Miles: 1191.5 to 1202.4 Trail Miles: 10.9 Miles Hiked: 14.0 Woke early-ish, 0530. On trail at 0715 after nice morning breakfast. My one trekking pole was definitely broken. Going over some rocks I put weight on it and it bent. Decided to put it away and save it for tent use only. I’ve realized how …
Miles: 1168.5 to 1191.5 Trail Miles: 23 The hiker who arrived at camp late last night was already gone when I woke at 0530. He was ultralight and fast. Me on the other hand? I didn’t get on trail until 0700. I knew if I pushed it, I could make it to Sierra City today, …
Miles: 1153.4 to 1168.5 Trail Miles: 15.1 The Sierra Club lodge provided dinner, breakfast and a pack-your-own lunch. At 7:30 I went down and made a large sandwich – six slices of cheese and double meat. I then had breakfast: French toast and two large bowls of real oatmeal, not instant, with milk, brown sugar, …
Miles: 1146.6 to 1153.4 Trail Miles: 6.8 I slept in again. It felt really good, so I obviously needed it. Still, I had some ‘hiker guilt’ about doing so and it was reinforced by the number of hikers I heard going by my tent. I finally got the on trail about 0720, just as Bandit …