Tag Archive for: Northern California

Day 124: Goodbye California!
Pacific Crest Trail, USA23. August Camp near Bear Spring (1673.7) to Ridge Camp (1691.1) Soup and I were both not in a hurry this morning. I missread the maps and predigted a 13 miles waterless stretch for today. Later I found out that there was a lot of…

Day 123: An easy day
Pacific Crest Trail, USA22. August Seiad Valley (1653.7) to Camp near Spring (1673.7) 5.5 miles of hiking After a relaxed morning at the RV Park and breakfast at the Café I went to the post office to send my bounce box ahead. After Seiad Valley…

Day 122: Seiad Valley
Pacific Crest Trail, USA21. August Creek Camp (1647.6) to Seiad Valley (1662.1) 14.5 miles In the middle of the night Sherlock joined our crowded campsite. I have been seeing him since weeks. I was one of the last taking off to Seiad Valley. The…

Day 121: The Deet Desaster
Pacific Crest Trail, USA20. August Marble Mountain Camp (1631.9) to Creek Camp (1647.6) 15.7 miles After a quiet and peaceful night (Thank you, deer) I packed up my stuff and discovered the Deet desaster. For some reason my small Deet Flacon which I…

Day 120: Aching feet
Pacific Crest Trail, USA19. August Cub Bear Spring (1613.9) to Marble Mountain Camp (1631.9) 17 miles I couldn't say Hello to Soup because he was still in his tent. But I could hear his alarm, it was 8. Sympathypoint for him. To start hiking was…

Day 119: Marble Mountains
Pacific Crest Trail, USA18. August Sawyer Bay Road (1606.5) to Cub Bear Spring (1613.9) 7.4 miles Check out at the Etna Motel was at eleven. I managed to enjoy every minute I had payed for. Yesterday I went to sleep very late. I watched a German documentation…

Day 118: The town of Etna
Pacific Crest Trail, USA17. August
0 miles
I needed rest. Did I have it? Maybe a little... Most day I was busy running to the supermarkets and to the post office to send two boxes ahead to Oregon.
One goes to Callahan's Lodge which will…

Day 117: Russian Wilderness
Pacific Crest Trail, USA16. August
Mountain Camp (1587.5) to Sawyer Bay Road (1606.5)
19 miles
Waking up in my tent everything was stiff. I didn't want to go. At least not that early. I said goodbye to Liftoff and Prince and turned…

Day 116: Trinity Alps Wilderness
Pacific Crest Trail, USA15. August
Hwy 3 Campground (1566.3) to Mountain Camp (1587.5)
21.2 miles
I tried to sleep in but my tentsite was slightly angled and sleep didn't come easy.
Liftoff and Prince took off early. I stayed…

Day 115: Rattlesnake & Baby Deer
Pacific Crest Trail, USA14. August
Deadfall Lake (1542.4) to Hwy 3 Campground (1566.3)
23.9 miles
It was not an easy decision for me. Hiking on my own had it's downsides as well as hiking with someone else.
One of the things…

Day 114: Castle Crags Wilderness
Pacific Crest Trail, USA13. August
Mountain Camp (1520.6) to Deadfall Lake (1542.4)
21.8 miles
We were cowboy camping last night. It has been too late and the campsite wasn't big enough for pitching all tents.
So I was lying…

Day 113: Leadership
Pacific Crest Trail, USA12. August
Interstate 5 (1505.6) to Mountain Camp (1520.6)
15 miles
I woke up on a Couch in a very nice house where Liftoff's cousin lived. The house belonged to a young couple Erin and Jenn. They have…