Posts by Rochelle Comeaux
Day 142: Hike Your Own Hike
September 19, 2015 (27th Re-Ration – Stehekin) Tentsite at Glacier Creek (2567.8) to High Bridge Ranger Station – Stehekin (2580.0) 12.2 PCT miles today 2614.6 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 838 ft, – 2,826 ft We got into Stehekin, our very last re-ration on the PCT, early this afternoon. The 12-mile hike in was…
Read MoreDay 141: Putting the PCT Into Words
September 18, 2015 Tentsite at Vista Creek (2544.8) to Tentsite at Glacier Creek (2567.8) 23.0 PCT miles today 2602.4 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 5,838 ft, – 6,178 ft Any blogger will tell you that keeping a daily blog is truly a labor of love. And doing so while simultaneously hiking every day from…
Read MoreDay 140: The Beginning of the End
September 17, 2015 Tentsite before White Chuck Trail Junction (2521.6) to Tentsite at Vista Creek (2544.8) 23.2 PCT miles today 2579.4 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 7,511 ft, – 7,824 ft This morning we ate our last Thursday morning breakfast. We packed up our tent for the last time on a Thursday and even…
Read MoreDay 139: Things Just Got Interesting
September 16, 3015 Tentsite before Bench Mark Mountain Junction (2498.2) to Tentsite before White Chuck Trail Junction (2521.6) 23.4 PCT miles today 2556.2 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 5,580 ft, – 6,702 ft The sky today was white, not blue like we’re used to, but we didn’t dare complain because for the second day…
Read MoreDay 138: A Nice Change of Pace
September 15, 2015 Steven’s Pass – Skykomish (2476.0) to Tentsite before Bench Mark Mountain Junction (2498.2) 22.2 PCT miles today 2532.8 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 5,609 ft, – 4,853 ft I am excited to announce that it finally feels like we have come to the end of our hike. Today was the first…
Read MoreDay 137: A Mandatory Zero
September 14, 2015 Steven’s Pass – Skykomish (2476.0) 0 PCT miles today 2510.6 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 0 ft, – 0 ft Sometimes it takes getting well to realize just how unwell you were feeling. I woke this morning feeling less than rested and still experiencing the extreme bodily and mental fatigue that…
Read MoreDay 136: A Marathon Finish
September 13, 2015 Junction of Two Creeks past Cathedral Pass (2450.8) to Steven’s Pass – Skykomish (2476.0) 25.2 PCT miles 2510.6 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 5,712 ft, – 6,957 ft Throughout this hike I’ve appreciated the contrast and comparison of hiking the PCT to running a marathon. Since the PCT is about 2,600…
Read MoreDay 135: Testing Our Limits
September 12, 2015 Seasonal stream past Lemah Meadow trail junction (2424.7) to Junction of Two Creeks past Cathedral Pass (2450.8) 26.1 PCT miles today 2485.4 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 6,137 ft, – 4,582 ft Today was all about endurance. There’s no other way of putting it….today was downright hard. The whole day was…
Read MoreDay 134: We Can See Clearly Now
September 11, 2015 Snoqualamie Pass (2401.9) to Seasonal stream past Lemah Meadow trail junction (2424.7) 22.8 PCT miles today 2459.3 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 6,180 ft, – 6,029 ft For Pickles and I, there’s no better morale booster than above-tree line trails and epic mountain vistas. It felt like Washington changed drastically as…
Read MoreDay 133: On a Mission
September 10, 2015 (25th Re-Ration – Snoqualamie Pass) Stirrup Creek (2388.7) to Snoqualamie Pass (2401.9) 13.2 PCT miles today 2436.5 miles total Today’s Elevation Gain/Loss: + 3,082 ft, – 3,630 ft Today was all about getting to town. These days, every hour off-trail is precious, and we planned on getting in as many as possible…
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