Lorelei and Jacob hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, from the Mexican border to the Canada border in 2015. They kept us updated with the developments from the trail, plus a few bonus adventures along the way!
Day 74 (Continued) Despite us not getting back to the track until late afternoon it was still pretty warm. We walked a bit and then Cashmere saw a sign of her middle name. A photo was required. We continued walking … Continued
Day 70 (Continued) Upon getting back up to Sonora Pass, our poor friend Limey was tired from the saloon shananagans and decided to have a nap on a tree root. We started climbing up from the road. Although it was … Continued
Our guide began the description of this section with something like, “I found this section of the trail to be the most challenging (PHYSICALLY) all three years [that I did the PCT]. It is also mosquito hell”. I know what … Continued
Day 60 continued… So as we were saying in the last post, Cashmere made a deal with a nice woman in a campground to give us and another fellow named Chopsticks a ride to Mammoth. We enjoyed the high heat … Continued
Just a word of warning…this post covers a long week so is a bit long, but some shorter sections are a-coming which is good for shorter posts for you and lower pack-weights for us:) Day 54 (Continued) Although we didn’t … Continued
Day 46 After our late evening escape from the ‘Kennedy Meadows vortex’ we only walked about 2 miles. That was okay, we had achieved our goal of leaving. This was particularly noteworthy because had we stayed another night we surely … Continued
Note to reader: This has been a bit of a frustrating section to blog. Having spent hours writing and revising it (it covers 7 days) we arrived in a town to finally upload it and found it all wiped. We’ve … Continued
Day 30 continued… We set off from the Sweet Water Store in Agua Dulce in the evening and followed the PCT’s route along a main road for several miles. Upon finally joining an unpaved road and climbing a hill out … Continued
Day 25 (Continued) We were very lucky in Wrightwood to come upon a trail angel in front of the grocery store. ‘Brett’ had just returned from bringing a PCT hiker to LA for medical reasons. He told us to help … Continued
Day 19 (Continued) So Papa Smurf dropped us off at mile 266 at about 4:00pm and we tried to get in 9-10 miles before dark. It was fairly uneventful hiking except we saw another rattlesnake and it was crazy. We … Continued