I’m writing this in the Sierra, one of the most spectacular places I’ve ever been. More on that in other posts. However, I’ve been asked several questions along the lines of “did you like the desert”, and wanted to make a quick retrospective post on the entire desert section. For […]

The desert is over! It took its revenge at the end though with a series of 15-22 mile water carries between caches – not even streams. I carried 7 days of food out of Tehachapi for the 133 miles to Kennedy Meadows S – coupled with 10 pounds of water, […]

This was a rough stretch. The desert is slowly starting to lose its charm and gain its heat, a lot of churn in who I’m hiking with, and the wind is here with a vengeance. There were a lot of positives though, like lots of trail magic, getting to fly, […]

I (hopefully temporarily) lost a member of my trail family, Andrew, leaving Big Bear to an infection on his hip. He took a week off in Big Bear to heal and is back at it now. That brought us to 3. We then lost Alicia in Wrightwood, she was moving […]

We took an unplanned zero in Idyllwild to wait out a snowstorm. The mountain got a few inches of snow up high, but it didn’t cause too many problems. A small patch of snow around mile 170, and a bit of snow just before dropping down into Cabazon and I-10. […]

The second week saw a slight bump in miles per day, and I’m starting to feel stronger. I left town with 3 other hikers – Andrew, Alicia, and Britt – and have been hiking with them for most of the last week. I’ve done a few 15-16 mile days, with […]