My Pacific Crest Trail Hike in Numbers

Note: I have included the extra 30.3 miles that I had to hike SOBO at the end (Northern Terminus to Hart's Pass)

Trail distance hiked: 2684 mi / 4319 km

Actual distance hiked (detours/shortcuts/town walks etc): 2681 mi / 4313 km

Number of days: 118 (April 16 - August 11, 2022)

Number of hiking days: 112

Average distance/day: 22.7 mi / 36.5 km

Average distance/hiking day: 23.9 mi / 38.5 km

Time taken: 1151 hours

Average walking time/day: 9.7 hours

Average walking time/hiking day: 10.3 hours

Average pace: 2.3 mph / 3.75 kmph

Total ascent: 474,380 ft / 144,591 m

Total descent: 470,147 ft / 143301 m

Average ascent/day: 3984 ft / 1214 m

Average ascent/hiking day: 4198 ft / 1280 m

Number of Zero days: 6

Number of Nero (or less than full hiking) days: 35

Total distance covered in 35 Nero days: 681 miles (i.e. avg 19.5 miles/Nero day)

Number of resupplies: 23 (13 boxes mailed, 10 purchased in-town)

Average number of days of food carried between resupplies: 5

Maximum number of days of food carried: 9

Total Cost: $9243

Food: $2945

Gear: $2668

Lodging: $1478

Transportation (airfare, rental car, taxi etc): $1202

Phone & GPS Tracker Service Charges: $377

Misc (medicines, showers, laundry etc): $574

Comments

Sofie said…

I can't believe you (we) actually did this!!

September 19, 2022 at 12:01 AM

My gear and my tramily (D-97 @ 2148 - Zero day)

Some of you have asked about what gear I am using. Since today is a Zero day (the last Zero day was on D-57) and there is nothing much to report other than the fact that I shipped the last set of resupply boxes to different places in Washington state and ate substantial amounts of food today, I figured I might as well talk about my gear, and also a bit about the other most essential component on the hike - my "tramily" (trail-family). Tent : 1-person Rainbow Li from Tarptent (bought new). This has worked very well for me and as you know from my earlier posts, Tarptent has given very good customer service too. I haven't had the chance to use the tent in heavy rain or snow (luckily) though and can't comment on it. I use a Tyvek ground sheet (already owned), also from Tarptent. Backpack : Catalyst from ULA (already owned). I started with Zpack Arc Air Robic 60L (bought new) and used it for 700 miles, but it was not comfortable at...

Monthly Data Update (M-4; Day 91 to 118)

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The Start (D-1)

It was a bitter-sweet day. Start of something that I had been looking forward to for months, nay years. But, it is always difficult to say goodbye to loved ones. At the same time, the encouragement and extraordinary support from family and friends over the past few weeks has been amazing and I am deeply grateful for that. More on this later. It was a relatively easy start to the hike with mostly flat trails, but the real stuff lay in wait. Both the elevation gain and the heat from the bright sun in the dry desert manifested post-lunch. Most streams were dry and there was not much shade either. It was a relief to reach Lake Morena campground, 20 miles from the start, after almost 9 hours after leaving the US-Mexico border. A most delicious dinner post-hike at the Oak Shores Malt shop which every PCT hiker knows 1 done & 2659 to go This view of Lake Morena was such a big relief... campground was near...whew! ...

A thru-hike attempt

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