Category: PCT
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Day 75 to 78 – Mammoth Lakes, the land of $2 Ben and Jerry’s ice cream tubs
Friday 12 July 2019 Day: 75 Location: Lake Virginia campsite (mile 891.8) Distance travelled: 11.2 miles We had over 4 miles to reach Silver Pass so were up early again, leaving the campsite by 7am. The plan is to reach Reds Meadow tomorrow. Reds Meadow is a ‘resort’ that caters for hikers but, for us,…
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Day 73 & 74 – A glimpse of what the PCT is supposed to be like… ie. trail, not snow
Wednesday 10 July 2019 Day: 73 Location: Sallie Keyes Lakes campsite (mile 864.0) Distance travelled: 15.6 miles How nice to walk on snow free trail for an entire day! Not only did we manage to walk over 15 miles, but we didn’t need to get up early or arrive at camp late in order to…
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Day 71 & 72 – Another day, another pass
Monday 8 July 2019 Day: 71 Location: Middle Fork Kings River (mile 835.5) Distance travelled: 4.5 miles (+8.4 miles off trail) We woke up relatively early as we still had over 2 miles of snow hiking before we would reach Bishop Pass again. When we reached the bottom of the pass, it was fairly clear…
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Day 67 to 70 – A much needed break from the Sierras
Thursday 4th July 2019 Day: 67 Location: Bishop Pass trail (mile 831.0) Distance travelled: 15.5 miles (+ 1 mile off-trail) It was -4 degrees when the alarm went off at 4am. Unfortunately this meant that our wet shoes and socks from yesterday were now frozen solid. It got worse though, as Leigh has also removed…
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Day 65 & 66 – Mountaineers in training
Tuesday 2 July 2019 Day: 65 Location: Woods Creek campsite (mile 802.6) Distance travelled: 13.7 miles What a whirlwind of a day! Up and walking by 6:15am, we were able to take in the spectacular sunrise colors in the reflection on a nearby lake on our way to Glen Pass. As we got closer to…
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Day 63 & 64 – Getting high on the PCT
Sunday 30 June 2019 Day: 63 Location: Tyndall Creek campsite (mile 775.2) Distance travelled: 8.9 miles After another lazy start to the morning, we said goodbye to our Marmot neighbours along with Mt Whitney and got back on the PCT proper. There was a fair bit of climbing ahead of us today but it would…
Adam, Leigh and the Trees 
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