August 08 – August 20, 2024 Day 96 | Mile 1620.1 – 1640.4 Today was our first encounter with the crazy, urine obsessed deer that hovered just off the trail. We had heard about the deer from a group of Southbound hikers but didn’t understand how persistent they were. The first encounter happened around one […]
Day 96 – 108 | Mile 1620.1 – 1821.9 | Oregon at Last Read More »
July 27 to August 07, 2024 Day 84 | Mile 1204.5 – 1225.1 We caught some early morning trail magic after about an hour of hiking in the form of an ice-filled bucket with pop! Delicious. The trail this morning was part of an ultra-marathon course. We had a ton of runners going by and
Day 84 – 95 | Mile 1204.5 – 1600.8 | NorCal’s Smokey Embrace Read More »
Day 74 – 77 | Zeroes | South Lake Tahoe Adele and I had been apart for 76 days since I left Toronto to fly to San Diego. We were over the moon excited to see each other. Adele was flying into San Francisco and renting a car to drive to South Lake Tahoe where
Day 74 – 83 | Mile 1093.4 – 1204.5 | South Tahoe Dream Read More »
Day 61 | Fourth of July | Mammoth Lakes Fourth of July! We had tons of fun and did the classics: parade, fireworks, beers. In the mix of everything we also sorted out our resupply for the next stretch where Lando and I were planning to take a zero day on trail at Thousand Island
Day 61 – 73 | Mile 912.2 – 1092.0 | Thousand Island Lake & Yosemite Read More »
Day 52 – 53 | Bishop Our stay in Bishop was a much needed break from the overall elevation increase and daily elevation gain. It was filled with loads of food and lots of rest. Our motel was directly across the street from McDonald’s to which we were frequent visitors. Bishop itself is a fun
Day 52 – 60 | Mile 790.3 – 904.5 | A Pass a Day Read More »
Day 47 | Mile 703.4 – 723.4 First day into the Sierras! Everyone was excited to get moving. We steadily climbed all day out of Kennedy Meadows South ending at an elevation just over 10 000 ft. We’d stay above 10 000 ft. for most of the next 3-4 weeks. Day 48 | Mile 723.4
Day 47 – 51 | Mile 703.4 – 789.7 | Into the Sierras Read More »
Day 37 – 38 | Double Zero | Tehachapi We took a double zero in Tehachapi meaning we spent three nights and two days in town. The first and third night we spent at Barb’s Hiker Hut and the second night was spent at a hotel with a pool and hot tub. Barb’s was a
Day 37 – 46 | Mile 558.5 – 703.4 | Goodbye, Desert Read More »
To avoid the heat through this stretch, we did a lot of night hiking resulting in the quality of my journaling to deteriorate and I missed summarizing some days due to fatigue. This is the recap of what I do have and remember. Day 28 | Mile 377.9 – 392.9 We watched the sunrise from
Day 28 – 36 | Mile 377.9 —558.7 | Acton & LA Aquaduct Read More »
Day 22 | Mile 266.1 – 285.6 We had a leisurely exit from Big Bear and arrived on trail around 10:30am. Once we began hiking, we had great views of Big Bear Lake with Mt. San Gorgonio in the background. In the evening, we hiked through a really nice valley and ended around 7:30pm. My
Day 22 – 27 | Mile 266.1 – 377.9 | Wrightwood & Mt. Baden-Powell Read More »
Day 17 | Mile 209.6 – 218.6 After some discussion, it was decided that Lando would travel ahead to Big Bear to rest due to his knee injury while Riley and I hiked the miles to Big Bear. There was a lot of back and forth on whether I’d also skip up to Big Bear
Day 17 – 21 | Mile 209.6 – 266.1 | Mission Creek Read More »