MM: 168.6 – Fire Closure (2013 Fire) Trail Miles: None Miles Walked: 10 + running around town With a little over 8 miles of the PCT still closed from the 2013 Mountain Fire near Idyllwild, CA, we had left the trail at mile 168.6. There was a re-route/alternate trail to get us to Idyllwild. Wanderer …
MM: 168.6 Trail Miles: 18.7 Miles Walked: 23.5 Cowboy Camp – Hiker slang for sleeping outside without a tent I woke up from my first night of cowboy camping around 0400. Zack, the young guy from OR was packing up. He’d said he was getting the trail at 0415. I hadn’t gotten much sleep – …
MM: 149.8 Trail Miles: 20.7 Miles Walked: 20.9 Camping on exposed ridges it not something my tent cares to do. Twice in the night, when the winds picked up, one of my main tent stakes came undone and half the tent collapsed on me. It’s a super light weight tent – made from Dyneema Cuben …
MM: 129.2 Trail Miles: 19.7 Miles Walked: 20.7 My alarm went off at 0500. I tried to ignore it. It was cold and way too early. Not seeing my headlamp on, Wanderer came over to my tent, and said it was time to get up. We were going to leave early, by 0600, to avoid …