PCT Day 112: Cache 22, Iced Coffee And Sourdough Bread

Miles hiked today: 26.5 (+ some on side trails) Miles left to finish: 1249.1 We delay waking up in the morning. Sometimes I find it easy, and then sometimes it feels like the most difficult thing in the world. We walk together, and we talk about the idea of quitting the PCT. Neither of us […]

PCT Day 111: Flat Does Not Necessarily Mean Easy

Miles hiked today: 27.2 (+ some on side trails) Miles left to finish: 1275.6 It’s a cold morning, and I stay tired for a long time, even after we start hiking. My eyes feel like they are glazed over as we walk, and my hands are numb from the cold. We’re climbing first thing though, […]

PCT Day 110: Lots Of Geothermal Activity!

Miles hiked: 19 (plus some short side trails) Miles left to finish: 1302.8 I wake up early at the church, while everyone else is still sleeping. The store opens at 7, so I head there first. The only thing I need to get is cheese for my lunches, and salami for MVP (to save him […]

PCT Days 107, 108 and 109: Hitchhiking, Hot Springs and Generous Strangers

Miles hiked: 0 PCT miles Miles left to finish: 1321.8 The fire seems to have fizzled out over night – we can just see a tiny amount of smoke in the distance. We pack up and hike the 2.2 miles down the Trail Pass side trail, marvelling at the difference a few weeks can make. […]

PCT Day 106: Back At Trail Pass Again

Miles hiked today: 21.7 PCT miles, +0.8 on side trail Miles hiked total NOBO: 745.3 Miles hiked total SOBO: 544.8 As if the mosquitoes know we were leaving the Sierra, they give us one last morning full of annoyance. They are ever present while I pack away, and MVP and I leave as soon as […]

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 […]