Pacific Crest Trail

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 18th & 19th August: Day 120 & 121 – Mile 2,194 Day 120 – mile 2,168Day 121 – mile 2,194 Walking all day in the heat, badly hungover from the festival. I’ve almost made it, when I come out onto a dirt road. There is a man there, waiting for me […]

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 30th July: Day 101 – Mile 1,746 In my notes I celebrate 100 days on trail. As a trained accountant, I guess it’s embarrassing that I lost count of the days almost 2 months ago and the 100th day was actually yesterday. An old local guy stops me at a

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 11th to 18th July: Day 82 to 89 – Mile 1,511 Day 82 – mile 1,342 Day 83 – mile 1,367Day 84 – mile 1,386Day 85 – mile 1,409Day 86 – mile 1,437Day 87 – mile 1,467Day 88 – mile 1,489Day 89 – mile 1,511 There’s no pleasing some people. Out

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 29th June: Day 70 – Mile 1,097 Back to South Lake Tahoe to resupply and restart. This is a bad day. I won’t dwell on the details but for context, my long term relationship ends in a phone call here. I walk to the highway and put my thumb out, and the

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 14th June: Day 55 – Mile 923 Realise I’ve bought the wrong pain killers when we take a 15 minute break and I fall asleep. Turns out ‘extra strength’ refers to a sedative not mentioned on the front of the pack. I assumed it just meant the pills were

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 1st June: Day 42 – Mile 731 Get up to around 10,500ft. Ice axe, bear canister, crampons, 10 days of food – my bag is heavy. It is also old – at least 2,200 miles on it. A bit of the strap snaps. But I can’t work out what

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 22nd May: Day 32 – Mile 573 Out of Tehachapi and onwards towards the Sierra. Hmm. Exciting photos today… There’s another storm, I give up early, and for some reason just take photos of my feet and my food bag. Staples: m&ms, tortillas, instant mash, dried mango, cheese crackers. I

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 7th May: Day 17 – Mile 306 My notes say “Bold food and TP assumptions were made when I skipped the last resupply. Will I reach Cajon Pass with any dignity?” TP = toilet paper Dignity = a commodity generally in short supply 8th May: Day 18 – Mile 328 I

Back to Pacific Crest Trail Homepage 21st April: Day 1 – Mile 20 Day 1 of walking 2,650 miles through the mountains from the US/Mexican border to the Canada. Probably until October. Smoke me a kipper, I’ll be back for Brexit. I meet an anarchist who believes the State should and would work on a voluntary