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Started at 7am. That’s too late. The first time this morning I saw sun. It took an hour. I need to make that 2 hours or more to avoid the heat. Trying to avoid the sun. I should have taken a group photo. These are really nice people. Saw Goodwill (Logan) again. We met whenContinue reading “Day 5. Miles 68 to 77. Got to spend time with some of the people I have passed and have passed me (mostly passed me). 4/12/21”

No water at all for this stretch, so drank my fill at the start, and pressed on. Had my hot chocolate and oatmeal, and hit the trail at 7:15 (in retrospect, I should have left at 6). Met many new hikers as they passed me during this section Epic sunrise as I started the dayContinue reading “Day 4. Miles 52 to 68 (Pioneer Mail to the Rodriquez water spot and food issues) 4/11/21”

The day started wonderfully with a great view of a cloud covered lake Moreno. We said goodbye at Cibbets Flat campground, and my solo adventure started in earnest. The initial hike was quite easy and scenic. Wide path surrounded by lush plants This is about mile 35. It was a pretty steady gradual climb intoContinue reading “Day 3. 4/10/21 miles 32 to 52. Navy Nick, tough ascent, and fall #2”

Day 2 began at the lake Moreno campground and the planned finish was 13 miles later at Cibbets campground, with a climb of around 1000 total feet I felt great in the morning with no blisters and pain, except for my left shoulder which I fell on yesterday (and yes, when you take 50,000 stepsContinue reading “Day 2. 4/9/21. Cadillac camping, Cool Carl and trail angels, and don’t trust the weather reports”

Was 1st to sign the registry at 6:15 am. Hoped to get 20 miles in to get to lake Moreno where rose was camping and a shower and pizza awaits (at the famous Oak Shore malt shop). Rose pointing at me finishing the 1st 20 I did continue to earn my trail name “Yardsale” asContinue reading “Day 1. 4/8/21. Miles 1 to 20.”

After much hemming and hawing about whether or not to get a satellite device, I finally settled on the Garmin Inreach. Per Rose, “So after all the prep and money you’ve spent, you don’t want to shell out for a device that can potentially save your life? If you end up hurt in the bottomContinue reading “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!”

With just 1 week before my start, the PCT blues have set in

My Gossemier Mariposa 65 liter pack. Great outside storage. Weight 2 pounds. Big 3 weighs 7.8 pounds. Stove, 1st aid, electronics, extra clothes is 10 pounds. 3 days food and water is 13 pounds. Total 31 pounds

Over planning for this hike is very common. As Mike Tyson used to say, “everyone has a good plan until I hit them in the mouth”. Since the PCT will undoubtedly hit me in the mouth several times, I have decided to keep things low key and not aggressively planned out. As of today, theseContinue reading “General strategy and plans for the hike”

At this point my training and preparation started to ramp up. Rose found a great training hike in Guinda, Pierce Canyon Falls, and I tried that a few times over the next month. It’s an 8.4 mile up and back round trip road with about 900 feet of elevation gain and absolutely, positively, no waterfallContinue reading “The end (of my training for the PCT) Nov 2020 to March 22, 2021”