Day 36: Mile 669 to 703

34 Miles I decided I was going to go for it. It would be my longest day, but I knew it would be worth it. Kennedy Meadows has a gene...

Day 35: Mile 640 to 669

29 miles We are in bear country now. I've seen a lot of bear tracks. I pick up my bear canister so I can store my food in it at ...

Day 34: Mile 612 to 640

28 miles So in Tehachapi we all decided that we would be hiking long days to get to Kennedy Meadows as much as possible. To save weight,...

Day 33: Mile 583 to 612

29 miles Today was just a long day. The wind was freezing. Nothing exciting happened. We did pass mile 600. Yay. I'm hungry.

Day 32: Mile 558 to 583

25 miles Today the wind was still bad. We had a long climb up to a ridge where we planned to camp. I bought a Barbie kite and we flew...

Day 31: Mile 545 to 558

13 miles Today was another town day. We woke up early, did our 13 miles as fast as we could and got a ride in to the town of Tehachap...

Day 30: Mile 518.5 to 545

26.5 miles Today was a little nuts. The first 15 miles were completely flat, through the desert, along the California aqueduct...

Day 29: Mile 489 to 518.5

29.5 miles We crossed mile 500 today! 500 miles is a long way, I can't really believe I've made it this far already. I would ...

Better picture of the mohawk

Day 28: Mile 478.5 to 489

Nero, 10.5 miles Well we took a nero at Casa de Luna today. Meaning we didn't get a full day of hiking in but still did some miles. ...

Day 27: Mile 454.5 to 478.5

24 miles. Today we made the trek from one trail angel house to another.  We left early to beat the heat again. There wasn't much sha...

Day 26: Zero at the Saufley's in Agua Dulce

Zero miles. Today was nice. We just relaxed. Used the computers, watched movies, went to town to eat, and hung out. People we passed a d...

Day 25: Mile 444 to 454.4

10.5 miles Today was an awesome day. My mom planned on meeting me in Agua Dulce so she could take me to the start of Stage 6 of the Tour...

Day 24: Mile 418.5 to 444

25.5 miles Today we had a very early start. The trail was very exposed and we wanted to get to a nice shady spot 18 miles in before we t...

Day 23: Mile 394 to 418.5

24.5 miles Today we passed the 400 mile mark! Other than that, it was a kind of boring day. We woke up early, did 14 miles before lunch, ...

Day 22: Mile 370.5 to 394

About 24.5 miles We started around 5:45 this morning. About five miles in we started a big climb up Mt. Baden Powell. The trail was stee...

Day 21: Mile 356.5 to 370.5

14 miles The guys I have started hiking with are Samwise, Sweet As, and Fallrisk. Most of today was spent in the town of Wrightwood. We ...

Day 20: Mile 327 to 356.5

29.5 miles The 14 miles to the McDonald's went pretty quick. The trail was very overgrown which was annoying. But we got to McDonald...

Day 19: Mile 306.5 to 327

20.5 miles The day started out great. The 6 miles out of deep creek were easy. When we got to hwy 173 there were a few trail angels there ...

Day 18: Mile 274 to 306.5 - Deep Creek

Yep 32.5 miles today. Brendan's 31 mile day made me jealous. So I figured today I would push myself to a 30+ day as well. I started ...

Day 17: Mile 259.5 to 274 - Big Bear

6.5 miles to hwy 18, resupplied, then 8 miles to camp. Well last night was a little crazy. As I was sleeping, Prudence and Nathan walked b...

Day 16: Mile 235 to 259.5

24.5 miles Today we saw our first grizzly.....and tiger...and lion...and mountain lion. Apparently there is a compound up here in the mo...

Oops

Looks like I posted the wrong picture on my last post. Oh well. Enjoy that one. It is Harlan and Lucy hanging out on the couch.

Day 15: Mile 209.5 to 235

25.5 miles I think today was the most miles we've hiked in a day so far. We started around 6am after being dropped off. We knew the ...

Day 14: Zero day in Indio

Today was a zero day. Meaning we hiked zero miles and took the day off. The 4 of us stayed at my Aunt Beth and Uncle Kirby's house in In...

Day 13: Mile 190 to 209.5 (I-10)

My camera broke and it somehow deleted all of my pictures off of the card. I will keep trying to recover them.   19.5 miles Today was a...

Day 12: Mile 178.5 to 190

My camera broke and it somehow deleted all of my pictures off of the card. I will keep trying to recover them. About 16 miles Today sta...

Day 11: Mile 162.5 to 178.5 (Idyllwild)

My camera broke and it somehow deleted all of my pictures off of the card. I will keep trying to recover them. 16 PCT miles with 3.5 side ...

Day 10: Mile 142.5 to mile 162.5

20 miles The wind is getting super annoying. We went to sleep in the wind, woke up in the wind, started the day hiking in the wind and fin...

Day 9: Mile 19.5 to mile 142.5

23 miles. Today started out very cold and windy. The clouds had moved in overnight. We rushed 8 miles to a trail angel's house where w...

Day 9: Mile 19.5 to mile 142.5

23 miles. Today started out very cold and windy. The clouds had moved in overnight. We rushed 8 miles to a trail angel's house where w...

Day 8: Mile 101 (Barrel Spring) to mile 119.5

18.5 miles Last night we had a lot of people at our camp. We had a fire and hung out. In the morning we all started out within a few minut...

Day 7: Scissors Crossing (77) to Barrel Spring (101)

24 miles Today was another hot day. But we did it right this time. We woke up and were hiking by 5am. There was only one water source...