PCT 2013

Links, links and more links to all the journals from my PCT 2013 thru-hike.

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Looking out towards Scissors Crossing

Gear List
Gear Review

The Desert – Mountain YoYo (Southern California to Kennedy Meadows)
Day 1: April 24 – Canceled
Day 2: April 25 – I’m Light
Day 3: April 26 – Burrito
Day 4: April 27 – The Gourmet Treatment
Day 5: April 28 – Push To Store
Day 6: April 29 – Roll The Dice
Day 7: April 30 – Julian
Day 8: May 1 – 101 Miles
Day 9: May 2 – The Eagle Has Landed
Day 10: May 3 – The Gusher
Day 11: May 4 – Taste Of Paradise
Day 12: May 5 – Wind Brain
Day 13: May 6 – Lost My Brains Run!
Day 14: May 7 – Somewhere But Nowhere
Day 15: May 8 – Formation
Day 16: May 9 – Descent
Day 17: May 10 – Roadrunner
Day 18: May 11 – 1000 Lizards
Day 19: May 12 – Bear Bliss
Day 20: May 13 – 3L
Day 21: May 14 – Cone Toss
Day 22: May 15 – Deep Creek Hot Springs
Day 23: May 16 – Wheeze
Day 24: May 17 – Fellowship Of The Ring
Day 25: May 18 – Toe
Day 26: May 19 – Limp Love
Day 27: May 20 – Corn Of The Toe
Day 28: May 21 – Kick It Up
Day 29: May 22 – Ho’ In The To’
Day 30: May 23 – Toerrific
Day 31: May 24 – Dreaming Of A Better Toemorrow
Day 32: May 25 – Toeing The Line
Day 33: May 26 – Like, Toetally Dude
Day 34: May 27 – tOeLYMPICS
Day 35: May 28 – Tip Toe
Day 36: May 29 – Toeday Is The Day
Day 37: May 30 – Going Up In Flames
Day 38: May 31 – Fire Watchin’
Day 39: June 1 – When You Run Out Of Water In The Mojave
Day 40: June 2 – Turbine Town
Day 41: June 3 – GTFO
Day 42: June 4 – Cake Mix Lunch
Day 43: June 5 – Passing 600
Day 44: June 6 – Joshua Tree Jab
Day 45: June 7 – Walker Pass Magic
Day 46: June 8 – Meltdown
Day 47: June 9 – 4 Chain
Day 48: June 10 – 2 Bear

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Palisades Lake – Just after Mather Pass and before the Golden Staircase

The Sierra Nevada (Kennedy Meadows to Northern California)
Day 49: June 11 – Step By Step
Day 50: June 12 – 3 Broken
Day 51: June 13 – Fox Tail Pine Delusion
Day 52: June 14 – Deathly Poison
Day 53: June 15 – Chicken Spring Lake
Day 54: June 16 – In The Shadow Of Mt. Whitney
Day 55: June 17 – Getting High
Day 56: June 18 – Burn No Calories
Day 57: June 19 – Human Washing Machine
Day 58: June 20 – Return
Day 59: June 21 – Solstice
Day 60: June 22 – Two Pass Reunion
Day 61 – June 23 – Muir Moment
Day 62: June 24 – It’s Snowing
Day 63: June 25 – Heart
Day 64: June 26 – VVR Feast
Day 65: June 27 – New Tracks
Day 66: June 28 – 900 Thunder
Day 67: June 29 – Reds Zero
Day 68: June 30 – Mosquito Crumb Trail
Day 69: July 1 – Betto In The Metto
Day 70: July 2 – Circle
Day 71: July 3 – River Dip
Day 72: July 4 – Am I In The Desert?
Day 73: July 5 – 1000 Miles
Day 74: July 6 – Reno Rumble
Day 75: July 7 – Reno Recover
Day 76: July 8 – Bicycle Cowboy Serenade
Day 77: July 9 – Lake Day
Day 78: July 10 – August Rush
Day 79: July 11 – Grouse Me
Day 80: July 12 – Power Off
Day 81: July 13 – Trampled By Turtles
Day 82: July 14 – Swatt Team
Day 83: July 15 – Peach Bliss
Day 84: July 16 – Sierra City Gold
Day 85: July 17 – Buttes
Day 86: July 18 – Bearific
Day 87: July 19 – Feather
Day 88: July 20 – Raving Hot
Day 89: July 21 – Q Zero

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A rare patch of carnivorous pitcher plants

The Cascade Start (Northern California to Oregon)
Day 90: July 22 – Wisdom
Day 91: July 23 – Sustenance
Day 92: July 24 – Boiling Bad
Day 93: July 25 – Flat Line
Day 94: July 26 – Old Hat
Day 95: July 27 – Double Cache Bomb
Day 96: July 28 – Rock Laundry
Day 97: July 29 – Coastal Day
Day 98: July 30 – Obsidian Butterfly
Day 99: July 31 – Dirty Dancing Dunsmuir
Day 100: Aug 1 – Barley Legal
Day 101: Aug 2 – Carnivorous Pitcher
Day 102: Aug 3 – More Cowbell Please
Day 103: Aug 4 – Circle No More
Day 104: Aug 5 – Scott Valley
Day 105: Aug 6 – Welcome To Tuesday
Day 106: Aug 7 – Slice And Dice
Day 107: Aug 8 – Rounding The Corner
Day 108: Aug 9 – Double BDay
Day 109: Aug 10 – Man Eaten
Day 110: Aug 11 – Paradise
Day 111: Aug 12 – Challenge Before Walking
Day 112: Aug 13 – Death By Pancake

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The red-headed South Sister

Oregon
Day 113: Aug 14 – Oh Sweet Oregon
Day 114: Aug 15 – Filo Banana
Day 115: Aug 16 – Springing Green
Day 116: Aug 17 – Hugs
Day 117: Aug 18 – Cone Bomb
Day 118: Aug 19 – Giving
Day 119: Aug 20 – Mazama Magic
Day 120: Aug 21 – Wise Wizard
Day 121: Aug 22 – Snap, Crackle and Pop
Day 122: Aug 23 – Low Skyline
Day 123: Aug 24 – Fe Fi Fo
Day 124: Aug 25 – Making Moats
Day 125: Aug 26 – 5 Brewery Day
Day 126: Aug 27 – Rolling Out
Day 127: Aug 28 – Three Sisters
Day 128: Aug 29 – Spontaneous
Day 129: Aug 30 – Drop That Jaw
Day 130: Aug 31 – Bud Buzz
Day 131: Sept 1 – Lat 45
Day 132: Sept 2 – Will Climb For Beer
Day 133: Sept 3 – Waffles And Beer
Day 134: Sept 4 – Check Your Neck
Day 135: Sept 5 – Descent Into Fog
Day 136: Sept 6 – 6 Box

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A rare view just after the climb out of Milk Creek

Washington
Day 137: Sept 7 – Angel Avenue
Day 138: Sept 8 – Over Step
Day 139: Sept 9 – Silence
Day 140: Sept 10 – Trail Of Poop
Day 141: Sept 11 – Calling All Goats
Day 142: Sept 12 – Rock The Goat
Day 143: Sept 13 – Obscenity
Day 144: Sept 14 – Big White
Day 145: Sept 15 – Land O’ Huckleberry
Day 146: Sept 16 – Fog Machine
Day 147: Sept 17 – IPA
Day 148: Sept 18 – Hippotato
Day 149: Sept 19 – Nickel Tree
Day 150: Sept 20 – Deception
Day 150: Sept 21 – Pizza Work
Day 151: Sept 22 – Land O’ Rain
Day 152: Sept 23 – Hypothermia
Day 153: Sept 24 – Building Character
Day 154: Sept 25 – Metamorphic Marmot
Day 155: Sept 26 – A Rare View
Day 156: Sept 27 – Boat And Plane
Day 157: Sept 28 – 4 Hour Warm
Day 158: Sept 29 – Denim Jeans
Day 159: Sept 30 – The Canadian
Day 160: Oct 1 – Send And Return
Day 161: Oct 2 – Best Place On Earth
Day 162: Oct 3 – Monument 78

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Northern Terminus Celebration

After Trail: Oct 4 – East Van
After Trail: Oct 6 – Stanley Park
After Trail: Oct 7 – Morgan The Cat
After Trail: Oct 10 – South

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