Pacific Crest Trail

Day 118 (Continued) So as we were saying in the last post, we were a bit late in leaving Callahan’s Lodge to return to the trail. We didn’t feel particularly bad though as unlike most of our hiker friends, we … Continued

Day 114 (Continued) So after the entertainment of the pancake challenge and hanging around for the heat to subside we set off down the road…literally. We had to roadwalk for about half a mile which was exceptionally hot. We were … Continued

Day 111 (Continued…) After returning from Etna, we set off from the trailhead with Trashcan and began some moderate climbing. Even though the temperature was much cooler than down in Etna, we were still finding it warm and especially humid. … Continued

Day 106 We awoke in the Castella Campground  after a short but good night’s sleep. We knew we had a big climb that day (don’t we always coming out of trail towns in Northern California?) so thought it best to … Continued

Day 102 continued… Hitching out of Burney proved more difficult than Chester. We stood in the already hot mid morning sun trying to thumb a ride with no success. After about half an hour we asked the motel reception to … Continued

So…we are currently a bit mad at the WordPress App. For the second time WordPress has deleted an entire blog post, including images from our phone. We now have to start all over again. It seems that writing blogs on … Continued

Day 94 (Continued) So….after an epic blackberry feast we finally made our way into Belden. It was already after 8pm. Belden isn’t really a town. It’s more like a weird old, gold- rush style hotel with a pub and small … Continued

To hitch to Sierra City from Truckee was never going to be easy. There isn’t a direct road between the two, and we had already found hitching in Truckee difficult. To improve our chances of success we walked two miles … Continued

This blog post documents our “Intermission”, 10 days off the PCT to attend a wedding and a few other bits and pieces around. Day 79 (Continued): Travelling from the PCT to Reno We walked away from the Sierra City village … Continued

Day 77 (Continued) To get back to the trail from Truckee we started walking away from the supermarket and toward the trail with thumbs out. I don’t know if it was the hot weather, the presence of an interstate down … Continued