Monthly Data Update (M-3; 61-90 days)

All data below in italics is for M-1 & M-2 respectively, for comparison.

Distance traveled on PCT: 798 mi /1284 km (631 mi / 1015 km; 554 mi / 892 km)

Total time: 320 (280; 280) hours

Total ascent: 123,951 ft / 37,780 m (117,830 ft / 35,915 m; 99,040 ft / 30,190 m)

Total descent: 123,921 ft / 37,771 m (115,912 ft / 35,330 m; 99,730 ft / 30,400 m)

Highest point: 7580 ft / 2310 m (9407 ft / 2867 m; 13,120 ft / 4000 m)

Average distance/day: 26.6 mi/42.8 km (21 mi/34 km; 18.7 mi/30.1 km)

Average distance/hiking day: 26.6 mi/42.8 km (21.8 mi/35.1 km; 21.3 mi/34.3 km)

Average time hiking/day: 10.7 (9.3; 9.3) hours (incl Zero & Nero days)

Average pace: 2.5 mi/hr (or) 4.0 km/hr (2.3 mi/hr (or) 3.6 km/hr; 2.0 mi/hr (or) 3.2 km/hr)

Number of Zero days: 0 (1; 4)

Number of Nero days: 5 (4; 8)

Number of meals eaten that I hadn't carried on my back: 18 (15; 25)

Number of proper showers taken: 11 (7; 14)

Number of bears seen: 0 (1, 1)

Comments

[v] said…

You are an editor's dream. Well summarized data.

Would like below data too,

- days you felt low for more than an hour : proxy to understand mental side

- miles you did extra: lost, town visits

- no. of trail angels (I see the food data but also incl other trail angels)

- Step counter: give heebie-jeebies to the fit it club :p

- days elements played spoil sport : rain, snow, extreme heat

- Cast Away Days : days with no human contact

July 22, 2022 at 6:50 PM

A thru-hike attempt... successful! (D-117: 2642.6 - 2653.6, D-117S (SOBO): 0 - 17.1, D-118S (SOBO): 17.1-30.6)

It is done! Finally, on August 10th, 2022, 117 days after I started at the US-Mexico border on April 16th, 2022, I reached the US-Canada border. Walked 2653.6 miles (4270.6 km) south-to-north through the states of California, Oregon and Washington. No bittersweet moments...just sweet relief to be done 😀. We were few of the lucky thru-hikers this year who were able to go south-to-north continuously without any interruptions. People who started even a couple of weeks earlier and maintained this pace hit a lot more snow in Seirras and a hell lot more in Washington, the latter being almost hike-stopping. By the time we got to Seirras, the snow was much more manageable, and almost all the snow had melted in Washington. People who started later or were slower have had to skip parts of Northern California due to forest fires. Even Oregon and Southern California have some fires starting already. Anyway, reached the northern terminus of the PCT yesterday morn...

Resupply (4 days to go)

(Finally gave up on HikerFeed app which seemed good on paper, but never worked properly for me 🙁) 10-day resupply in the bear canister, ready to ship - 7.6 kg / 16.8 lbs (gulp!) Already shipped the first box last week

Water, Wattage & WiFi (D-2)

Today was going to be tough one. If yesterday's elevation gain of 1000+ m was difficult, today's 1400+ m was going to be relentlesly uphill from the start to the end. With hiking legs still to be developed and 3 liters of water carry for a total pack weight of around 18-19 kg, it promised to be a challenging day. And it lived up to the challenge 😄. There were a few bright spots though including coming across the cold and clean Kitchen Creek and meeting a bunch of hikers both local & PCT. The second half of the day was a slog and I was ready for it to end. The goal was to reach Mt Laguna town and find a place to replenish water, charge my phone and get some WiFi as I doubted there would be any decent cell phone signal. But, lo & behold, as soon as I stepped off the trail to go to town, I was introduced to the famed Trail Magic!! A few trail angels has setup a picnic and generously welcomed all the hikers with cold soda, snacks, cookies, pie etc....

A thru-hike attempt

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