachapi where we stopped at the postContinue reading "PCT Day 36: Wind Advisory"

Miles Hiked: 8 PCT Mileage: 566.5 I got in contact with Pippin again when I got to Tehachapi. I couldn't keep up with the group since my shin was bothering me from Augua Dulce. Pippin and Fry invited me to do an 8 mile slack pack with them today and go back to Bakersfield toContinue reading "PCT Day 35: Bakersfield"

Miles Hiked: ZERO PCT Mileage: 558.5 I have been looking forward to Tehachapi for a long long time. It's the first Zero day I had planned for myself. Even though I had all those days off for injury in Acton, I felt like I needed this zero so bad. My body was absolutely exhausted. IContinue reading "PCT Day 34: A Zero Day in Tehachapi"

Miles Hiked: 23.6 PCT Mileage: 558.5 Last night I slept for about four hours before getting up to hike again. I was racing the hot sun. I checked my map last night and saw a shady place with water was 14 miles away. I wanted to make it there before noon. My legs were incrediblyContinue reading "PCT Day 33: Blazing Heat and No Sleep"

Miles Hiked: 24 PCT Mileage: 534.9 This morning I opened my eyes at 3am. I realized it was too early to start hiking so I fell back asleep until five and hit the trail at 5:30am. The seven miles to Hiker Town through rolling desert hills were very easy. I hiked the last few milesContinue reading "Day 32: Hiker Town and the LA Aqueduct"

Miles Hiked: 17.6 PCT Mileage: 511 I woke up feeling absolutely fatigued this morning. Everything hurt. I did start my period yesterday and usually I have a hard time hiking when that happens. I wasn't surprised by how bad I felt. It took my time packing up camp and doing stretches before hiking up allContinue reading "PCT Day 31: I’m Going to Be"