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,…
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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…
PCT Day 26: Zero
May 28th, 2018 Today we took our first “zero”. In other words, a rest day. We hung out at Hiker Heaven, a trail angel’s house, with ~30 other hikers. We took showers. They did our laundry. Tim gave himself a…
PCT Day 25: Mile 433.3 to 454.5
May 27th, 2018 Today we descended back into the desert and it got hot. We were tempted to take a low-mileage day and camp at a KOA we passed with a pool, but we decided to continue on so we…
PCT Day 24: Mile 407.8 to 433.3
May 26th, 2018 Today we walked through a lot of burned areas. We tried our best to avoid all the poodle dog bush, which we’ve heard is worse than poison oak. Poison oak vs. poison ivy? We made it back…
PCT Day 23: Mile 396.6 to 407.8
May 25th, 2018 Today we were more tired than usual, maybe because of our big day yesterday. We had a slow morning but picked it up in the afternoon. We hitchhiked to avoid a 3-mile road walk down a trail…
PCT Day 22: Mile 366.7 to 386.6
May 24th, 2018 We saw our 9th rattlesnake of the trip. We also saw our first deer of the trip – a doe and fawn. We lost the PCT for the first time today. We didn’t realize it until we…
