Category Archives: PCT 2014

Day 7: (7.9 miles) mile 101.1 – 109 / 3455 ft – 4065 ft So we left Barrel Springs and made our way to Warner Springs. It was a fairly “easy” walk, even for tired and battered feet. The scenery … Continue reading →

Day 6: (21.8 miles) mile 79.3 – 101.1 / 2967 ft – 3455 ft Go figure we have to go up to go “down” to Barrel Springs and our last night before a much needed Zero. We were lucky to … Continue reading →

  Day 5: (16.9 miles) mile 62.4 – 79.3 / 4703 ft – 2259 ft The sun shown brightly, as we slept soundly through the 0530 morning alarm. Me thinks we were just a bit tired. After a jolt of … Continue reading →

Day4: (19.8 miles) mile 42.6 – 62.4 / 5942 ft – 4703 ft My, my what a day. In short it went like this: Snow, heavy (blizzard like) snow, wind and snow, gusty wind (enough to knock you over) with … Continue reading →

Just a quick update with LOTS more to follow late Saturday as we will Nero and Zero at home.  We passed mile 100 and have made it to Barrel Springs. As such we figure based on accumulative PCT trail length, … Continue reading →

So here we are beginning at the border all fresh and full of spunk…three days later how quickly things change! Wondering what happened in between? Have we got a few stories for you!  Day one: (20 miles) mile 0.0 – … Continue reading →

So this is what we have so far. We’re pretty sure we will jetison some things as we go and or add some things. It appears it will rain on us and possibly snow…go figure.  Ironically we are watching Frozen … Continue reading →

So today we took a drive out to Lake Morena and down Hauser Creek Rd in an attempt to stash some water at Hauser Creek so as to reduce the amount of water we will carry from the southern terminus. … Continue reading →

In an article written by Adrianne Wadewitz, PhD (The Gendered forest: Women Relax, Men Mountaineer, The Society Pages Nov 22, 2013) she notes that the men to women backpacker ratio seems to be 5:1, and equates it with the industry’s … Continue reading →

There will be no mutiny here. It appears that the Immune system has been feeling a little left out, unappreciated and apparently jealous of the skeletal, muscular and even the digestive system’s attention as of late, and has attempted a … Continue reading →