7/6 Miles: 1282.4 to 1295.5 Trail Miles: 13.1 I’d checked the delivery status of my new trekking poles when I briefly had cell service last night. They weren’t projected to arrive in Belden until tomorrow. So much for paying extra for expedited shipping. Part of me still had hope they’d arrive at the trail angel’s …
Miles: 1259.9 to 1282.4 Trail Miles: 22.5 After several mild nights with 50 degree temps, the night I have to cowboy camp the temperature drops to 39 overnight. I was warm in my sleeping bag, so I took my time getting up. I didn’t get on the trail until almost 0800. After yesterday’s 30-miler, I …
Miles: 1229.9 to 1259.9 Trail Miles: 30 After a good nights sleep, I was toying with the idea of doing 30 miles today. I wasn’t sure if I was up for it, but the campsite at 30 miles had a vista. Several Guthooks comments said it had a beautiful sunrise. Given today was the Fourth …
Miles: 1202.4 to 1229.9 Trail Miles: 27.5 I awoke early to animals sounds at 0400. I think it was a mule deer. Later, at 0530, a mule deer came sniffing around within 20 ft of my tent. Time to get up. I was on the trail at 0612. I stopped for second breakfast 90 minutes …
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 …
Miles: 1123.3 to 1146.6 Trail Miles: 23.3 Last night I camped with Smokebeard and Cody, a TRT hiker we had met. We got to camp at 6 pm, the earliest I had in a while. It made for a nice, leisurely meal at a reasonable hour. We had a fire to help with the mosquitos …
Miles: 1101.7 to 1123.3 Trail Miles: 21.6 I woke up a little after five. I tried to doze in my sleeping bag – I was running a sleep deficit, a few minutes more sleep would be nice. I heard Smokebeard rustling in his tent about 0530 so I started packing too. He got on the …