April 28
4:00am hit and I woke Rickets to begin our 22 mile trek to food. You can only be so quiet when packing up and the five of us were packed pretty closely. Raptor
Three pseudo-MIT students hike the PCT or something like that.
Captain's Log: Day 14 - Mile 320.1
April 27
No hail this morning so that was nice. Unfortunately, camping next to a stream always means dew and in this case that meant ice on all the tents. It was another fast pack up
The Beauty of Being Alone
This morning, I was surprised to find myself woken by Loopy (a fellow hiker) grabbing and shaking my foot. I was dead asleep, and anything short of shaking me wouldn't have taken me out of my
Captain's Log: Day 13 - Mile 293.8
April 26
I took a gamble and lost big time. I hadn't set up my tarp yet on the trip and even though the weather forecast had been questionable I decided to cowboy camp again. At
Captain's Log: Day 12 - Mile 273.0
April 25
Papa Smurf cooked a fabulous breakfast of potatoes, eggs, and pancakes for the eighteen of us there. It was quite the affair all of us migrating between the living room and the kitchen.
We
The Next Moment
Once again, The Three Bears were out of civilization yesterday and back on the trail that has become so dear to us. We got a late start, but the fresh legs and healed wounds allowed us
Expecting
About a week ago, I was about to enter my sleeping quilt to go to bed when I found this cross between a scorpion and a centipede, alien-looking thing on the back of my neck. I'm
Captain's Log: Day 11 - Mile 252.1
April 24
With nowhere to be until the afternoon shuttle the five of us slept in until after 6:00am. Hot coffee, orange juice, and the sounds of the morning shuttle group eventually got us up,
Strange Times
You know those days when nothing seems to make sense? I mean, you know how you got there, there's nothing illogical about how it all went down, and your mind still seems to be working properly.
Captain's Log: Day 10 - Mile 210.8
April 23
After the late night we slept in until 5:30am before breaking camp. We still had 15 miles to cover before water and it was all downhill, dropping over 7000 ft. A grade of