Everyone gets a well-earned round of applause from the hiker trash inhabiting the deck of the general store. Even at 9 a.m. After all, it’s been 702 miles, more or less. One quarter of the Trail completed, and this is the ceremonial, if not actual, end of the desert. Nobody was really looking forward to…
Month: May 2018
PCT40 – 652 – Lake Isabella
The days are starting to blur a little. Its getting harder and harder to do these summaries without going back to my notes. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing, I think we’re all a little beat down and suffering from a little Trail Depression. I have lost 16 lbs since I…
PCT34 – 566 – Tehachapi
After forcing ourselves to take a full 24-hour break at Hiker Heaven, we reluctantly trudged out and headed north. Luckily, the day was still cool and we were still in a pretty foggy weather pattern. It made the otherwise steep, featureless grind a little less sucky. I’m not sure if it’s because my feet hurt…
PCT2018 videos
Here’s some random videos so far.
PCT28 – 454 – Agua Dulce
(Warning, picture heavy post) “I have no memory of this place”, said the Smokebeard. No longer the Greybeard leading the Fellowship, I’m now just another old, slow hiker. And it turns out that is just fine. After doing many chores and eating a lot of food, we all managed to get out of Wrightwood at…