Monica L
Hi I'm Monica. I live in the UK and am a multi-day hiking novice. I love the sea, the Winter Olympics, and eating dim sum. As for hiking, I started (shortish) with the West Highland Way in Scotland in May 2025. And then switched countries to hike the Tahoe Rim Trail in late summer 2025. Read my posts to see what happened.
Posts
Tahoe Rim Trail – did expectation meet reality?
I’ve been back in the UK for about a month now and have had time to reflect on my TRT adventure so this is a last post from me. When Ben and I
Day 14 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Celebrating finishing
Miles walked: 15.6 Miles covered: 159.4-175.0 Miles remaining: 0 No. of dogs: too many Views from the trail It was a strange
Day 13 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Finally reaching the lake itself
Miles walked: 14.8 Miles covered: 144.6-159.4 Miles remaining: 15.6 No. of flushing toilets used: 4 The proximity of the creek meant
Day 12 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Trying not to fall over
Miles walked: 14.0 Miles covered: 130.6-144.6 Miles remaining: 30.4 No. of times nearly fell over: 3 I had a bit of a lie-in this
Day 11 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Drinking Lonkero
Miles walked: 15.3 Miles covered: 115.3-130.6 Miles remaining: 44.4 No. of cans of Lonkero drunk: 1 After the disappointment of my
Day 10 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Singing along tunelessly to ABBA
Miles walked: 12.4 Miles covered: 102.9-115.3 Miles remaining: 59.7 No. of buses caught: 3 This morning we left our “boutique” motel
Day 9 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Slackpacking for a day
Miles walked: 16.6 Miles covered: 86.3-102.9 Miles remaining: 72.1 No. of boulders clambered over: too many to count Waking up
Day 8 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Walking downhill is just as hard, but Chinese food makes things better
Miles walked: 13.5 Miles covered: 72.8-86.3 Miles remaining: 88.7 No. of bottles of water filtered: 2 Thank goodness it was dry
Day 7 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Getting soaked to my knickers
Miles walked: 14.7 Miles covered: 58.1-72.8 Miles remaining: 102.2 No. of gummy snakes eaten: 6 I woke up with my stomach feeling off
Day 6 on the Tahoe Rim Trail: Finding the going tough
Miles walked: 13.9 Miles covered: 44.2-58.1 Miles remaining: 116.9 No. of mega sulks: 1 It was weird sleeping in a bed after a few









