East of Cabazon, CA on the PCT Watching trains of double stacked cargo containers roll by, each one filling the horizon from right to left. All the way. Windmills on the hills and 4.5 miles to go before a campsite. It’s not even 9 am and I have been sitting here for a while enjoying […]
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Frozen on the PCT
My first night on the Pacific Crest Trail was also one of the coldest that I had ever put my sleep system through. Because I only have a 40 liter backpack I am limited in what I can pack. That means a sleeping bag that can pack down into a small, tight bundle. Literally a […]
Freezing on the PCT
I wasn’t trying to outdo or even replicate Trauma and Pepper who had done a winter traverse of the PCT the year before. I was just early. And I had nowhere else to go. Last night was the coldest I have ever had with this sleep system. This 40 degree F summer bag. All in […]
First PCT Hike
Mile 335.64 of the PCT. I was dropped off at Cajon Pass on I-15 just after noon. Despite hating most fast food I had a burger and fries at the iconic McDonald’s there. $3.45, the only money I’d spent that day putting me well under my $10 a day hiking budget.I hiked down to the […]