July 9, 2022 Middle Fork of the Feather River at mile 1249.7 to Quincy via Bucks Lake Road at mile 1267.9 18.2 miles Oh, dear God. Everything hurts. I didn’t sleep well. It was really warm and I was too hot in my quilt. I tossed and turned all night. Now I feel yesterday in …
July 8, 2022 Campsite near Little Jamison Creek at mile 1216 to Middle Fork of the Feather River at mile 1249.7 33.7 miles My alarm goes off at 4:30. I groan. No, no, no. I’m cold and my sleeping bag is damp with condensation. I wish I’d gotten to camp earlier last night. I don’t …
July 6, 2022 Campsite at mile 1174.9 to Sierra City at mile ~1195.4 20.5 miles I wake up before my alarm. I think what I’m hearing is a mountain lion doing that wheezing thing. Either that or a bird is making a great mountain lion impression. I was going to get up to pee, but …
July 5, 2022 Campsite at mile 1153.8 to campsite at mile 1174.9 21.1 miles We’d all agreed last night that we would sleep in today because we stayed up late for the fireworks. So when I wake naturally just before 6, no one is moving and it’s beautiful. Jumbo is still curled up in his …
July 4, 2022 Campsite at Five Lakes Creek, mile 1136 to campsite at mile 1153.8 17.8 miles I’m not as tired as I thought I would be after a 28 mile day, but I’m still so sluggish waking up. Tribute and Jumbo leave before me again, around 6:30, and I’m packed up and walking by …
July 3, 2022 Campsite at mile ~1107.9 to campsite at Five Lakes Creek, mile 1136 28 miles I’m cold. I’m tired. And I do not want to get up. I ignore my alarm and the rustling of my friends’ quilts and the deflating of their sleeping pads until I’m guilted into moving. Platypus comes over …
June 27, 2022 Kennedy Meadows North to Sonora Pass to Wolf Creek at mile 1039.3 22.4 miles We try to get breakfast at the restaurant, but because they’re short-staffed and a lot of hikers descend at once, it’s ages before anyone even gets to our table. Tribute and I decide to go to the store …
Sarahmarie Specht-Bird 