Long Distance Hiker

7-19-2022 Daily Miles: 10 Total Miles: 129 We got a late start today, as we had some work tasks to do and we had breakfast at our little hotel. By the time we headed out, it was 10am and it was already quite hot. We’ve heard that there … [Read more...]

7/18/2022 Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 119 So, we knew we wouldn’t be hiking the SMT into town today because it has via ferrata sections, so we had looked to find our best alternative, which was heading back down to the valley and then … [Read more...]

7/17/2022 Daily Miles: 11 Total Miles: 113 We had a decent night of sleep despite a toilet that would make a loud whistle noise every few hours. At 5am, we were awoken by some animal on the roof of our cabin trying to scratch its way in. … [Read more...]

7/16/2022 Daily Miles: 6 Total Miles: 102 When we went to sleep last night, it was raining with lightning and thunder. When we woke up this morning, the rain had stopped, but we were totally fogged in. Luckily by the time we were done … [Read more...]

7/15/2022 Daily Miles: 5 Total Miles: 96 We had a really good night in the container. Leah showed up about 5pm, but we never saw the hiker from France that we were expecting (we got an email from him today that he continued on to the … [Read more...]

7/14/2022 Daily Miles: 8 Total Miles: 91 We had a nice stay at the tourist farm. It was good to have our own bathroom with a shower. They even had towels, which felt like a luxury after we have been using our thin 12” x 12” camp towel … [Read more...]

7/13/2022 Daily Miles: 13 Total Miles: 83 Luckily the six of us sleeping in the bunk room were all quiet sleepers. No snoring, not even SweetPea, who can be a notorious snorer. Everyone started to get up around 6:45am, since breakfast … [Read more...]