Long Distance Hiker

Daily Miles - 22 Cold last night. I got up at 3:30 and put on my base layer and back to sleep. These deep river valleys are quite cool - katabatic effect. Saw southbound PCT Later Gator, who we had met on the Colorado Trail in 2017. Great to … [Read more...]

Daily Miles - 21 I have been looking forward to this pass. Muir Pass is one of my favorites in the Sierra Nevada. Beautiful lakes on both sides of the passes, and great and varying views on both the approach and descent. The pass was windless, … [Read more...]

Daily Miles - 15 Slept OK in the cabin. Just a lot of waking up and don't know why. Went for breakfast at 8pm. The manager of Parcher's was scrambling to get things in order after some of her crew made a mess of the kitchen the night before. She … [Read more...]

Daily Miles - 17 Cold night by the water last night Am hiking out for resupply at Bishop Pass as I have never done it and I hear it is beautiful. It is also a straight forward resupply as we dropped off a box there on the way to Cottonwood Pass … [Read more...]

Daily Miles - 24 Another perfect weather day. Up by 6 and walking by 6:30 Went over Pinchot pass before seeing any other hikers. Pretty gradual up Caught up to horse crew that apparently was carrying for a group of tourists from Japan. Hard to … [Read more...]

Daily Miles - 17 8am start today, slept in...even meditated before getting up and going. Knowing where I intend to hammock reined in the miles as I wanted to be in a place that had good trees. Walked with a PCT hiker (from Switzerland) for a … [Read more...]

Daily Miles - 22 6 o'clock start today. Occurred to me that this is the wrong direction to hike for this reason - too many people stop to talk, while some are very interesting, others - not so much. I think I was hoping for a few less people on … [Read more...]