The Pacific Crest Trail

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Like it's eastern cousin the Appalachian Trail, the Pacific Crest Trail is another hike that is in a league of it's own.

What an epic route. Has anyone here hiked it in it's entirety? Anyone done sections of it? We'd love to hear about it here.

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Some great motivation here, with some reality and levity along the way

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Gear - having the right gear is key and proper planning of gear and logistics along the way makes hiking MUCH more enjoyable, and safer. Elite hikers count every ounce and for good reason.

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THIS is motivation!!! :bowdown

In 2013, Bellingham, Washington resident Heather Anderson (trail name Anish) completed the fastest unsupported hike of the 2660 mile Pacific Crest Trail, reaching the Canadian border at 11:42 pm after sixty days, seventeen hours and eleven minutes of hiking, much of it over forty miles and often over fifty miles per day, well into the nights on little sleep. This is a compilation using her photographs and her own written words from her facebook page and blog.

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Passes within a few miles of my residence. Hiked quite a few segments as dayhikes or overnighters. Doing the whole thing requires several months of free time and a fair amount of advance prep, far more time than my job will ever allow.
 
Have hiked from Campo to Walker Pass collectively (and in order), will hike Walker Pass to Kennedy Meadows this spring.

Incidentally, Ill be doing a 10 mile loop in the Laguna Mountains tomorrow where 4 miles are on the PCT.
 
I was just up on the PCT earlier today. Hiked the little section from Spunky Canyon to San Francisquito Rd. Trail appears to have been recently worked on.
 
I've been following the daily post of a couple of thru-hikers and researching some day hikes along the trail.

I'm planning on hiking the PCT over the long Thanksgiving weekend, starting at the southern terminus in Campo. Then I'll just pick up where I left off over other long weekends where I can get away.

Doing the whole thing requires several months of free time and a fair amount of advance prep, far more time than my job will ever allow.

I hear ya! I wish I had a few months and money available to do the whole stretch at one go but work, family, and other responsibilities make such an endeavor unlikely. Maybe I'll be able to section hike it over my lifetime...
 
This is from my SPoT locator. I always like to send home a position where I can easily be tracked from in case I don't make it back. Makes the wife a lot more comfortable since I am always hiking alone. If I'm going really deep or spending an overnight I'll send another at each day's furthest progress. (Also like to send the occasional text message.) I could set it to track every ten minutes but the batteries don't last very long that way.
 

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Fantastic! Keep us posted on the preparation. I've been on parts of it. Last time I was in Yosemite I hiked up to High Camp Sunrise.
 
Fantastic! Keep us posted on the preparation. I've been on parts of it. Last time I was in Yosemite I hiked up to High Camp Sunrise.

I did the High Sierra Loop last year and remember the walk up to Sunrise very well. That loop is probably one of my favorite walks....
 
Hope nobody minds me bumping old threads. Just joined. This stuff interests me.

I'd like to do the JMT before I turn 41. Maybe I can get 10 days off work and have some PTO left by then, yeah?

In the meantime, I actually parked my truck on the PCT in Kelso Valley, southwest of Ridgecrest, CA, earlier this year. Was working as a radio road block during the High Desert Trails rally. Actually had a thru-hiker show up while race cars were passing. He ended up getting caught out by deep snow, a bear encounter, and a fall on some ice, sending him back home, but it's quite a feeling to be reading about thru-hiker adventures from your desk at the office. :/
 
A good friend of mine quit his job in 2014 and flip-flopped the AT. He drifted around SoCal the better part of a year before going back to work.

Less than a year later, he recently quit said job and is in the final planning stages for his PCT thru hike this summer. He should be starting any day now.

Work to live. Not the other way around.
 
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