PCT Day 105: Mount Whitney – The Highest Point In The Lower 48 States!

Miles hiked today: 14.4 on Mount Whitney side trail Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 523.1 When my alarm goes off at 11:20pm, I have slept well, but not enough. I pack a small version of my pack – just my sleeping bag, raingear, some food, water, ice axe, microspikes, and a […]

PCT Day 104: The Highest Point On The PCT

Miles hiked today: 13.7 (+0.8 on Mount Whitney side trail) Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 523.1 It’s difficult to get up this morning – it’s definitely the coldest night I can remember since the desert. I pack my things away and wait for the boys by the trail, wearing my microspikes. […]

PCT Day 103: A Very Impressive Tentsite

Miles hiked today: 8.4 PCT miles, +5 on Kearsarge Pass side trail Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 509.4 I wake up a while before my alarm. I slept well, but I wore my puffy jacket to sleep last night, as the wind meant that it was colder than usual. Then in […]

PCT Day 102: A Fleeting Visit To Bishop

Miles hiked today: 0 PCT miles, 4.6 on side trails Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 501 We wake up on our little island on the edge of the lake and pack up. We just have 2.3 miles to hike down to the Onion Valley trailhead, where we should be able to […]

PCT Day 101: I See My First Bear!

Miles hiked today: 10.6 PCT miles + 5 on Kearsarge Pass side trail Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 501 Today we have a long slog ahead of us to get up to Glen Pass. It is not the highest pass on the PCT, but it is nearly 3,400ft higher than where […]

PCT Day 100: Two Passes In One Day

Miles hiked today: 19 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 490.4 We wake up while it’s still dark and pack away. Surrounded by mountains and stars, we start the 2 mile climb to the top of Mather Pass. We can see the ‘U’ shape between the mountains, that looks like the only […]

PCT Day 99: Blue Skies Ahead!

Miles hiked today: 13 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 471.4 Today we don’t have far to hike, and we don’t have any major passes or river crossings to do, so we take the opportunity to have a leisurely morning. Odin makes some of his Mountain House breakfast meals, which is a […]

PCT Day 98: The Sun’ll Come Out Tomorrow…

Miles hiked today: 14.3 Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 458.4 We had planned to wake up early today to climb Muir Pass. But mere seconds after my alarm goes off, a downpour starts. Is this normal, for July in the Sierra Nevada? I get the feeling that it really is not. […]