PCT Day 134: Mile 2486.7 to 2510.6
September 13th, 2018 We woke up this morning to the sound of rain. We ate Cocoa Puffs with coconut milk and drank some coffee in the tent until the rain turned into more of a mist. (We ate 22 servings…
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 133: Mile 2464.3 to 2486.7
September 12th, 2018 We started the day by double checking the weather forecast–a suggestion made by our friend Dirty Money. Rain, snow, and cold (well below freezing) are on the way. We considered all of our gear and decided we…
PCT Day 132: Mile 2448.9 to 2464.3
September 11th, 2018 Today was another rainy day. We did not have too many views with all the clouds We hiked with few breaks until we made it to Stevens Pass at around 2pm. Another thruhiker and his wife gave…
PCT Day 131: Mile 2428.5 to 2448.9
September 10th, 2018 Before today, we had experienced almost no rain on the trail. It has rained on us overnight a handful of times, but never hard and never more than a mist/drizzle during the day. We broke that streak…
PCT Day 130: Mile 2407.7 to 2428.5
September 9th, 2018 We woke up to a tiny bit of rain, but the rest of the day turned out to be pretty nice and sunny. The views were spectacular today–jagged peaks with a bit of snow and some clouds.…
PCT Day 129: Mile 2393.4 to 2407.7
September 8th, 2018 My college friend Alex and his friend Rachel came to hike with us today. Alex brought a gift of nutritional yeast and Rachel brought a gift of beer–yum! We hiked about seven miles and hung out at…
PCT Day 128: Mile 2375.5 to 2393.4
September 7th, 2018 Today we hiked pretty efficiently to get to our resupply stop at Snoqualmie. We stopped at Mirror Lake for lunch and a “shower” and “laundry” because we were expecting visitors tonight and tomorrow. We did a day…
PCT Day 127: Mile 2354.2 to 2375.5
September 6th, 2018 I woke up early today and had some coffee while watching sunrise. Renee slept in for another hour. Then we had more coffee and ate breakfast with Sky-Blaze and Jazz Hands while taking our time getting started.…
PCT Day 126: Mile 2334.1 to 2354.2
September 5th, 2018 We slept in a bit this morning until around 6:30am. We do not set an alarm and sunrise is getting later and later. During breakfast we tried to guess Helter’s real name. Tim finally guessed it correctly…
PCT Day 125: Mile 2315.6 to 2334.0
September 4th, 2018 We had a beautiful view of Mt. Rainier from our campsite this morning as we ate breakfast, first coffee, and second coffee. It was very cold when we started hiking, but once we started moving we warmed…