PCT
Day 96: The Game of Telephone
August 4, 2015 Seiad Valley RV Park (1662.1) to Bear Dog Spring (1682.8) 20.7 PCT miles today 1723.1 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 7,160 ft, – 2,497 ft A funny thing happens out here on the PCT. Remember that game “telephone” that you used to play in elementary school? The one where you pass…
Read MoreDay 95: Bear + Deer = Beer
August 3, 2015 (18th Re-Ration – Seiad Valley) Tentsite before Buckhorn Spring (1638.8) to Seiad Valley RV Park (1662.1) 23.3 PCT miles today 1702.4 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 2,318 ft, – 7,678 ft Some days are just more physically exhausting than others. Today was almost completely downhill and on flat road, which you’d…
Read MoreDay 93: An Underrated Tinderbox
August 1, 2015 South Fork of Scott River (1585.5) to Cub Bear Spring (1614.0) 28.5 PCT miles today 1654.3 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 6,031 ft, – 5,533 ft When you hear people talk about the PCT, it is rarely about Northern California. The desert gets tons of attention because it is a proving…
Read MoreDay 92: Dirty Thirty
July 31, 2015 Sisson-Callahan Trail Junction (1555.5) to South Fork of Scott River (1585.5) 30.0 PCT miles today 1625.8 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 4,423 ft, – 5,282 ft We did it! We finally hiked a full 30 miles in one day…12 hours to be exact. We didn’t know today was the day until…
Read MoreDay 91: Community Contributions
July 30, 2015 Tentsite before Shasta-Trinity Gumboot Trailhead (1529.9) to Sisson-Callahan Trail Junction (1555.5) 26.5 PCT miles today 1595.8 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 2,777 ft, – 2,740 ft This was a lovely day. Pickles and I felt great, a light breeze fended off the worst of the heat, the trail was flat and…
Read MoreDay 90: The Appetizer Course
July 29, 2015 Castle Crags State Park (1509.1) to Tentsite before Shasta-Trinity Gumboot Trailhead (1529.9) 20.8 PCT miles today, 2.5 non-PCT miles 1569.3 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 6,654 ft, – 2,438 ft It is becoming more apparent every day that we have a lot of exploring to do in this short life of…
Read MoreDay 89: Deliberate Rest
July 28, 2015 Castle Crags State Park (1509.1) 0 PCT miles today 1546.0 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 0 ft, – 0 ft I have spent the entire day laying in my tent, elevating my foot and simultaneously trying to relax and rest and somehow still be productive. The struggle has been real. Apparently,…
Read MoreDay 88: Pickles – The Man, The Myth, The Legend
July 27, 2015 (17th Re-Ration – Castle Crags) West Trough Creek (1487.1) to Castle Crags State Park (1509.1) 22.0 PCT miles today, 2.5 non-PCT miles 1546 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 6,456 ft, – 6,719 ft Today was one of my favorite days of the year…the day I get to celebrate the birth of…
Read MoreDay 87: Paradise, Poison Oak, and Pus
July 26, 2015 Gold Creek (1463.2) to West Trough Creek (1487.1) 23.9 PCT miles today 1521.5 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 5,133 ft, – 7,457 ft It appears we have hiked ourselves into the rainforest. I am currently laying in the tent (feet elevated of course) while Pickles makes us some after-dinner chamomile tea…
Read MoreDay 86: An Impatient Patient
July 25, 2015 Clark Spring (1441.6) to Gold Creek (1463.2) 21.6 PCT miles today 1497.6 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,471 ft, – 3,241 ft Well, the foot is not looking any better. And now we’re two days into a four day stretch of mileage with only enough food left for two more days.…
Read More