Archive for July 2015
Day 76: Going Down to Belden Town
July 15, 2015 Tentsite before Buck’s Lake Road (1269.7) to Hwy 70 – Belden Town (1288.9) 19.2 PCT miles today 1323.3 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 2,449 ft, – 5,232 ft Miles leading into town always feel longer. It’s the anticipation of eating non-trail food, seeing old friends, and getting a shower that does…
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July 14, 2015 Fowler Peak Trailhead (1242.9) to Tentsite before Buck’s Lake Road (1269.7) 26.8 PCT miles today 1314.1 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 6,333 ft, – 6,380 ft Today was officially our longest day yet, and Pickles and I could barely force ourselves to stop tonight for camp. We felt so good that…
Read MoreDay 74: What Goes Around, Comes Around
July 13, 2015 A Tree Spring (1220.0) to Fowler Peak Trailhead (1242.9) 22.9 PCT miles today 1287.3 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 4,246 ft, – 5,227 ft Just yesterday Pickles and I were saying how strange it was that we weren’t seeing any hikers we knew and how we wondered where they all were…
Read MoreDay 73: I Like Big Buttes
July 12, 2015 Highway 49 – Sierra City (1197.5) to A Tree Spring (1220.0) 22.5 PCT miles today 1264.4 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 4,628 ft, – 2,794 ft So as it turns out, Northern California rocks. Today was beautiful in a whole new and unique way that kept us energized and motivated throughout…
Read MoreDay 72: Down and Out
July 11, 2015 (14th Re-Ration – Sierra City) Tentsite North of Meadow Lake Rd. (1177.2) to Highway 49 – Sierra City (1197.5) 20.3 PCT miles today 1241.9 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 1,939 ft, – 5,284 ft It took us 40 days to hike through the desert, and 32 days to hike through the…
Read MoreDay 71: Back in the Game
July 10, 2015 Hwy 40 – Grass Valley (1155.6) to Tentsite North of Meadow Lake Rd. (1177.2) 21.6 PCT miles today 1221.6 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,937 ft, – 3,033 ft What a day!! It is amazing how much fun hiking can be when you’re not in agonizing pain. I was a bit…
Read MoreDay 70: The Doctor Is In
July 9, 2015 Squaw Valley chairlift (1142.7) to Hwy 40 – Grass Valley (1155.6) 12.9 PCT miles today 1200.0 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 2,104 ft, – 3,459 ft Today was d-day. I spent the last few days, and 50-something miles, trying to decide what I was going to do about my feet, but…
Read MoreDay 69: Our Big Beautiful Backyard
July 8, 2015 Miller Creek (1122.6) to Squaw Valley chairlift (1142.7) 20.1 PCT miles today 1187.1 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,783 ft, – 2,661 ft This morning I woke up with the thought “less is more” running through my mind, and in an instant I finally had the great idea to completely remove…
Read MoreDay 68: A Mixed Bag
July 7, 2015 Lake Aloha (1100.7) to Miller Creek (1122.6) 21.9 PCT miles today 1167.1 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 2,805 ft, – 3,989 ft Again with the foot pain. Oh the tales I’d tell about our wonderful day full of lakes, a storm, and millions of wildflowers, if only I weren’t so darn…
Read MoreDay 67: Almost Perfect, But Not Quite
July 6, 2015 Carson Pass – Reno/Tahoe (1078.7) to Lake Aloha (1100.7) 22.0 PCT miles today 1145.2 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,396 ft, – 3,589 ft All things considered, today was a great first day back out on trail. We started hiking by 7:30am, got in a whole 22 miles by 6:30, saw…
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