Destination: Saddle on border of the Russian Wilderness
Miles: 26
Adrian: This is how a day goes on the PCT. Part one of a series:
Alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m., but you've been up 10 minutes prior. The sun is just rising, and if you have a clear view east you can watch it do so. This morning you're camped in Scott campground on a wooded saddle with no view.
You reach down to the foot of the tarp tent and grab the backpack that has all your loose items and the food bag and put it outside the tent.
Reaching into the clothing stuff sack, you grab the running shorts and nylon long pants you've been wearing for the last 101 days. The pants go on over the shorts while in camp because it's quite cold up in these mountains during the early morning hours. The long sleeve, lightweight capilene top comes off and the sweaty, long sleeved desert shirt goes back on. Whipping around in the tent you put the socks on that you rinsed in the stream the afternoon before and finally your shoes go on.
Everything else in the tent that is yours gets put outside the door of the tent. Then, out you go.
To be continued...
A section hiker came into camp late last night asking about the facilities. He turned out to be a nice guy doing the PCT in something like three or four sections. He was asleep when we left but caught up to us later in the day.
We leave the Trinity Alps Wilderness tomorrow and enter the Russian Wilderness. The nearby Quartz Wilderness is closed due to fire.
The day today was hard with lots of ups and downs. I felt like we earned all these miles and that there were no "gimmes" today. We did well and there are only 14 miles till Etna Summit road where we hitch into town!
Stay tuned...
Kirsten: Adrian forgot to mention how part of his morning routine involves gassing out the tent before quickly ducking out. I'm convinced he does this in an effort to get me moving in the morning.
I'm pretty bummed about the fire closure. We haven't skipped a single section yet. Although I suppose one could argue that the biking portion wasn't a "hike." I'm letting Adrian decide what we should about the closure. I'm pretty sure we'll end up taking a bus from Etna to Seiad Valley.
I don't want to skip. I also am sick of walking through smoke and haze. I'd rather hike on the actual trail. So I hope to return to this area on hike this section without the fire.
Miles: 26
Adrian: This is how a day goes on the PCT. Part one of a series:
Alarm goes off at 5:45 a.m., but you've been up 10 minutes prior. The sun is just rising, and if you have a clear view east you can watch it do so. This morning you're camped in Scott campground on a wooded saddle with no view.You reach down to the foot of the tarp tent and grab the backpack that has all your loose items and the food bag and put it outside the tent.
Reaching into the clothing stuff sack, you grab the running shorts and nylon long pants you've been wearing for the last 101 days. The pants go on over the shorts while in camp because it's quite cold up in these mountains during the early morning hours. The long sleeve, lightweight capilene top comes off and the sweaty, long sleeved desert shirt goes back on. Whipping around in the tent you put the socks on that you rinsed in the stream the afternoon before and finally your shoes go on.
Everything else in the tent that is yours gets put outside the door of the tent. Then, out you go.
To be continued...
A section hiker came into camp late last night asking about the facilities. He turned out to be a nice guy doing the PCT in something like three or four sections. He was asleep when we left but caught up to us later in the day.
We leave the Trinity Alps Wilderness tomorrow and enter the Russian Wilderness. The nearby Quartz Wilderness is closed due to fire.The day today was hard with lots of ups and downs. I felt like we earned all these miles and that there were no "gimmes" today. We did well and there are only 14 miles till Etna Summit road where we hitch into town!
Stay tuned...
Kirsten: Adrian forgot to mention how part of his morning routine involves gassing out the tent before quickly ducking out. I'm convinced he does this in an effort to get me moving in the morning.
I'm pretty bummed about the fire closure. We haven't skipped a single section yet. Although I suppose one could argue that the biking portion wasn't a "hike." I'm letting Adrian decide what we should about the closure. I'm pretty sure we'll end up taking a bus from Etna to Seiad Valley.I don't want to skip. I also am sick of walking through smoke and haze. I'd rather hike on the actual trail. So I hope to return to this area on hike this section without the fire.
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