Day 147- Thielsen
PCT day 59-I sit here in the tiny shelter of my tent with a six inch circle of duct tape (to path a hole) obscuring my vision back...
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Day 146 – Mosquitos
PCT day 58 -I layed in my tent for nearly an hour just observing the hundreds of mosquitos encircling it. I packed up what I could from...
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Day 145 – Tree graveyard
PCT day 57-I packed up all the food my wonderful family made for me and ran some errands with my grandma in the morning before it was...
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Day 144 – Family
PCT day 56-I had 15 miles to go to make it to highway 140 (fish lake) where I would finally see some familiar faces. I walked fast...
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Day 143 – Pilot Rock
PCT day 55-Early in the morning I crossed Interstate 5 for the last time and passed by Pilot Rock. It was a nice day and there were a...
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Day 142 – Oregon
PCT day 54-Waking up 18 miles from Oregon it was a given that I would be sleeping in a be state tonight. And I am so ready for a change...
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Day 141- Seiad
PCT day 53-I had one goal in the morning: to make the 12 miles to Seiad Valley as early as possible so I could both eat in the cafe and...
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Day 140 – Marble
PCT day 52-My body is resilient. I am determined and I have found a way to let my feet heal, my ankle mend and my mind relax while still...
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Day 139 – Russian wilderness
PCT day 51-The campsite I chose was exposed, cold and windy. This did not make it easy to crawl out of my sleeping bag. The moment of...
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Day 138 – Trinity Alps
PCT day 50-I was once told by a marine “toughness is not something you are born with, it is developed over time.” This particular marine...
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Day 137 -Exhaustion
PCT day 49-As a result of hiking nearly 40 miles a day my sleep has suffered. As the days have gotten longer my nights of sleep have...
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Day 136- castle crag and a bear
PCT day 48- My ankle was swollen and I dreaded the first few miles. But I made my moms famous iced vanilla latte on the trail and hobbled...
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Day 135 – Shasta and a bad ankle
PCT day 47-Shortly after beginning by day I was given a gorgeous view of Mt Shasta that would stick around all day. To top it off there...
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Day 134 – Burney and the Falls
PCT day 46-A series of mishaps due to setting up my tent in the rain and in the dark led to some loose stakes and loose tent walls. As a...
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Day 133 – Running from rain
PCT day 45-Leaving Lassen National Park and climbing to the Hat Creek Rim I would have guessed the weather would be hot and dry. In...
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Day 132 – Inclement Weather
PCT day 44 I entered the trail Angels house from the 5th wheel I stayed in (travel trailer) and was greeted with pancakes and coffee for...
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Day 131 – Halfway
PCT day 43 I woke up and began walking uphill to the rim of the canyon just outside Belden. It was going to be a cold day as a thick...
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Day 130 – Lassen
PCT day 42 Tomorrow I should hit the halfway point! My shirt is torn up, my shorts have holes in them but my giants hat and my body are...
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Day 129 – Snowless?
PCT day 41 I awoke startled in the middle of the night to a thundering of footsteps a short ways from my tent. I grabbed my headlamp and...
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Day 128 – Bears
PCT day 40 In the past two days I have seen two bears. Unfortunately either by my overwhelming smell or because of less than graceful...
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