Category: PCT
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Day 37 & 38 – Water and electricity to LA

Tuesday 4 June 2019 Day: 37 Location: Mile 517.6 to Mile 534.9 Distance travelled: 17.3 miles / 28 km After deciding to night walk the next long, dry hot section of trail I was excited about the prospect of a sleep in this morning but for the life of me, I couldn’t. I was wide…
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Day 35 & 36 – A hunt club, Hiker Town and California Poppies

Sunday 2 June 2019 Day: 35 Location: Mile 493 to Mile 511.5 Distance travelled: 18.5 miles / 30 km I woke up early this morning to get a head start on the sun and walk some miles in the relative cool of the morning. I was happy to find that my food bag had survived…
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Day 33 & 34 – Hunger, heat and a desert in bloom

Friday 31 May 2019 Day: 33 Location: Mile 454.5 to Mile 471.4 Distance travelled: 16.9 miles / 27 km It has been a couple of weeks since I’ve had a good omelette breakfast so I was super excited about having a town breakfast before I headed out on trail this morning. I was lucky to…
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Day 31 & 32 – A rattlesnake bonanza and a heaven for hikers

Wednesday 29 May 2019 Day: 31 Location: Mile 424.4 to Mile 444.2 Distance travelled: 19.8 miles / 33 km After all of the cold weather I have experienced over the last couple of weeks, spring was definitely back on as of this morning. I have been on the trail for nearly 1 month now and…
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Day 29 & 30 – Snow one day, sunshine the next

Monday 27 May 2019 Day: 29 Location: Mile 386.1 to Mile 404.2 Distance travelled: 18.1 miles / 29 km Even with a lazy afternoon yesterday I slept soundly last night. As the forecast predicted the wind died off late last night and we received a dusting of snow over the early hours of the morning.…
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Day 27 & 28 – Hold on to your toilet paper! And other top tips.

Saturday 25 May 2019 Day: 27 Location: Mile 369.3 to Mile 375.8 Distance travelled: 6.5 miles / 10 km It was so nice to be indoors, warm and snuggly when I woke up to pee in the early hours this morning. It makes life so much easier having an indoors toilet. You learn to appreciate…
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