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Week 12: Donna, Mount Shasta, almost out of NorCal!
Day 78 | 7/27/24 | ZERO After another night of blissful rest, we made some breakfast, packed up, resupplied, and waited for Donna, a trail angel
Week 11: barbecue, Chester, ash, and smoke
Day 71 | 7/20/24 | 1231-1254.1 We had what must have been the craziest trail magic I experienced on trail! My group hiked the last few miles to the
Week 10: a week of trail magic!
Day 64 | 7/13/24 | 1093.4-1099.5 I slept in a bit this morning which was much needed and then headed over to Ernie's where some people in my group
Week 9: out of Yosemite and into Tahoe
I'm finally getting around to updating the blog about the rest of my time on trail! It's been a few months at this point, so I'm heavily referencing
Week 8: Yosemite and Mammoth and Mosquito Hell
Note: I stopped updating my blog on trail during Week 7. Now, over two months later, I'm off trail, and I decided to go through my daily notes and
Week 7: Bishop, thunderstorms, and detours
Day 43 | Mile 788.2-789.7 (plus Kearsarge Pass) I woke up in Vidette Meadows and enjoyed some cheese quesadillas and hot coffee for breakfast (thank
Week 6: into the Sierras!
Day 36 | Mile 685.7-703.4 Today I reached the end of the desert! Reaching Kennedy Meadows is an iconic milestone on the PCT and though I was
Week 5: the end of the desert!
Day 29/30: Zeros in Tehachapi My first zero days were lovely and much needed. On the first day I spent far too long in Walmart figuring out the
Week 4: Heat wave + night hiking
Day 22 | Mile 380.5-406.6 The highlights of today were the Mt Williamson summit (which was pretty but not really worth the extra mile since there
Week 3: Adjusting to trail life
Day 15 | Mile 259.4-266.1 Today I neroed into Big Bear (thank you Gary for the ride in and out of town)! A short 7 miles and then I had a gloriously