PCT Day 73: An Unintentional Nero

Miles hiked today: 8.5 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 178.9 I spend much of the night awake due to the loud snoring coming from the person next to me – you guessed it, it’s the guy who didn’t want a fire. Then in the morning it seems as if he makes […]

PCT Day 72: The Longest Day, And A Cabin In The Woods

Miles hiked today: 22.8 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 170.4 We wake up at 4am, to start hiking at 5, and for once I am not the last one ready. I hike in my jacket until it warms up enough to take it off. The elevation profile today is a little […]

PCT Day 71: Getting Back On Trail Full Of Town Food

Miles hiked today: 11.8 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 147.6 I wake up at 6:30 and can’t get back to sleep. I want to send some postcards this morning, so I need to wait for the post office to open at 10:30, since it’s a Saturday. I write some blog posts […]

PCT Day 70: Hurrying In The Direction Of Town Food

Miles hiked today: 16.4 (+1.5 mile road walk) Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 135.8 We wake up at 4am, begrudgingly. It’s cold here, surrounded by snow, although I managed to stay pretty warm last night. We start hiking, immediately getting back on the snow, with our shoes still damp from yesterday. […]

PCT Day 69: Just Don’t Look Down

Miles hiked today: 15.3 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 119.4 In the morning, I really don’t want to get out of bed. But I also don’t want to keep the other two waiting, so I start getting ready. The snow starts soon after we start hiking, just patches at first, but […]

PCT Day 68: A 16 Mile Climb

Miles hiked today: 22.7 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 104.1 I wake up with a sore throat, but all my other symptoms of illness are gone! I feel so, so much better. And it’s a good thing too, because today we have a 16 mile climb to do. It’s not strictly […]

PCT Day 67: Hiking With A Stomach Bug – 0/10, Would Not Recommend

Miles hiked today: 20.5 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 81.4 As soon as I wake up, I realise my tummy does not feel right. Some kind of stomach bug? Something I ate? Drank? Why is this happening again. There is nothing to do really, except pack up my things and hike. […]

PCT Day 66: A Hot And Sweaty Climb Out Of Belden, Then… More Snow

Miles hiked today: 16.6 (+ 1 mile road walk) Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 60.9 We have all our things packed by 7, then head out to the road to try and get a hitch. There are hardly any cars going by this early in the morning, so we start walking, […]

PCT Day 65: So Many Creek Crossings I Lose Count

Miles hiked today: 11.6 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 44.3 We decided last night to wake up at 5, leave at 6. But when Odin wakes MVP and I this morning, we plead for ‘5 more minutes’. So Odin says “wake up at 6, leave at 7?”. And we all sleep […]

PCT Day 64: The Precipitation Covered Trail

Miles hiked today: 13.4 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 32.7 I wake up at 5:30 with the fabric of my tent flapping in my face. The wind has ripped one of my tent stakes out of the ground, so I guess I have to get out of my comfy nest and […]