Big Bear/Cougar Crest to Deep Creek Bridge (Mile 277.7 to 298.5) MM: 298.5 Trail Miles: 20.8 Miles Walked: 23.2 Jim & Janet dropped me off at the Cougar Crest Trailhead at 0700. I was excited to get on the trail but also sad to leave. They had been so wonderful, it was hard to leave …
Because I needed some motivation…. Enjoy! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0PleoqR7VjY
MM: 277.7 Cougar Crest Trail Junction Trail Miles: 0 Miles Walked: 0 On Day 16, Slim and I did 21+ trail miles and then hiked an additional 2.4 miles to the Cougar Crest Trailhead, near Big Bear. Friends of Betty’s Mom and BILS were picking us up. Our Trail Angels, Jim and Janet, would house, …
Beyond my normal journal entry, I wanted to make note of two people we met on the trail today. Just as I was starting to struggle physically and mentally, desperately in need of my first day off, I would meet two extraordinary fellow hikers. The first was Signe. It was about 10am and she was …
MM: 277.7 Trail Miles: 21.5 Miles Walked: 23.9 It was 32 deg at 0530 when I awoke to hear Montreal Marc and Mommento packing up. I was warm, comfortable and just as importantly, hadn’t slid anywhere during the night – my thermarest, sleeping bag and body were on top of each other. I’d finally found …
MM: 256.2, elev 7600 ft Trail miles: 20.7 Miles Walked: 21.0 Woke up at 0427 to see Montreal Mark and Momento packing up. They were planning to summit Mt San Gorgonio. I passed on summiting. I feel like I am in need of a zero. (As in a day off, e.g. zero miles). After yesterday’s …
MM: 235.5 Trail Miles: 22.1 Miles Walked:22.1 Yesterday I passed the 200 mile point. I have officially exceeded the distance I did on the John Muir Trail (JMT) in 1997. Our cowboy camp spot at the wind farm was protected from the wind and I slept all right. When I woke at 0540 there were …
MM: 186.6 Trail Miles: 9.6 Miles Walked: 17.4 Even though I’d followed Doctor’s orders -taken an epsom salt bath and started the Doxy meds – it didn’t help my aching feet. I had a restless night and didn’t get much sleep. Regardless, Slim and I were up early and walking up the road to the …
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 – …