Mile 724 - 10 Hobbling Pacific Crest Trail miles, 0 wandering milesIt's morning and I am laying in the tent... Every time I test my foot slightly I get shooting pain up to and pass my ankle. I'm wondering if I can hop the 22 miles to get out of the Sierras. I may have to use my SPOT to get out... I made it out of the tent and packed what I could, Butterfly did pretty much everything. I can put ...
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One Long, Slow, Painful Mile on the Pacific Crest Trail
Mile 701 - 1 Pacific Creat Trail Mile, 2.7 wandering milesI woke up this morning with an incredible amount of pain in my foot... Ignoring it I laced up my shoes and started packing up camp. Things were going well until I actually had to walk with my pack on. The last few mornings have been a slow start as I adapted to the pain I was feeling but I eventually was able to hike. Not today... It took ...
Unbelievable Kindness From Strangers!
Start 444 - 10 Pacific Crest Trail Miles, 5.8 wandering miles We were hiking by 5am to beat the heat and to make it to Hiker Heaven in the early morning. Hiker Heaven is the home of the Saufleys in Aqua Dulce. This is our second over the top trail angel who allow up to 50 dirty smelly hikers into their home each evening during the Pacific Crest Trail hiking season.Walking in the early morning ...
Store, Showers, and a Pool… Real or Mirage?
Mile 427 - 17 Pacific Crest Trail miles, 1 wandering mileLuckily our campsite from last night was not all that comfortable or I may not have moved for hours. My body was definitely feeling the 27 miles from the day before.We had 17 miles to Action KOA. Apparently a store, showers, and a pool were waiting for us to arrive. We were dropping down to the heat of the desert and at times Action KOA ...
Ninja Gymnastic Backpacking Skills on the PCT
Mile 400 - 27 Pacific Crest Trail miles, 1 wandering mile Awake somewhat early we arrived to our water source and received our first warning... "It's yellow but tastes ok..."! After filtering it was still very yellow but it indeed tasted ok... Funky but ok. We had no choice as this was our only water source for the next 17 miles.At about six miles in we stopped under this enormous tree which ...
Pacific Crest Trail Planners… Drunk or Pranksters?
Mile 380 - 20 Pacific Crest Trail Miles, 3.5 wandering miles Sometimes I find myself thinking... Were the original Pacific Crest Trail planners drunk, pranksters, or just in love with pointless assents and descents? Picture going up 1,000 feet just to go down 1,000 feet then crossing the same highway you did just a half a mile before and you may understand what I am saying here... All part of ...
Mount Baden-Powell Summit on the PCT
Mile 370 - 10 Pacific Crest Trail miles, 1.5 wandering milesAfter escaping the Wrightwood town vortex we decided on a few relaxed days of hiking. On the PCT you always go up, down, and around but you rarely summit. Today our "relaxed" day was a rare exception. Of course! Mount Baden-Powell is not all that high per se but fully loaded with supplies and thinking we were going to do an easy ten ...