Category Archives: PCT 2014

For some reason some photos just won’t load properly or fully so I’m adding the two that didn’t seem to load.  The first is me in the hut door and the second is the plaque on the outside of the … Continue reading →

Day 65: (19 miles) mile 833.5 – 852.5 The alarm goes off at 0430 this morning (second day in a row) as we are still trying to make up miles from two days ago, and get over Muir Pass while … Continue reading →

Day 64: (19 miles) mile 814.5 – 833.5 Up super early and into completely frozen boots.  The approach to Mather’s Pass looks fairly straightforward.  We can actually see the trail and switchbacks.  The snow is hard packed and frozen so … Continue reading →

Day 64: (19 miles) mile 814.5 – 833.5 Up super early and into completely frozen boots.  The approach to Mather’s Pass looks fairly straightforward.  We can actually see the trail and switchbacks.  The snow is hard packed and frozen so … Continue reading →

Day 61:(13 miles) mile 793.5 – 806.5 The morning alarm goes off, we roll over and say, “Happy Anniversary”, but Paul, the sly dog, hands me a card that he has carried just for today.  We consider how nice it … Continue reading →

Day 62: (8 miles) mile 806.5 – 814.5 We awoke today to a very frosty cold morning, having camped surrounded by snow above 10,000 feet. The snow surface was frozen which was a good thing and we wore micro spikes … Continue reading →

Day 60: (12.5 miles). mile 788.5 –  793.5 + 7.5 (Kearsage Pass trail) The slog up the pass was not as “bad” as we expected.  The Kearsage Pass trail however was like a hiker freeway.  At least 20 hikers passed … Continue reading →

Day 58: (18 miles) The next morning we got going as early as we could to take advantage of the snow pack having being re-frozen.  We doned our micro spikes and got a move on.  We had some serious miles … Continue reading →

Day 59: (0 miles) With a good meal at the local taco stand (only open Tues-Thurs) and a good night’s sleep we were up early to hitch to Lone Pone for breakfast at the Alabama Cafe, laundry and a visit … Continue reading →

Day 57: (16.5 miles) mile 766-782.5 I’ll start by saying this was a very tough day. We started the day walking away from summiting Mt. Whitney. Even though we had decided to not summit last night it was difficult to … Continue reading →