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I Quit the PCT and Now I’m Going Back for Seconds (and more).
Last year, I quit my dream. Forty two miles into Washington, I called it quits. After having to skip all of Oregon due to wildfires, the persistent
101 days on the PCT
Why I quit and what I learned from 101 days on the PCT I’ll spare everyone the journal entries from the last few days on the PCT. To be
PCT CA SECTION M
SIERRA CITY (HWY 49) TO BELDEN (HWY 70) MILE 1195.4 - 1286.9 Day 87 - 0 miles This is hands down the best zero day I’ve had on trail. I
PCT CA SECTION K & L
ECHO LAKE TO DONNER SUMMIT (I-80) MILE 1092 - 1157 DONNER SUMMIT (I-80) TO HWY 49 MILE 1157 - 1195.4 Day 82 - 22.5 miles We woke up at 6am and
PCT CA SECTION I & J
TUOLOUMNE MEADOWS TO SONORA PASS MILE 942.1 - 1016.9 SONORA PASS TO ECHO SUMMIT MILE 1016.9 - 1092 Day 71 (continued) - 13.7 miles The
PCT CA SECTION H PART 2
CRABTREE MEADOWS TO TUOLUMNE MEADOWS MILE 766 - 942.5 CONTINUED… Day 60 - 0 miles 9 miles to town. Throughout the night, we were battered by
PCT CA SECTION H PART 1
CRABTREE MEADOWS - TUOLUMNE MEADOWS MILE 766 - 942.5 Day 49 - 0 miles 15.5 miles to Mount Whitney. Today was the day, Mount Whitney! I’d been
PCT CA SECTION G
WALKER PASS TO CRABTREE MEADOW MILE 652 - 766 Day 40 - 16.6 miles FINALLY we’re back on trail! Feeling so thankful that my body bounced
PCT CA SECTION E & F
AGULA DULCE TO TEHACHAPI MILE 454.5 - 566.4 TEHACHAPI TO WALKER PASS MILE 566.4 - 652.1 Day 33 (continued) - 4 miles We continued on
PCT CA SECTION D
I-15 CAJON PASS TO AGUA DULCE MILE 341.9-454.4 Day 26 (continued) - 9.9 miles We got going again, trying to push as far as we could so