PCT Day 15: PSA: Blood Orange Is Bleeding Again

Miles hiked today: 6.5 (+~7 on side trails) We wake up, sending a chorus of ‘happy birthday’ ringing through the camp. It is Indy’s birthday today! Our plan today is to take the Mount San Jacinto Peak Trail to the summit, which is not actually part of the PCT. However, as Indy and Lorax don’t […]

PCT Day 14: Nero-ing, Meeting Mayor Max And Catching a Beautiful Sunset

Miles hiked today: 1.4 (+2.5 on side trails) I wake up comfortable and warm in a proper bed, although I haven’t really slept well. I woke up loads of times in the night, and each time the total darkness confused me. Apparently I am used to the light of the moon, and each time I […]

PCT Day 13: Zero Day In Idyllwild

Miles hiked today: 0 I wake up at 5 in the morning at the campground, then again at 6. It seems my body won’t let me sleep any later these days. There is ice crusted on my sleeping bag – it got pretty cold last night. As I walk to the toilet block, it feels […]

PCT Day 12: It’s All Uphill From Here

Miles hiked today: 16.7 (+3.5 on side trails) At some point in the night, the wind must have dropped, because when I wake it feels completely still. It is still freezing cold though. I hear my alarm, but I pretend I haven’t, because I want to sleep some more. But eventually I have to wake […]

PCT Day 11: The Paradise Valley Café

Miles hikes today: 17.3 (+3 on side trails) When I wake up, my tent is wet on the outside from the rain last night. I am also desperate for a wee (this is the usual state of affairs, since I never want to leave my warm sleeping bag in the middle of the night). I […]