Category: Backpacking
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Day 28 | PCT 2021
Mile 278.4 – 289.9 Quiet day, good trail, good weather, good water and good company. Camping solo tonight in a beautiful tucked-away spot. ⇠Previous Day Next Day ⇢
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Day 27 | PCT 2021
Mile 266.1 – 278.4 I didn’t want to leave Kenny’s! He even made me GF brownies to carry out, which was a nice thought but I think they weighed 1.5 lbs! I made a new friend named The Breeze, and he gave me a pair of toe socks to help prevent more toe blistering. Still…
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Day 26 | PCT 2021
Zero Day #3 Celebrated completing 1/10th of the trail with Yahtzee, Backgammon, movies and food. Heading back to trail first thing tomorrow! ⇠Previous Day Next Day ⇢
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Day 25 | PCT 2021
Mile 259.4 – 266.1 I made it into town! I’m staying with a Trail Angel named Kenny, who just asks for donations for letting hikers sleep, shower, do laundry, and hangout. He even gives rides to and from the trail, grocery, and post office. There’s about 8 other hikers here and it’s been… interesting so…
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Day 24 | PCT 2021
Mile 248.7 – 259.4 It was so cold I stayed in my sleeping bag until around 9 AM (I normally get up around 6/6:30 AM)! Dawdled, but still ended up at my campsite super early. Overall a quiet, easy day. ⇠Previous Day Next Day ⇢
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Day 23 | PCT 2021
Mile 235.5 – 248.7 About 7 people squeezed into my 3-tent campsite last night, and drama ensued. Another looooong water carry, but it wasn’t too hot and I found a stealth camping spot with phone service! It’s windy and supposed to drop below freezing tonight, so in my sleeping bag is my phone, Garmin, battery…
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Day 22 | PCT 2021
Mile 220.1 – 235.5 What a hot day, and my legs just felt like dead weight. The trail followed Mission Creek for most of the day, so fresh cold water was readily available! A good portion of the trail had been washed out, so much of the day was spent trail finding, and following cairns…
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Day 21 | PCT 2021
Mile 209.5 – 220.1 Welp, I didn’t leave town until mid-afternoon but I definitely filled up on some fresh food with Nips and Bullseye, and sent my microspikes home because NO MORE SNOW!!! I had the most beautiful and peaceful camping spot, by a real water source. I fell asleep to the sound of rushing…
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Day 20 | PCT 2021
Mile 190.5 – 209.5 Just a little more crappy snow, and then downhill the rest of the day. I was only going to do 15 miles to the next water source (it was so hot and exposed)… but then it was only four more miles to the next town… and I heard a couple hikers…
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Day 19 | PCT 2021
Mile 179.4 – 190.5 (+3.5 mile side trail from town) Another crappy snow day full of post-holing, once the side trail connected to the PCT at 8000 ft. I’ve come to the conclusion that this is how I sustained my foot injuries last year, because hiking in the snow activates it rrrreally bad. Ate Mike…