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)

All data below in italics is for M-1, M-2 & M-3 respectively, for comparison. M-4 is 28 days (all other months were 30 days) Distance traveled on PCT: 702 mi / 1130 km ( 631 mi / 1015 km; 554 mi / 892 km; 798 mi /1284 km ) Total time: 281 ( 280; 280; 320 ) hours Total ascent: 126,923 ft / 38,686 m ( 117,830 ft/35,915 m; 99,040 ft/30,190 m; 123,951 ft/37,780 m ) Total descent: 128,161 ft / 39,063 m ( 115,912 ft/35,330 m; 99,730 ft/30,400 m; 123,921 ft/37,771 m ) Highest point: 7174 ft / 2187 m ( 9407 ft/2867 m; 13,120 ft/4000 m; 7580 ft/2310 m ) Average distance/day: 25 mi / 40 km ( 21 mi/34 km; 18.7 mi/30.1 km; 26.6 mi/42.8 km ) Average distance/hiking day: 26 mi / 42 km ( 21.8 mi/35.1 km; 21.3 mi/34.3 km; 26.6 mi/42.8 km ) Average time hiking/day: 10.0 ( 9.3; 9.3; 10.7) hours (incl Nero days) Average pace: 2.6 mph/4.2 kmph ( 2.3 mph/3.6 kmph; 2.0 mph/3.2 kmph; 2.5 mph/4.0 kmph ) Number of Zero days:...

Pleasures of being on PCT (D-16; 303.7 - 328.8 miles)

Heading out from the cowboy camping experience last night, I was looking forward to Deer Creek Hot Springs that is apparently very popular among the locals too & tended to get crowded during the weekends, even though one has to hike in a mile or so from the trailhead parking (or hike 308 miles on PCT 🙂). Reached it early enough, but still it was chock full of people - locals & thru-hikers both - most of whom had camped there overnight in spite of it being a No Camping zone. People were lazing around in some of the pools in various states of undress, as it was a clothing optional area. It was way too crowded for me and I decided to head out. But, as I was heading out, I saw a small pool of water with nobody in it and the water was pleasantly hot (not just warm). Pool I "discovered" away from the crowds Close-up of the pool Me in the pool 😋 What a lovely feeling to be in a hot pool, especially after not having had a hot ...

A thru-hike attempt

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