PCT Day 46: Mile 793.5 to 811.7
June 17th, 2018 Today we hiked over Pinchot Pass. We felt refreshed after a short day yesterday. There was some snow on both sides of the pass that slowed us down just a bit. We got our feet and shoes…
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PCT Day 44: Mile 766.3 to 784.3
June 15th, 2018 Today we hiked over Forester Pass, the highest point on the PCT at 13,200 ft. The views were beautiful–snowy mountains, lakes, waterfalls. The ascent was mostly snow free (south side), but the descent had a lot of…
PCT Day 42: Mile 745.3 to 766.3
June 13th, 2018 We felt the elevation today and yesterday. We were tired and a bit light headed Tomorrow we detour to hike to the top of Mount Whitney, the highest point in the lower 48. Sixteen miles round-trip without…
PCT Day 40: Mile 704.6 to 724.2
June 11th, 2018 We slowly climbed from 6,000 to 10,500 feet today. We had a full load of 11 days of food, which felt quite heavy. Luckily there were plenty of streams, so we didn’t have to carry much water.…
PCT Day 38: Zero
June 9th, 2018 Today we took a zero to get ready for the transition from the desert to the high Sierras. We are hanging out at the Kennedy Meadows General Store. We took showers and did laundry. We got our…
PCT Day 36: Mile 654.3 to 676.2
June 7th, 2018 One of our fellow thru hikers is retired from the military near the area we are hiking in. Today his old colleagues flew two F18 jets over us. One of them put on a nice show for…
PCT Day 34: Mile 605.6 to 630.8
June 5th, 2018 Another hard, dry, hot day, but the end of the desert is in sight. We even caught a glimpse of Mount Whitney today. There were no reliable water sources on the trail for 42 miles, just two…
PCT Day 32: Mile 559.5 to 583.3
June 3rd, 2018 We are currently on the driest section of the PCT according to the water reports. Today was a hard day. The high was 99 degF. The hottest day we’ve had so far. We were fully loaded with…
PCT Day 30: Mile 517.6 to 541.5
June 1st, 2018 We woke up early this morning to cross the desert along the Los Angeles aqueduct. We knocked out 17.5 flat, waterless miles by noon. We got lucky that it wasn’t too too hot today. We saw lots…
PCT Day 28: Mile 478.2 to 496.1
May 30th, 2018 We had a run-in with two skunks on the trail this evening. Luckily we did not get sprayed, but they did charge at us with their tails up. This morning we had breakfast and danced to get…
