#backpacking 10/14

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Day 98 – The Wind

PCT day 11Staying in a hotel is nice but it always interrupts the normal routines such as breakfast. Because it was there, I took full...

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Day 97 – The Hotel

PCT day 10After a day at the nature hot springs “spa” I had 34 miles to get to Cajon Pass where my friend Lil Buddha bought me a hotel...

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Day 96 – The Oasis

PCT day – 9 I woke up at little bear spring with 22 miles of hiking until one of my favorite spots on the trail. I was prepared to do it...

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Day 95 – the heat returns

I woke up way to early at the trail Angels house and spent my morning backing up the pictures on my phone while waiting for the 12 other...

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Day 94 – hiking, fires, detours

PCT day 7 I walked 20 miles enjoyable miles through the San Gorgonio wilderness. A series of canyons and ridges that look straight out of...

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Day 93 – San Jacinto

PCT day 6 I had a good breakfast and coffee and made the first of two Mother’s Day calls before leaving idyllwild and hiking up to 10k...

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Day 92 – Paradise

PCT day 5 It rained all night and I left a candy bar in my pocket while I slept so I have a bruise on my hip. These are thru hiker...

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Day 91 – Desert Storm

PCT day – 4 I woke up in a wet tent but it wasn’t soaked. When I stared out at where the storm had been last night I see a more dense,...

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Day 90 – Cloud wall

PCT day 3 As I sit here writing this I see a gigantic wall of dark clouds coming right at me. The forecast is heavy rain, winds, and...

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Day 89 – The desert

PCT – day 2 I woke up and packed up to hit the trail at Lake Morena with a spring in my step that few other hikers had. Many were...

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Day 88 – PCT day 1

First off I am sorry to mess with the routine of posting about my adventure daily but After 1 day of travel and 2 days of rest and binge...

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Day 84 – A thanks

I wanted to thank these people for helping me through the first of these three legs. I will try not to forget anyone: Malto: for the...

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Day 83 – The approach

I woke up extremely early and pushed very hard through the first part of the day. I wanted to have 20 miles done by 12pm. I was also...

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Day 81- final push

I woke up and was struck by the feeling that just makes you want to stay in bed. I finally pulled myself out of bed and was greeted with...

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Day 80 – Mud and Water

Waking before sunrise has not only become a daily occurrence but also a habit. With the snow seeming to finally subside for the most part...

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Day 79 – Naked and Afraid

There I stood on the riverbank of the raging Kennebec River with only half a mile to my resupply that included a much anticipated box...

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Day 78 – Food

I woke up with too many miles to go and too little food to do it. Especially when you account for the beating my body has endured on the...

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Day 77 – Shaky Ankle

Another day full of post holing and large ups and downs was ahead of me. I am currently wearing “trail runner” shoes which are not...

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Day 76 – Roulette

Today I was playing roulette with the snowy slabs that laid over the trail. With the warmer temperatures and melting that has occurred...

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Day 75 – Cold feet

New Hampshire was the beginning of something new and Maine is where that something new comes into its own. The trail is more rugged as...