Category: Camping
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Day 1 @ Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park isn’t the only beauty around. We boondocked our first night just outside the boundary!
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Day 60 | Mile 791.2 – 805.3
I awoke at 4 AM, and steeled myself for the tackling of the technical Glen Pass. We’d been able to camp 1.1 miles below the pass itself, so it wasn’t far to go. There were many, many other hikers camped as close to the pass as possible, but we were among some of the first…
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Day 59 | Mile 789-791.2
(+7.5 miles up and over Kearsarge Pass) We camped in the valley below Kearsarge Pass, where we added Lou to our tramily! Lou hiked with Ollie & Bianca earlier this year, and was returning from an achilles injury. Our jaunt up north to allow the snow to melt was successful – there was so much…
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Day 18 | Mile 235.5 – 250
(via the Ridgewalk Bypass) Shortly after my campsite, the trail returns to the Mission Creek drainage, and is blocked by 25’+ rocky waterfalls. The PCTA is encouraging hikers to skip this entire section (from miles 209.5-250), but a few hikers are choosing to scale these waterfalls. Hikers coming from the north last year discovered they…
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My First Backpacking Date
Aside from backpackers I’ve met while on a trail, I’ve always backpacked alone. It’s been a hard sell for my non-backpacking friends to want to purchase, and then carry, a lot of gear just to go somewhere to sleep on the hard ground. And then along comes Tom! Tom and I finally found one night…
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Planning a Primitive Camping Date
Let’s go on a camping date! Have you ever felt inclined to work up a good sweat with a great hike, then not change your clothes or bathe, and crawl into a tiny space with your beloved (who is in a similarly rank state) and stay there for about nine hours? No? Ah, well, I…
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Days 60-64 | PCT 2021
Day 60: Zero #12 All day in bed resting, and pizza delivery. Day 61: Zero #13 More meds, and rest, and soaking in the tub. Then enchiladas! Day 62: Zero #14 My sickness is going away, but my ankle is still swollen. Not sure if I should try and get back on the trail tomorrow.…
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Day 30 | PCT 2021
Mile 307.9 – 318 Soaked in the Hot Springs again in the morning, and moseyed through desert wildflowers in the afternoon. ⇠ Previous Day Next Day ⇢
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Day 29 | PCT 2021
Mile 289.9 – 307.9 (+4 miles to town) What a magical day! There was a little ice cream place 2.5 miles off trail… and it did seem like a good day for ice cream, so off I went. There I ran into Smitten and Cloud Ripper, and we hatched a plan to make it to…
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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 ⇢