Desert Challenges
June 7th, 2018 We’ve learned that a Pacific Crest Trail thruhike isn’t always a walk through paradise. Here is a collection of some of the not-so-glamorous aspects from our first 650 miles. Desert edition.
Category PCT Daily Updates
From May – September, 2018, we thru hiked the Pacific Crest Trail. Now, exactly one year later we are posting our daily journal entries and photos as blog updates. Each post includes our trail journal from the day, a selection of photos taken that day, and GPS information that we recorded as we hiked. Enjoy!
PCT Day 35: Mile 630.8 to 654.3
June 6th, 2018 After a mostly uneventful day of hiking, we found trail angel Coppertone again (we also ran into him 4 days ago) with root beer and treats. Yum! We ended the day by doing half of a big…
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 33: Mile to 583.3 605.6
June 4th, 2018 It was another hot day but we were at higher elevation so not as bad as yesterday. Still, 19 miles between water sources was difficult. We ran out of toilet paper so we had to ask another…
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 31: Mile 541.5 to 559.5
June 2nd, 2018 We had a big climb this morning before a lot of descending to the town of Tehachapi where we resupplied. Right at the top of the climb some people had set up trail magic that included drinks,…
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 29: Mile 496.1 to 517.6
May 31st, 2018 The air was very wet when we woke up, but the tent kept us dry. At the 4 mile mark we had a second round of coffee and some chocolates to prepare for a short climb. We…
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…
PCT Day 27: Mile 454.5 to 478.2
May 29th, 2018 Our friend Chris, who lives in LA but works in the desert, met us for breakfast on his commute. It was perfect timing because we hadn’t yet left town. Seeing Chris was great. Then, to start off…
