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Wine, Wind, and Walking Along the PCT

June 14, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

Mile 558 - 15 Pacific Crest Trail Miles, 1 wandering mileEnjoyed two nights in Tehachapi and much needed relaxation with friends from the trail. Dinner, drinks, jacuzzi, and a big fluffy bed were all glorious! We also had two additional angels who gave us a ride to and from the grocery store. More unexpected kindness from strangers. We escaped the vortex at about 12pm getting a ride back to the ...

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Filed Under: Pacific Crest Trail, PCT Southern California Tagged With: Backpacking, PCT, Thru-hiking

Sleeping Under the Manzanitas at Casa de Luna

June 8, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

Mile 471 - 7 Pacific Crest Trail miles, 4.5 wandering milesIt was a lazy morning and we did not start hiking until 9am! We had seven miles to Casa de Luna another couple who are known in the PCT hiking community as epic trail angels. As we were hiking down the highway towards the Anderson's a local pulled over and gave us directions... "You can't miss it... It's the house with couches in the ...

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Filed Under: Pacific Crest Trail, PCT Southern California Tagged With: Backpacking, PCT, Thru-hiking

Unbelievable Kindness From Strangers!

June 2, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

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 ...

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Ninja Gymnastic Backpacking Skills on the PCT

May 24, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

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 ...

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Pacific Crest Trail Planners… Drunk or Pranksters?

May 23, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

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 ...

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Mount Baden-Powell Summit on the PCT

May 23, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

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 ...

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Freezing To Wrightwood – Best PCT Town Stop

May 23, 2014 by Alan Underkofler

Mile 356 - 13 Pacific Crest Trail Miles, 1.9 wandering miles I woke up knowing today would be a tough start. It was cold and windy and because we had cowboy camped I did not have the tent to block the wind. At some point I just stood up, removed my sleeping clothes, and put on my hiking clothes. It was a very cold one minute process!We had 13 miles and a few thousand feet to climb before ...

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Filed Under: Pacific Crest Trail, PCT Southern California, Uncategorized Tagged With: Backpacking, PCT, Thru-hiking

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