PCT
Days 52 and 53: Kearsarge and Eastside — Mile 789.0 -> Mile 789.1 -> Kearsarge Pass Trail to Onion Valley Rd. -> Hitch to Independence - Hitch to Bishop After Forrester, Kearsarge was a fun, pleasant hike with minimal issue. It offered some
Days 44 and 45: Kennedy Meadows — Mile 702.1 - Zero miles on trail The plan is to spend two zeros at Kennedy Meadows. We have a full schedule of eating, drinking, buying and restrategizing gear, lazing around, and catching up with
Day 42: The Last Full Day of the Desert — Mile 656.0 -> Mile 681.1 Today is our last full day of the desert. Tomorrow we’ll be in Kennedy Meadows, the “end” of the desert section of the Pacific Crest Trail. I got an early
Day 40: Walker Pass — Mile 630.8 -> Mile 652.1 -> Hitchhike into Ridgecrest I kept waking up thinking my alarm was going to go off any second. At 4 AM, it finally did. We packed up as quietly as
Days 35 and 36: Tehachapi — Mile 566.5 - Zero miles on trail My first night in Tehachapi was June 12th, and it was a memorable one. Here’s the setup: I had pushed 32 or so miles to HWY 58 in
Days 54 and 55: Kearsarge (Again) and Glen — Hitch to Independence -> Kearsarge Pass Trail -> Mile 789.0 -> Mile 802.6 We savored our last hours in Bishop and were back at the Onion Valley Campground by 4:30 PM. We hiked uphill a
Days 46 - 51: Mosquitos, Meadows, Mountains, Whitney, and Forrester — Day 46: Mile 702.1 -> Mile 721.8 Today is our first day officially in the Sierra. It’s obvious to me that cell reception will be hard or impossible to find in the Sierra, so I’m
Day 43: Into Kennedy Meadows — Mile 681.1 - Mile 702.1 I wrote yesterday’s entry at around 6 PM. Shortly after finishing, a guy driving a truck parked on the road beside Chimney Creek Campground. He walked up to us, introduced
Day 41: The First 28 Years — Bus ride to Walker Pass -> Mile 656.0 Today I turned 28 years old. I don’t feel any different, but that’s how it goes with just about every birthday. I don’t have any profound thoughts
Day 39: Napping — Mile 604.4 -> Mile 630.8 Since I camped alone(ish) last night, I didn’t hear the familiar rustling of groundsheets and the deflation of sleeping pads. I got a late-ish start, but the rest of the
Day 34: Punishing Heat — Mile 534.9 -> Mile 566.4 -> Ride into Tehachapi Woosh. Woosh. Woosh. If it wasn’t obvious to me last night, the alarm clock of a giant wind turbine made it clear that we slept in
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