Category Archives: PCT 2014
Day 160 – pushing miles
Day 160: (22.91 miles) mile 2445.55 – 2468.46 Today we planned to do some extra miles to create a Nero day at Steven’s Pass and a visit to a trail angel’s home (The Dinsmores) for resupply. We are up before … Continue reading
Day 159 – Back on the PCT
Day 159: (20 miles) Mile 2445.55 After a restful night’s sleep and awaking to miraculously non-swollen and/or sore feet we began our trek to rejoin the actual PCT and the rest of the thru-hikers. As one might not think, we … Continue reading
Day 158 – Goldmeyer Alt
Day 158: (15 miles) Today was “shortcut” day. I know we should have learned by now that “short cuts” don’t necessarily mean they’re “short” OR “easier”. While this one lopped off 10 miles distance wise, it did not take 10 … Continue reading
Day 157 – Summit Inn (zero#26)
Day 157: (zero miles) Today was a relaxation day, with the exception of doing laundry and going through our resupply box. As we had 4G service on our cell and WiFi at the hotel, a plethora of posts were added … Continue reading
Day 156 – Marathon
Day 156: (26.08 miles) mile 2375.92 – 2402 Woke up to pouring rain, and puddles outside where our packs were resting. Not only was it wet, it was cold. We were surprised…and relieved to see that it had not snowed. … Continue reading
Day 149 – Out of trout lake
Day 149: (20.39 miles) 2237.52 – 2257.91 After a restful night in the hostel we had coffee and a danish on the porch of the Grocery Store. Butterfingers had arranged a ride to the trailhead with trail angel, “Bob”. Bob, … Continue reading
Update
As we stated before, our WiFi connections have been poor for some time. We have tried to post from some areas, but again our posts apparently contain too large of media files, thus the next posts (over 17) can’t be … Continue reading
Day 155 –
Day 155:(20.44 miles) mile 2355.48 – 2375.92 After a warm and dry night in the Urich Cabin we set out to make big miles so we could reach Snoqualmie in two days. The low cloud from yesterday sat above us … Continue reading
Day 154 – Urich Cabin
Day 154: (21.2 miles) mile 2334.22 – 2355.48 We climbed out of Sheep Lake in the morning to the Fog Trail Junction. Good name for this location because we were back in the clouds. The air was cool and the … Continue reading
Day 153 – Gorillas in the mist
Day 153: (21.22 miles) mile 2313 – 2334.22 Froze our buns off last night. Surprised to see it didn’t snow and that our water bottles were still liquid. The rain was on and off all night. This morning the rain … Continue reading