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PCT Day 49: Nero to Crabtree

On June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-HikeLeave a comment

June 6, 2022 Rock Creek at mile 760.5 to Crabtree Meadows, ~PCT mile 767 6.5 miles We’re only doing six and a half miles today, so we sleep in. And I mean sleep in: I don’t wake up until almost 8. I was really cold last night, and I didn’t sleep well. Is this how …

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PCT Day 48: Cutting Onions

On June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-Hike1 Comment

June 5, 2022 Dutch Meadow at mile 743 to Rock Creek at mile 760.5 17.5 miles It’s an uphill start today, which I guess is just something we’re going to have to get used to. We didn’t leave as early as planned, of course, but we’re out by 6:30 or so and it’s already so …

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PCT Day 47: Vitamin I and the Dead

On June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky Hikes, Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-Hike2 Comments

June 4, 2022 Campsite at mile 722.2 to Dutch Meadow at mile 743 20.8 miles I am not in a good mood. DLT and Catless pack up so fast and it takes me forever to even get out of my tent. Yesterday scared me. I do not want to be that hungry again. I hate …

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PCT Day 46: So Begins Part 2

On June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-HikeLeave a comment

June 3, 2022 Kennedy Meadows at mile 702.2 to campsite at mile 722.2 20 miles Morning is a flurry of packing, eating breakfast out of the hiker box, coffee drinking, and using the bathroom at Grumpy’s on more time before we head out into the mountains. I manage to fit my ice axe and bear …

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PCT Day 45: Zero in Kennedy Meadows

On June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 By Sarahmarie Specht-BirdIn Pacific Crest Trail, Thru-HikeLeave a comment

June 2, 2022 0 miles I’ll tell you a secret: I’ve been behind for the past week. Usually I write each entry at night, but I’ve been so wiped every day recently that all I can manage is a brief list of notes before I pass out. So I’m determined to get caught up on …

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