Some of you have said you would like to send me stuff on the trail. Examples are: snacks or dehydrated real food). There is a way to send it, but first let me make a few points: I am pretty self-sufficient out here. My needs are also pretty focused, so please message me before you […]
PCT 2021
Pacific Crest Trail blog entries and information
Day 31 – Crater Lake
I had a great time last night talking with everyone. It does get me to bed late. After writing the blog post, it is 10:30! Way past hiker midnight (9:00). Bumpy start I do not hear my alarm, but I wake at 4:20 anyway. My quilt has quite a bit of dew on it. If […]
What’s going on
I have been in town recently and have completed a bunch of posts. I have scheduled them to go up over the next week. That means my posts will appear about a week after they actually happen. This is good for me and it provides more continuity for you. Occasionally I will make a mistake, […]
Day 30 – Snowballing into Crater Lake
Last night I woke up drenched in perspiration. Enclosing my entire body except my nose in a down quilt has consequences besides keeping mosquitoes at bay. Now I am gross with sweat. I puff the quilt up and down to bring cool air inside. The mosquitoes sense an advantage. My face, neck and hands ate […]
Day 29 – Devil’s Peak
My alarm idea worked today. I randomly woke at 3:50, took my earplugs out and then heard the alarm go off by my head 25 minutes later. Before even turning off the alarm, I open the valve of my air mattress and all the air escapes. As several PCT hikers have pointed out, the sound […]
Day 28 – Mount McGloughlin
The day started per usual: I don’t hear my alarm and wake up 9 minutes late. To prevent this, I have started sleeping with my watch next to my head. Unfortunately, the alarm frequency is blocked by my earplugs. Argh. If only I could train myself to wake up at 4am, remove my earplugs and […]
Day 27 – Finding a Way
I have done everything right for once and am ready to break camp at 5:30. It is too dark to leave before that. I cowboy camped last night. My quilt is rated for 20F so I was generally pretty sweaty all night. After the bugs subsided at 9pm, I even had the liberty to roll […]
Day 26 – Out of the Frying Pan, into…
I stayed up way too late last night trying to get my blog post up for those two doctors I camped with. The cell service is only one bar, and everything uploads so slowly. Since I didn’t get to bed until after 10, I forgot to refill my water reservoir, and have to do it […]
Day 25 – Into the Frying Pan
On my first day in Ashland, a young man approached me. “Are you a through hiker?” That confirms it: I look unredeemable. His trail name is GrindZ because he likes his coffee in the morning before anything. He offered to take me back to the trail today. So at 7:30 we leave my motel for […]
