Category: PCT
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Day 49 & 50 – The mountains are calling

Sunday 16 June 2019 Day: 49 Location: Mile 672.8 Distance travelled: 18.5 miles / 30 km I had a spectacular day on trail. As I get closer and closer to Kennedy Meadows I’m more and more looking forward to being up in the mountains. The views were beautiful today. I set off early and was…
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Day 47 & 48 – Farewell Ridgecrest, it’s back to the trail

Friday 14 June 2019 Day: 47 Location: Ridgecrest Distance travelled: 0 miles / 0 km I enjoyed a full day of rest and recovery in Ridgecrest. My day started with the complementary American breakfast at the hotel. I made the most of it, enjoying eggs on a bagel, waffles drowned in syrup and an apple…
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Day 45 & 46 – American hospitality and American culture

Wednesday 12 June 2019 Day: 45 Location: Mile 654.1 (Walker Pass campground) Distance travelled: 20.6 miles / 33 km From my beautiful campsite at the pass I experienced a sunrise as beautiful as yesterday’s sunset, an incredible way to start the day. From the pass the trail climbed rapidly via a series of switchbacks, winding…
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Day 43 & 44 – Out of the windfarm and into the sandpit

Monday 10 June 2019 Day: 43 Location: Mile 612 Distance travelled: 19.2 miles / 31 km I enjoyed a beautiful bright red sunset from the comfort of my tent this morning. I love sleeping without the fly, being woken by the rising sun. I walked slowly this morning as the trail climbed out of wind…
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Day 41 & 42 – The never ending wind farm

Saturday 8 June 2019 Day: 41 Location: Mile 577.2 Distance travelled: 15.2 miles / 24 km The supermarket I resupplied at in Tehachapi was the biggest on trail supermarket I have visited yet so I went a little overboard with my shopping. The upside was fresh berries and an apple for breakfast this morning, a…
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Day 39 & 40 – A double nero in Tehachapi

Thursday 6 June 2019 Day: 39 Location: Mile 558.5 to Mile 559 Distance travelled: 0.5 miles / 1km I had planned to wake up early this morning, hike 8 miles to Highway 58 and then get a bus into Tehachapi for a zero or two. Unfortunately the morning buses didn’t line up for me and…
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