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…
Category: Smokebeard
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…
PCT23 – 369 – Wrightwood
No snow, please We woke up early but there were two inches of snow on the ground, so we all rolled over and went back to sleep. Once we got up, we started feverishly watching the weather report, praying that it would clear by noon. We had taken a full day off and were eager…
PCT17 – 266 – Big Bear
So long Idy, hello Big Bear Getting back on the trail from Idyllwild is always a bit of a challenge. There are at least three ways out of town that connect to different points on PCT. Depending on your level of Trail Purity, where you are staying in Idyllwild, and what you feel like doing,…