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PCT Day 99, Kennedy Meadows junction to Chimney Creek, 20 miles

You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through. —Rosalynn Carter Another glorious rest at Sandy’s, though I’m still dreaming throughout the night that I’m walking. I wake up from these dreams surprised I haven’t moved at all. Which is a good thing since it’s bacon and eggs […]

PCT Day 97 and 98, zeroes, Ridgecrest

Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic. – Rosalind Russell Much needed zero days have been taken at the home of my new friend, the awesome trail angel Sandy of Ridgecrest. Resupply is accomplished and the bear canister has been sent on back to the gear closet in Saint Paul – hooray! I […]

PCT Day 96, South Fork Kern River to Kennedy Meadows (Ridgecrest) 8 miles

One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in and where you want to go. – Sheila Murray Bethel What a chill little spot, tucked in next to the weird rock formations, high above the river crashing below. The stars were out then the […]

PCT Day 95, Death Canyon Creek to South Fork Kern River, 25 miles

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win. – Steffi Graf I’m sick of being cold. I’m cozy and warm in Big Greenie, but when it gets light, I have to get moving and every task is a frozen misery – changing my clothes, packing my […]

PCT Day 94, Siberian Pass Junction to Death Canyon Creek, 24 miles

One likes people much better when they’re battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. – Virginia Woolf It’s not quite as bitter cold overnight, but I’m not exactly leaping out of my warm bag. And it was not stars last night, but the new moon setting in the western sky […]

PCT Day 93 Tyndall Creek to Siberian Pass Junction, 20 miles

The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. – Ayn Rand I sleep cozily, the creek singing a lullaby, but early in the morning, the temperature drops and I dive deeper under Big Greenie. I hear the men faffing about before it’s light and once I stick out […]

PCT Day 92, Rae Lakes to Tyndall Creek, 20 miles

The way in which we think of ourselves has everything to do with how our world see us and how we see ourselves successfully acknowledged by the world. – Arlene Rankin It was a bitterly cold night by the lake. I wore all my clothes – including rain gear – and while I never shivered, […]