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Day 17: (9.6 miles) mile 210.8 – 219.2 / 1608ft – 2302 ft Monday evening the decision was made…the back is ready to go back to the trail.  Prior to loading up our resupply we conducted a minor shakedown of … Continue reading →

Day 11: Paul (Paradise Cafe – Idllywild to mile 187 = 12 miles) Dee (300 ft) So Paul is off making great miles. As I have the phone and he has the Delorme InReach we have been able to maintain … Continue reading →

Day 13 – 15: (0 miles) Both Paul and I are home. I didn’t have to sleep on the recliner anymore as I finally had help getting out of bed. All the things I had dropped are now off the … Continue reading →

Day 12: Paul (24 miles) mile 187 – 210 / Dee: (300 ft + 206 miles) Paul awoke to 33 degrees once again, but the day quickly heated up to a nearly unbearable 96 degrees. Paul, Ally and Thayer hiked … Continue reading →

Day 8: Zero at home Day 9: (16.3 miles) mile 111 – 127.3 / 3030ft – 5090ft So back at it.  Our son dropped us off early Monday near mile 111.  Even though there was a sign sorta pointing in … Continue reading →

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 →