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PCT Day 14: San Jacinto

On May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-HikeLeave a comment

May 2, 2022 Idyllwild to Saddle Junction via Devil’s Slide Trail, San Jacinto Peak trail to PCT, PCT to campsite at mile 190.5 6.6 PCT miles +8.8 non-PCT miles on Devil’s Slide and San Jacinto Peak Trails 15.4 miles We start rustling much earlier than yesterday. We’re going back to the PCT today! Within an …

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PCT Day 13: Zero in Idyllwild

On May 3, 2022May 2, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-HikeLeave a comment

May 1, 2022 0 PCT miles Idyllwild, California I am oddly comfortable when I wake up. I stretch out and remember that I am in a bed in a hotel room instead of on my crinkly potato chip sleeping pad in my tent in the woods. 6:00 comes and goes, then 7. It’s close to …

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PCT Day 11: Uphill

On May 1, 2022May 1, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-HikeLeave a comment

April 29, 2022 Campsite at mile 155.9 to campsite at 170.9 15 PCT miles +2 mile accidental detour +1 mile to Apache Spring and back My alarm goes off at 4:45 and I am off and running. I put Leukotape on my feet, change into hiking clothes, shove my sleeping bag in its dry sack, …

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Sunrise on Baden-Powell, 400 miles, so much lupine and snow plants, and a road walk to avoid a section of trail closed due to endangered frogs. What’s next? Love this wild, hot, dusty trail!
Highlights from the past week on the PCT:
Zero day in Idyllwild with my big wacky tramily ❤️
Alexa, play “Wildflowers” by Tom Petty
Yesterday was probably the best day on the PCT so far. After a refreshing unplanned zero, we went back onto the trail. There were views all day. There was trail magic. There were flowers and laughs and cacti. We cruised our first 20-mile day, much earlier than I thought we would. We found a beautiful campsite, and I stared at the stars. Life is good out here.
Some scenes from the early PCT, including, but not limited to: wildflowers, ridiculously beautiful landscapes, new friends, neat rocks, and very, very cold wind. Swipe all the way to see how hikers ward off hypothermia when it hails in the desert.

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