Miles hiked today: 17.9 When I wake this morning, I can’t tell if I’ve slept well or not. I woke up several times in the night, but this is pretty normal. My sleeping bag is wet with condensation, but once again I am warm and dry. I feel a little nauseous though, and I stay […]

Miles hiked today: 22.1 While I am still in my sleeping bag, I hear Clams say there is a scorpion on her bag. I peek out from underneath my tent door. The scorpion is tiny, no bigger than a little fingernail, but it is the first we’ve seen on trail. It takes us a while […]

Miles hiked today: 20.4 I wake up at 5am next to Alexis/MVP and Clams. Clams is already awake and getting her things ready. MVP and I say “je ne veux pas” a few times, like 2-year-olds. We do not like getting up. Clams is like our mother, coaxing us out of our sleeping bags and […]

Miles hiked today: 18.4 It’s so cold in the morning in our cramped campsite. Clams and I wake up almost at the same time. I re-braid my hair, then decide it is too cold, and snuggle back into my sleeping bag. We are ready before everyone else, and do star jumps to stay warm. I […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Miles hiked today: 16.2 I wake up at 2am, and realise that we are surrounded by cloud. The outside of my sleeping bag is soaked, but inside I am warm and dry. I am actually amazed at just how warm and dry I am. Still, I shouldn’t have cowboy camped tonight, but the ground was […]