Wow what a day. A high high and a low low. To start the day, I ran into two guys I hadn’t seen for 800 miles! I’d hiked with them during my first stretch on the way to Julian, and been following their progress in trail registers the whole time since, hoping I’d be able…

Hi all! It’s been a minute since I’ve posted, and I’ve got some updates. Update one – I’m off the trail! Ended at donner ski ranch on day 79. Nothing bad’s happened, but I’m done with the trail for the year. I didn’t want to deal with the imminent fire closures of hundreds of miles…

Made it through Tuolumne Meadows today and got another resupply box. It was quite a pretty walk along the meadow, and I enjoyed reading the informational signs. It went back to our regularly scheduled evening thunderstorms today, and I almost outsped it but finally had to give in and wear my rain coat the last…

Man, it’s nice to not get rained on. That was really the only way today was eventful – not getting rained on. Oh and I ate two dinners – I had extra, so had one for my second lunch instead of the usual ramen and tuna. Looking forward to getting to Tuolumne meadows tomorrow, that…

What a day of highs and lows. For starters, I spent the morning hiking with a friend in made yesterday – Adam. We hiked uphill yesterday at ridiculous speed to get over a pass, and though I let him get ahead on the downhill we ended up camping next to each other last night. I’ve…

Got another 16 miles in after leaving VVR on the morning ferry. Was in a bit of a grumpy mood since there were some hooligans up too late being loud at the resort – didn’t fall asleep until 11:30ish which out here is unheard of. I also got rained on again for the last hour…

16 miles today, 15 on the pct. I took a side trail at the end to the east side of Lake Thomas Edison, where I got a ferry ride to Vermillion Valley Resort to resupply. It’s Friday night, which means pizza night. I had a decent size meat lovers all to myself, and topped it…

21 miles today, and they felt pretty smooth. The highlight of today was the ford of the south fork of the San Joaquin River, required since the bridge is out. This ford has been built up in my head over the last like hundred miles. There were handwritten signs from rangers 90 miles back warning…

This was a much better day. For starters, I just woke up in a better mood. Was worth it to not push myself to get to 20 miles yesterday. I also went into today with the attitude that if I didn’t get to 20 it was no problem, as I’ve got enough food to add…

Really felt the last couple days catching up with me. And to be fair, the elevation and the grade have both been pretty significant as well. Some truly incredible views that feel VERY well earned. It’s funny how the effects elevation can kind of come and go. I didn’t really feel it at all going…