Kevin's Social Blog: April 2010

Adam Bradley recorded his record-breaking 2009 Pacific Crest Trail trip here: http://www.trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=275700

Monday, June 08, 2009

Trip begins from Campo
Left at 12:00 p.m.
Water on for a change (?) at Boulder Oaks

Tuesday, June 09, 2009

Area of "exploding ordnance" o_O;;;
Climbing up into the Lagunas
Once on our descent off of the Lagunas the June "gloom" set in.
"Water source had floating rodents and reptiles in it."

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Scissor's Crossing
Third Gate
San Felipes
Got a perfect room, did laundry, packed packs for next section, showered, fed, hydrated and slept.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Left Warner Springs with 20 lbs food, 6 lbs of gear, and 8 lbs of water.
Anza Cache
I got my water situated (big carry out of here)
Bink found a excellent spot with protection from the wind.

Friday, June 12, 2009

Climbed Desert Divide
Bluesuited (?) on 20 oz of water - hanging on by a thread to Tahquitz Creek
More "June Gloom"
Crossed Pine to Palms highway
Forgot PCT thru hiker permit (so did Bink)
Fobes Saddle
Recovered well here with electrolytes, vitamins and non processed food.
The Onion chooses to abort trip ("bonked on the climb up Desert Divide and was punching out at Idylwild")

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Long descent down Fuller Ridge
Under I-10
Mesa Windfarm
Whitewater Creek
Scrapes up right knee collecting water

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Mount San Gorgonio
Big Bear
No trail magic this year at Onyx Summit (missing those Jones Colas!)
Doble Trail Camp
Water was on
Slept in bivy

Monday, June 15, 2009

Rocking out to my mp3
Holcomb Creek
Hiker asking for lighter; half-nude female hiker
hot springs
Lots of rodents

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Silverwood Lake
Cajon Pass
Tacoes
Break over (?) at a group camp before Cleghorn Ridge
Dr. Bronner's
Room at the Best Western
6 fish tacos and 6 carne asadas for Wednesday
Would not honor Del Taco coupon (;o)) but "hot sauce packets to make it to well past Forester Pass on my beans"
Cleaned up, did laundry, packed pack and got a good rest.
Swelled ankles from processed foods?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Under the I-8
Meth freak wandering around o_O;;
Visitors center so didn't need to drop off the ridge for water.
Ate all my tacos.
Camp in a old burn (cold)

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Rave (music) was audible all night
Watered up at the pipe spring
Water over at the Boy Scout camp
Miles are coming easier than last year; more consistent, less "red-lining"
Pushed hard in the evening to get miles
Under the pine trees in thick duff

Friday, June 19, 2009

Todd at North Fork Ranger Station
Hiked under umbrellas to Agua Dulce (treated like royalty)
Jacob Nahin did a video interview with us when we stopped for Vincentos (?) pizza
Nice visit with Donna and Jeff Saufley
Descent to Soledad
New water source here that Tatu Joe shared with Bink last year
Climb up out of here and all the zig zagging the trail did about killed me
Bobcat or mt lion calling

Saturday, June 20, 2009

Andersons Oasis: water, sodas and tea. Ate some more pizza.
San Francisquito Canyon Road
2nd Mountain Dew
Water tank
Dead squirrel floated by in the water (?)

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Fed like kings at Hiker Town
No pants or mid layers yet, so cold
Richard and Roberta Skaggs: donuts, chocolate, soda, bean salad, other veggies
Bob Mayon: steaks and pork chops; more soda and some fudge to eat before we left
Packing packs, getting a much needed shower and playing with a really cool kitten.
Left over deer innards from poachers
LA Aquaduct
Scenes from childhood shared
New shoes and new socks in this drop
Clump of junipers to tuck up under (windbreak)

Monday, June 22, 2009

Lot of time under umbrella
Black bear at dusk
Water at Tyler Horse Canyon (unlike "last year's debacle")
Fire and off-road vehicle (ORV) use
Trail trashed; another reason SoCal trail sucks (urban)
Water at Tiger Tank
Took my first caffeine pill today (50 mg) due to heat-induced heat
Windmill section after the Tehachapi-Willow Springs Road
Detective Williams and a Creasote bush
Super duffy camp
Personal story from Bink

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Golden Oak Spring to Robin Bird Spring on 2 liters of water
Water at Robin Bird Spring
"bluesuited it" (?)
Bink's Italian-water spritzer bottle
Missed a piped spring
Cache
Dry wash here for camp
Last of the Mojave

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Most of day under umbrellas
Bird Spring Pass
Water cache
Another cache here at the turnoff to yellowjacket spring
Walker Pass; water has been off here for years (!)
Instead bombed way down to a new spring
Joshua Tree
Camped a little early

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Hawkeye visit: (1) benefits on his hikes too for Telluride Adaptive Sports; (2) filling us in on some of the folks ahead whose company he enjoyed; (3) Helped me raise about 900$ for the AZT;
Camped 3 miles shy of Kennedy Meadows store; do not open until 9:00 a.m.
First 700 miles behind me! "For me, the hike really begins now"

Friday, June 26, 2009

Resupply at Kennedy Meadows in three hours
Happy to be in the Sierras! Slept in.
Kennedy Meadows: packed, swapped out some gear, mailed some home, showered, fed, laundered and shopped
Left with huge packs
Nice little duffy camp. A few mosquitoes but nothing bad

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Up early today as we are keen to get miles before Forester and before snow
Heavy packs
Toilet rock
Rock Creek: wild onions (killer in cold beans)
Camped above 10,000 ft here

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Swimming in streams before sunset ("cleansing my chi")
Bighorn Plateu: stunning
"Bear box bingo": smoked salmon; Split up salmon and made little wraps out of them with cheese and onions. Killer.
First patches of snow just below the base of Forester
North side: quickest, most direct to snow free trail
Kearsarge Pass junction: doosy of a climb
Glenn Pass
Golden Gate of the sierras
Why bear barrels are crammed into the bear box?

Monday, June 29, 2009

Passes, dealing with snow, being careful
Bink not feeling well
Mather
"Ranger trap": Miles the ranger; Just wanted to make sure permits were good.
Good swimming hole in the evening; knees felt killer after
Good camp shy of Helen Lake
Good to be sleeping at altitude every night to get acclimated

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Travelled on snow for three hours crossing Muir Pass
First cloudburst
Bink again not feeling superb
Got to wear my Mtn Laurel Designs Poncho for the 1st time. Killer
Bink found a jacket on Muir Pass which he gave to the ranger down in Evolution Basin; got 6 candy bars/ clif bars
Caffeine pill again
Paite Pass trail junction
Selden Pass
Skip the expensive MTR: Place gets ridiculous mail drop wise and getting tired of hearing how bad thru hikers are (ie I guess PCT hikers bail down to here out of food quite a bit but not me so I don't need to pay 50$ bones to listen to someone bad mouth hikers... that is my job!)
Nice lake to dip in below Selden
Decent ford of Bear Creek
Mosquitoes
Slowed by fords and snow

Wednesday, July 01, 2009

Bink found us a direct route down with all the snow cover
Cell reception near Mammoth
"Ate my most expensive meal yet (Red's) and the waitress was blown away by how much food we consumed there. I could here the cook asking her if it was all for one person."
Picked up resupply and walked down to campground to repack and shower in the hot spring showers.
Camp at Devils Postpile

Thursday, July 02, 2009

BLTs for breakfast from Red's
Donahue Pass
Tuolumne Meadows
Backpacker camp
Bear boxes were full there but some nice climber guys in the search & rescue camp let us use theirs.
Charging up the high line trail
Threaded my way thru PCT section hikers
Happy jacking
"On the way down of Donahue bink pointed a place out where kenny and him observed a avalanche early season."
Lyell store
"Just interested in shoveling food in my face and cleaning up and getting horizontal as my left knee has been bothering me."

Friday, July 03, 2009

Sore left knee
Made it to camp in a stupor and took a couple of ibuprofen for the knees
Damp meadows
Non stop it all day today
Seavey Pass: one of Bink's favorite swimming holes
boo-boo: visit at Seavey; first female I have seen hiking alone
River crossings: missed brunt of run-off
Last climb: rampaged by mosquitoes
Of all days on trail this was the toughest

Saturday, July 04, 2009

Jack Main canyon: worst mosquitoes yet
Kennedy canyon: mosquitoes let up
Pulled ahead of David Horton's pace
Having difficulty mentally: bugs
Bink found us a killer spot on the pass to rest and eat
A few snowfields to cross
Bink led us directly off the top of Sonora Pass so glissading (?) down was fun
I go from being my lowest mentally to my highest in one day; lack of will is transitory

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Hiker first thing on trail taking a crap right on trail; no cat-hole
Break from the bugs
Wolf Creek Pass: almost got lost; recovered
Asa
Bink wearing Adam's leftover shoes
Found dipping off spot
Ebbets Pass
Funny interactions with section- and thru-hikers: "One guy told bink he would never catch me, another guy asked if we where in a race"
"You don't realize how fast your moving on your own until you pass someone laboring under a tower of power"
Blue Lakes Road: horrendous bugs just shy of it

Monday, July 06, 2009

Shelly surprised us at Carson today
Feeling better with knee
Bink not feeling to well again
Echo: resupplies; visiting
Asked for autographs at Echo
wallowing out of here on deli sandwiches etc
Bink showed me a killer spot to throw down at up on Dicks that I never knew was there.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

A few mosquitos
Michelle at Barker Pass: goodies to trail magic
Two Shoes: another thru-hiker
Charge over to Roller Pass
Bink was being happy jacked pretty hard

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

Thru hikers either urinating or defecating right in the middle of the trail early am
Jackson Meadow Reservoir
LA-TI-DA: PCTA volunteer
Bink: funny Sierra City stories
Sweets Falls: Michelle and Shelly
Blown
Ate some killer food here in our kitchenette and got most of our drops packed up

Thursday, July 09, 2009

Slept in; blown
Choice to either race to Belden, then Burney Falls. Or sleep in and do the roll in first thing in the am routine to these two resupplies.
Sierra Buttes
Bink has the water in this section dialed so that helped with keeping the packs light.
Camp most quiet and still of all
Stars

Friday, July 10, 2009

Pretty long break and dip
passed by a thru
trail crew: recognized bink from San Jacinto early on our walk
No detours for us down to Bucks Lake
yellow jackets nest
ridgewalking along the rim
crashing in the middle of the trail just above the overgrown descent to Belden; just out of reach of the bugs
"It is amazing the trail was getting so much attention back south of us and this section has been overgrown for several years now. You can hardly see your feet."

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Rave coming from Belden; video of space tripper dude in the tye dye blanket
Belden resturaunt: ate two breakfasts
Not much to purchase in the store. bink did pick up some killer shades.
Thru's at creek crossings
AT hikers: gave nutella and graham crackers
new tropical island gaiters
nice to be going thru here without the stress of fire closures
water at Carter Meadows

Sunday, July 12, 2009

New record at the halfway point: 34 days, 18 hours, 47 minutes, 2 seconds (fastest time, supported or unsupported).
"Someone had tore up the register from last year so my name and like 3 others who made it thru no longer in there." :o(
Water at Soldier spring: remnants of some thru hikers camp
Trail magic at 36: sodas
Drakesbad
LINT: was actually there near Drakesbad and saw them
Slipped by large group of hikers
Swarmed by bugs and walking in all of our windgear to avoid the bites.

Monday, July 13, 2009

coldest night/ morning of the whole trip
freezing nights: you recover better and sleep more sound; also keeps bugs down
only morning we hiked with all our clothes
Hat Creek
Old Station store for sandwiches and other treats
"Bink ran HJ central out front while I took a quick shower and shave"
Volcanic dust here is hell on my socks, feet and shoes
Sandy Mann: killer brownies
struggled across the rim
pretty substandard camp in the middle of the trail
No duff because of lava flow
Bink had picked up a cowboy hat @ Old Station hiker box (?)
ants

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Burney Falls
Adam pulled the plug here last year
Camp store: manager was very helpful this year
hiker box: only salty foods
yogurt
can be slim pickins in this store if you are behind a herd of thru's
Picked up new shoes; quick bath/laundry/shave; no shower
Rock creek: bink up to his neck in cool water under the bridge
Picked up 6 day carry in
many of the springs are now signed
Camped on trail; mild bugs

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

McCloud River
conifers
"Bink pointed out a fire that was started back in 2006 by a hiker (which I don't think the hiker was ever aware of how much trouble it caused even though they left a note with their name on it in the middle of the fire and how they attempted to put out the fire they started. many pct thrus end up setting portions of the trail on fire which creates shadeless sections for future thrus)"
Bink: spill; ended up throwing his pack up over his head; badly hurt his foot.
blue suiting it over to a spring on the face of Grizzly Peak
Caffeine because falling asleep while walking
dip in Buck Creek and McCloud River
Spill, but OK
Trough Creek
laid out ontop of my bivy due to heat

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Castella
downhill to I-5
Slim
nice dip in one of the creeks below Castle Crags
Found some trekking poles; no good
conifers to throw down in thick duff
short day, but no real camping past this point
blown out from heat, climb

Friday, July 17, 2009

Psyched to be getting into the wilderness areas
Beautiful spring
thru's: I didn't let on who we where and made out like we where section hikers; one was on a rant about skippers
folks hiking up from a road crossing to an overused lake
springs before the road where killer
Bink: had hard time restraining himself when he saw a fisherman lugging a cooler. He was thinking there might be some ice cold sodas in there
First long views; 2006 had fires
smoked long distance runners
traverses
creek with killer swimming right before camp
real funny folks cruising in a jeep and listened to camp kids screaming up at the lake above us

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Treed a bear
"Nobo (northbound?) today who filled us in on many of the folks still ahead. It is funny that most of these folks off the front have their shit together compared to the folks in the middle and off the back. Most are travelling light as well and solo for that matter. Most are doing their own thing to trying to stay out of the drama of the herd. Funny stories comparing notes with the nobo."
Bink: bonking before Etna summit; dizzy; worst this has happened in a while
fun charging hard in the pm in the cooler temps

Sunday, July 19, 2009

The Marbles: killer
killer springs again
guard station
Red Buttes
Bink: showed me a spring I walked by in 2006 I never knew was there; Nice spot to clean feet and water up under the shade of a big conifer
dip in Greider Creek (similar to Rogue River)

Monday, July 20, 2009

picked up some big rocks as the locals that live along this national scenic trail in this area like to let the aggressive dogs run loose and terrorize hikers
charged at by a doberman, but just yelling and charging back at him scared the hell out of him
Klamath (town)
Breakfast
bald eagle down fishing on the Klamath
owner of the RV park a little fired up by waking him up so early for our packages
Killer water at Rattlesnake spring
cow infested camp (hunter's camp?)

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Crossed into Oregon
New speed record for the state of California: 42 days, 18 hours, 27 minutes, 45 seconds (unsupported)
section hikers camped right in the middle of the forest road here (good luck not to get driven over at night?)
trail magic
crossing I-5
huge smoke plume next to Shasta
Bink: showed me another spring I didn't know existed

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Hyatt Lake: shopped a little and picked up our resupply; quick shower
Hyatt Lake Resort owner super nice; opened the pizza place just to give us ice cream, for being through-hikers
Lava flows
mosquitos at camp
cleaned up in creek

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Billy Goat: nice chat
Up out of bugs
Funny weekend warriors: Asked me about something off the PCT which I of course have no idea about.
Lots of blowdowns (?) to climb over or around in here too.
"There is a group ahead of us who is messing with billy goat by leaving signs (sticks with sharpee on them) that say things like, have you seen billy goat? We know exactly who is in front of us and we know there shoe tread."
Dropped back down into bugs
Bink, tatu: had bad snow here last year.
snow bath (?); good on the sore muscles
big elk

Friday, July 24, 2009

Road runner
camp store where we had to wait a hour
got our package, did laundry, shopped, showered and resupplied. Hit up the buffet. Was amazed bink found time to write like 5 postcards.
Crater Lake rim: light bugs
"always a highlight having walked from mexico to see the lake and walk along the rim."
"detoured over to the new gift shop area to top off water as we had like a 24 mile dry stretch coming up. I ate another ice cream bar up here."
"...fading fast so we had to dip into our skurk pills and get skurked up."
funny notes for the 3 hikers we had caught
Bink: hauls a lot of trash off the trail even when attempting a speed record
Thielsen Creek: mosquitoes
traded bink some tortillas for some of his smoked herring

Saturday, July 25, 2009

3AM: I heard a hiker going plodding by
Bink: typical surge hiker/ "zero hero" (?)
"peices of napkin with the hikers splits on it at the road crossings. We figured we where no in the middle of the three hikers we had been trailing"
bluesuiting it today and I was very happy when Bink shared some water with me at the last road crossing.
snowmelt lake
another silly sign left by the surge hiker for billy goat; chucked it
lamoid let his dog come at me and I told him to get his dog under control
Mastered the backcountry shave
Had to skurk up again
horrendous bugs; lake to clean up at
never saw surge hiker

Sunday, July 26, 2009

No more notes
Bink: has been feeding me his leftovers since mexico
Bugs for whole day
Swimming at Island Lake (warm)
sleeping in my bivy completely zipped in; couldn't make it without it

Monday, July 27, 2009

Three Sisters
Wind kept off bugs
"I started to become aware of the fact that the closer we got to Canada the farther it seemed."
"There is a spring on the descent to Mackenzie Pass that is too cool. It is in pumice rock and it bubbles up from the ground. The pumice rocks tumble and float in the current. Pretty neat to look at and some very sweet water."
Highway crossing
rough lava flow
first bug free camp tonight
"I was following behind bink to camp tonight and had a nighthawk swoop above my head. It sounded like a stunt kite ripping through the air. I ducked like I was under attack even though it was way above me. Scared me. They chirp cool to like a bat. Of course we heard their wings slicing the air all night."

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Big Lake Youth Camp: hiker box here and scored some goodies (bag of dried raspberries which will be killer in my chocolate mousse)
"I had bounced my bounce here so that gave me the opportunity to do a quick pedicure."
Breakfast at the morning brunch; 2 whole milk yogurts; 2 hard boiled eggs
wild strawberries in the volcanic soil
highway crossing: cooler with sodas and beer; another cooler fully loaded with candy bars, cookies and apples
Bink: killer sea salt for my hard boiled eggs
Tons of blow downs to climb over
some snow to contend with
naked on top of my bivy

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Olallie Lake break, dip
Shave at an awesome spring
Bink: introduced me to springs I wasn't aware of in here which is awesome for future walks
skurk pills because of direct sun
"large thunder bumpers"
evening in a creek; killer
section hiker
killer spring but bugs
"the h2o was out of hand sweet and ice cold"
"Crossed a road before camp and here was a section hiker sleeping in the road. Again felt bad for the guy as this is a really bad habit to get into."
slept in a waterbar off the trail. Soft and duffy on the edge of a clearcut.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

quart containers for water
Mt Hood approach "pretty chill"
black biting flies; at every water source
big sand pit up to the lodge
drive by on the buffet in the lodge to find out it was closed. Bink: bright idea of filling up our quart containers with food
Resupply packages at store; 10$ on 2 vita waters (i use these as h2o bottles) and 2 snickers. Those are the most expensive I have purchased the whole trip.
Shave
"Smelling Washington now"
Crossed one glacial fed stream
Ramona Falls: an equestrian rode there horse right up on Bink. Kind of rude, but I haven't run into but 2 equestrians the entire trip who had any leave no trace ethic. Most are very high impact and this behavior would support my theory.
Yokum Ridge trail: recent trail work; ignore PCT detour
wonderful springs
bath in camp which was right in the middle of the trail
"All night I could feel the cool air sliding down the mountain near the spring."

Friday, July 31, 2009

OR/WA border: 53 days, 8 hours, 41 minutes, 57 seconds after departing from the southern terminus, and 10 days 14 hours 16 minutes 12 seconds after entering Oregon.
eagle creek falls
PCT here not the alternate: better view of MT Adams that isn't visible from the alternate
swim at some lake that was deep
Bink: him and Kenny listening to AC/DC live from across the Columbia River here back in the 90's
one last dip in a creek that carved through this beautiful canyon. Really pretty waterfall too
Cascade Locks: grocery store, lots of food purchased; widemouth liter bottle
Charburger: huge dinner Bink had been talking about for 400 miles
Bridge of the Gods: "I freaked the toll lady out by asking her to tell truckers there where hikers on the bridge and that they should drive wrecklessly around us."
squeaky: did someone make OR faster than him? Is our record above is a new one overall or unsupported?
beta (?)

Saturday, August 01, 2009

Boulder with all this food piled on it. I took 3 bars and called it good. The biggest jar of peanut butter and meat sticks I passed on. Looked a little suspect.
Blue suiting over to rock creek for a swim
Jeans that Bink tagged last year (passed)
Bink: killed biting flies and fed to trout
Bink: found pair of loppers; did trail work to next creek; another soak
"Funny trail markings in here. They have big signs for side trails, but no signs for the PCT."
Stabler's: two cheeseburgers and two to go; one of the most supportive businesses along the trial.
Packed resupply
Panther Creek: one last dip before climb
last water after few switchbacks
Bink: don poncho mega burrito; laughed at labeling

Sunday, August 02, 2009

Indian Heaven Wilderness: no bugs
swim in some lake that was killer
Passed bucket of candy
Joel Lanz: at register; missed watermelon "(one of the best trail magic guys I have bumped into every time I walk the PCT except this year)."
" Towards evening climbed up to a ridge hauling water in my silnylon bucket for 2 miles. Camped at a camp bink and michelle camped at on their sobo honeymoon walk. Bink ended up finding a stake he lost here that year. Funny stuff. The guy has been out here so much that he finds lost gear."

Monday, August 03, 2009

Mt Adams
cold spring shooting out of the base of the lava flow. Ice cold.
More biting black flies at each water hole; suit up in windgear to defeat them
PCT section hikers had abandoned food resupplies and buckets; found some goodies
Goat Rocks Wilderness
DEET; lots of bugs until climbing up
Sheep Lake camp; swimming in the dark
"It is a shallow lake so swimming felt good. The water was warm. It feels so good to soak in cool water until you get chilled. It relaxes all my muscles and makes sleeping lovely."

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

White Pass: deli; "Tatu Joe mentioned to Bink last time they chatted to make sure our timing was impeccable at this resupply point as bink and joe got here at closing last year and it kind of held them up."
Mt St Helens, Mt Raineer and Goat Rocks: great views
Crossed several hard snow fields
Egg Butte
burros
"sammies" at White Pass deli; instant chai in the hiker box
crash and burn: " Tripped myself up with my own trekking pole trying to swipe a mosquito from my calf"; kept head up (!)
backcountry shave at camp; deep fried burritos from White Pass for supper

Wednesday, August 05, 2009

ridgewalking in Raineer National Park
"Bink went down to the bathrooms here and offered to drop off any trash. I went up and hid behind a small clump of trees waiting for bink to walk into the crowded parking lot. Once he was down in there with all the people (probably 75-100 of them) I let out a outburst. I yelled, "Mwahhh haa haaa haaa! I am the lizard king and I can do anything!" Bink was giggling as he knew it was krudmeister up to no good. Unauthorized hi jinx in a Nation Park! He said people stopped dead in their tracks like there was a important anouncement. When he joined me back up on the trail we where laughing"
Colorful spats (new ones from resupply at White Pass via Dirty Girl): girl scouts liked them
shelter
one water source: Bink filled up bucket and brought to camp
Bink: forgot his Big Lake Youth Camp bandana here
Camped in the middle of the trail
Gunshots & revving motorcycles at night....

Thursday, August 06, 2009

Stormin: forgot photo
Blowout Mountain: nice ridgewalking
Instant chai: good with cold water
Bink: "starting to feel the beginning of his flu like symptoms so unlike most people he charges harder in circumstances like this."
Rare silver and pink flagging (?)
Snoqualmie Pass hotel: more instant chais; resupply boxes; laundry; dry the pack;
Free meal per Michelle's friend; meatloaf dinner; shop at the store got last of the store owner's tortillas
Packed bags for last six-day push

Friday, August 07, 2009

corned beef hash and eggs I microwaved for breafast at 4:00 a.m.
Bink: "fighting flu like symptoms since Stablers. Incredible stamina, will and raw strength he has (in yoda talk)."
"When I stood up to urinate at the end of my chores my ankles about blowed out." (heavy pack)

Saturday, August 08, 2009

Raina, Trauma and Yoni: two-pound brownies (Raina);
Stevens Pass: Andrea Dinsmore and trail magic galore
Set up pancho shelter first time (dewy)

Sunday, August 09, 2009

"Scenery out of hand. I had missed all this in 06 as to winter weather blocking views behind clouds."
Shelter again
No detour; variation from Horton's, but true PCT

Monday, August 10, 2009

No journal entry

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Rain; trail quagmire
High Bridge
Shoes kept safe on muddy descents
Killer views
Setting up poncho lean to style

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

"Time to eat lunch here at home in reno. Quick update and then give a couple weeks please for all the photos, video and real journal entries. full record is 65 days 9 hours 58 min 47 seconds. A new PCT unsupported record. By default bests supported."

Thursday, November 12, 2009

"I guess I am kind of done with this journal. I don't know if I will ever be able to get the photos up, however the vids are all there. This is my last TJ acct I will do. I am moving over to http://krudmeister.blogspot.com going forward. It has been fun at TJ, but I need a home of my own. So hopefully I can coax everybody into following along over there."

Journal ends

Complete Microsoft Excel spreadsheet of trip and mileage: http://kevinschultz.com/Adam Bradley Itinerary 2009.xls

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