Knocked out another 20 miles today. I think I’m really starting to get “hiker legs” where they’re feeling really strong. I’ve got my routine pretty down for a 20 mile day: Get started on a breakfast of a cookie and eat a tortilla I’ve saved in a pocket after about an hour of hiking. Anywhere…

Knocked out another 22 miles today. Didn’t feel like I was in peak form when I woke up so I was pretty pleased with that showing. There was a nice long hot stretch of 15 miles between water today and I’m glad I carried the full 5 liters I did. One note about water –…

Oh what wonders a good night of sleep can work for you. Got up decently early and made good progress, 22.5 today. Legs felt pretty good despite some lingering issues from a heel blister and adjusted stride as a result. It was also the first day I started to really fantasize about food. For some…

Slept about as expected, which is to say, poorly. I was dragging so much to start the day that a little after 10am I decided I needed to pull off and nap. I dozed for about an hour and a half until I felt normal, at which point I knew I had a lot of…

Forty days in the desert and I don’t know yet that I’m a changed man. I think yesterday was the nadir on morale, lesson learned is hiking on not enough sleep makes for an unhappy camper. I got 20.5 miles done today, and resupplied in Tehachapi which is quite a cute little town. The trail…

Aight today was a tough one. Got to sleep around 1 after setting up camp and all, but I hadn’t considered the issue of camping at a literal wind farm. My tent was billowing around me all night and when I woke up with the sun at 6am there was no going back. Then I…

Typing this after midnight as I finally lay down after the night hike portion of my 26.8 mile day. It was a little shy of 10 miles to get to my siesta at hikertown, and then 17 and change to get here. I blew through the 17 in 6 hours, which was an excellent pace.…

Kept it to a more reasonable 18.5 today. I’ve got a 9.5 tomorrow morning into hikertown where I’ll bunker down for the day before my night hike. I’m really looking forward to the night hike, if a little nervous about how far I’ll end up needing to go. I’ve met a handful of folks now…

18.5 today, setting up a 21 tomorrow. I started later than I meant to so did a lot of my hiking in the heat. It sure made it more difficult than it needed to be. But I had a nice moment when I got up on a ridge with a really interesting set of views.…

On the road again! Just fifteen miles today, and my knees sadly hurt more than I hoped they would. I’m looking to start upping my mileage, especially with these hot sections coming up. I’ll probably change my sleep schedule to wake up significantly earlier, take much longer siestas, and hike into the night. Night hiking…