Tag: pacific crest trail blog
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Bad Stomach – Day 45: Tyler Horse Canyon to Tehachapi
PCT miles: 541.5 to 558.5 Miles: 17 I don’t get up early and neither does Rawhide. We sleep in and get moving around 630 and 7. Mountain passes me but I catch him again on a break and we muse about how fast the shade disappears. The climb isn’t as bad as I expected but…
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Shade Sleeping – Day 44: Cottonwood Creek Bridge to Tyler Horse Canyon
PCT miles: 534.9 to 541.5 Miles: 6.6 Rawhide and I mutually don’t get up to go hike a few more miles. Instead I sleep until the sun starts heating up my tent, so I move my tent and sleep some more until it comes for me again. Then I pack up my tent and just…
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The LA Aqueduct – Day 43: Wee Vill Market to Cottonwood Creek Bridge
PCT mile: 517.6 to 534.9 Mikes: 17.3 I wake up around 630 and go to the market for breakfast. I eat French toast, eggs, hasbrowns and sausage. I am so thankful for this grill being here. I sit with Rawhide, Twerk and several others from the group. Twerk to Rawhide: “I saw you looking at…
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Wee Vill Market – Day 42: Sawmill Camp to Wee Vill Market (near Hiker Town)
I don’t sleep well. My mind is racing until late and once I fall asleep I wake frequently. I hear Cadi (I was still spelling her name wrong) and Hobo start moving in the dark and think they’re getting ready to go when I realize it’s only 2:30 am so I go back to sleep.…
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Fishing for Water – Day 41: Dirt Road to Sawmill Camp
Pct miles: 481.3 to 498.2 Miles: 16.9 I don’t get to bed until late the night before because I’m up and reading online. At 4 am I hear Caddy and Hobo up, trying to be quiet, but I want to get as much of the hike done early as I can too. I pack my…
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3 Mile Hike – Day 40: Casa de Luna to Dirt Road
I sleep well in the forest at Casa de Luna. I get out of my tent mostly to pee and walk to the portapotties, which are precariously full. I can’t imagine trying to keep up with a portapotty with a bunch of hikers. I get myself some coffee and pancake, which are delicious, but coffee…
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Hippie Daycare – Day 39: Hilltop to Casa de Luna
Cowboy camping went well, although I didn’t find packing up in the morning to be much faster than usual. I got an early start while Mountain and Tallboy continued to sleep. It was already warm and muggy at 6am and only continued to get warmer. Flies were everywhere, flying into my face and buzzing in…
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First Cowboy Camping – Day 38: Hiker Heaven to Hilltop
Pct miles: 454.4 to 469.5 (+1 from Hiker Heaven) Miles: 16.1 I woke up early. I slept in the trailer so I didn’t have to pack my bag in the morning, but that also meant I had to try to sleep with people talking late into the night, so it wasn’t the best night’s sleep…
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Day 37: Zero at Hiker Heaven
I wake up and sit with Mermaid and a hiker named Outlaw and we talk about the trail and it’s a really refreshing, honest and polite conversation. I jump in the truck and go to breakfast with a large group and we chat nicely. Twerk is live Instagramming our experience for the Trek. He takes…
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Gone to Hiker Heaven – Day 36: Acton KOA to Hiker Heaven
PCT miles: 444 to 454Miles: 10 A train goes behind the KOA and went through several times last night which wasn’t super pleasant. Around 5:15 I woke up and just laid in my tent. Lynn wanted to go to breakfast and managed to find us a free ride with a guy who was headed to…
colleen stinchcombe 