Day 56-The Only Day I’ve Been Scared On Trail
Day 56: mile 1219.7-1229.9 Today I wanted to scream, I wanted to cry, and I wanted to quit. ...only one of those happened. I yelled out victoriously as I reached…
Day 55-Downhill Is Supposed To Be Easy
Day 55: mile 1209.3-1219.7 The boys were off early which left me at camp to have a slow start all to myself. The sun came out, and less than half…
Day 54-Today Could’ve Gone Much Worse
Day 54: mile 1197.9-1209.3 Dipity headed out before me with the plan to wait for me if things were too sketchy. This motivated me to get up and moving earlier…
Day 52-People!
Day 52: mile 1181.8-1195.4 (Sierra City) What a wild night! By far the loudest and closest thunder and lightening storm I’ve been outside for. The thunder echoed through the mountains…
Day 51-What A Difference A Little Dirt and Sunshine Make
Day 51: mile 1172.3-1181.8 I woke up to two nice surprises and one not so nice surprise this morning... The sun was out and it was warming us up for…
Day 50-So This Is What Hiking In the Snow Is Really Like
Day 50: mile 1165,8-1172.3 Night one on the snow wasn’t bad at all, I was plenty warm. I woke up excited for my first full day hiking in the snow!…
Day 48 & 49- “Were You Guys Expecting Snow?”
Day 48: mile 1157.6-1160.8 (Peter Grubb Hut) May 21, 2019 Day 49: mile 1160.8-1165.8 May 22, 2019 The weather for the next week forecasted snow and rain each day with temperatures…
Off Trail Days 1 thru 7-Decision Time
Off Trail Days 1-7 I ended up off trail for a week throwing around different ideas with different people. I had planned on getting off and enjoying some desert sunshine,…
Day 14-Make Like the Wicked Witch and Melt Already!
Day 14: mile 183.4-195.4 It was noticeably colder when I woke up this morning. Not only did I feel colder, I had ice in my water. Thankfully I didn’t notice…
Day 11- Dang, PCT You Sure Brought It Today!
Day 11: mile 161-179.4 (+2.5 on the trail to get a hitch to Idyllwild) It was a long one today my friends! I decided I would get an early start…