Trail Twitter

  • I’m somewhere around mile 1461. It’s hot but I’m laying in the shade and there is a nice breeze. #
  • Last year when I came through here, the berries where ripe I’m a week later this year and the berries are still green and there is still … #
  • I have seen about 100 trail workers in the last 20 miles. They are boy scouts and they say there are 500 of them out here. #

Trail Twitter

  • I may have over done it in the fresh food department. #
  • Sitting on the side of the street, trying to get a ride. I can’t stand the rejection. #
  • I was just sitting there, twittering away and a guy pulls up and gives me a ride to the trail. #
  • At 9:30 am I was at mile 1235. Now thanks to the magical portal, I’m at 1335. #
  • Laying on the trail eating cherries and drinking Odwall Superfood juice #
  • I think just making it out of town is good. I didn’t even stop to take a shower. And my last shower was over 2 weeks ago. #
  • Last night I slept without a tent and I was awaken by a big brown spider on my head. #
  • So tonight I have my tent up. #
  • Trying to consume 2 lbs of yogurt, 5lbs of superfood juice, and 2lbs of cherries, so my pack will be lighter. #
  • Laying in the shade eating lunch, because all this food is not going to eat it self. #
  • I love this section of trail. #

Trail Twitter

  • I’m walking towards the fires. #
  • I’m in Quincy waiting for the bus to Chester. #
  • The trail was closed due to fires at mile 1235. It took me 3 hours to get a hitch from there. #
  • I was planning to do a long hot smoky road walk around the fires but I lost my resolve. #
  • Good news is, I’m back on schedule #
  • The other day I saw a bird with a bright orange head, a bright yellow body, and black wings. #
  • I also saw a bear that was black and brown. It was crossing the road where the PCT crossed near Sierra City. #
  • There is lots of traffic and no shoulder on this road. I’m glad I’m on the bus. #
  • Yea! I found a resturant in Chester that always serves breakfast. #

Trail Twitter

  • Sitting on the crest having dinner break. #
  • The view can’t be beat but if I don’t keep hiking I won’t even make Sierra City by dinner time tomorrow. #
  • I don’t want to give up this view for a few more miles. #
  • The sun is a neon ball that is sinking into a thick smoke cloud #
  • It”s gone. #
  • There is a big smoke plune to the south. #
  • I think I’m going to stay. #

Trail Twitter

  • I’m perched on the crest tonight. Smoky orange sky. #
  • Laying in the shade drinking water–I’ve been doing a lot of that lately. #
  • You know what would be cool? Some way to hike recumbently, for when your feet get tired. #
  • There was a resturant at Donner Pass, I was hoping to get breakfast at this morning but it wasn’t open. #
  • If I quit laying in the shade and get hiking I may be able to make breakfast in Sierra City tomorrow. #

Trail Twitter

  • Hey from mile 1127. It’s really smoky. Rumor is there is a fire up ahead. #
  • The trail has been really crowded with day hikers and section hikers and lots of dogs. #
  • I saw two golden bears a couple of hours ago. I started singing and they looked up at me and then ran away. #
  • Someone told me that the PCT may be closed up ahead because of fire. I guess i’ll keep hiking until I see a closed sign. #
  • Very red sunrise this morning. #
  • If I had a hot beverage and lots of time I would watch it for awhile longer. But no stove or time. Better get hiking. #
  • NPR news is obsessed with war and suicide bombers, year after year. #
  • I want “Car Talk” and “this American Life”. #

Trail Twitter

  • Hey from a “sagebrush saddle”. It’s windy but the view is great, so I think I spend the night here. #
  • Yesterday, future PCT thru-hiker, Jeff, was serving food and beverages to hikers at Sonora Pass. That was a nice treat. #
  • Tomorrow, at Carson Pass there is a thru-hiker BBQ, I heard. I should be able to make it. #
  • I have been dragging lately. I think it may be because I didn’t send myself any ginko in my last package. #
  • Soon I’ll be at Echo Lake where I have more ginko in my box. Then I will be hiking better, I hope. #
  • It’s really windy up here. I probably should have hiked down off the crest. But the view’s the thing. #
  • I slept here last time too. It was windy then. #
  • There are still patches of snow on the trail. I want to be done with the snow. #
  • I hope the BBQ will be enough motivation to get me down the trail tomorrow. #
  • Time to try to get some sleep while these crazy wind gust blow around me. Goodnight. #

Trail Twitter

  • Hey from Tuolumne Meadows–mile 941. Long day to get here. It’s dark and I can’t find the backpacker’s site. #
  • I’m laying in a vacant site I found. #
  • The Sierras have been tedious and tiresome. #
  • On Forester Pass I lost my shoe when I postholed but I managed to dig it out. #
  • I almost lost my shoe in the deep mud today. #
  • I don’t think the Sierra’s are worth the effort, this time of year. Maybe if that is all you were doing. #
  • I’m not really in to all this “potentially fatal” stuff. Most of it is behind me now. . #
  • I hiked from 5am till 9:30pm and only took 1 hour total in breaks. #
  • I have been seeing more hikers lately. #
  • I better go to sleep now. Goodnight. #
  • I packed up and got out of that camp site because I believe the rules are: you don’t have to pay if they don’t see you. #
  • Waiting for the Tuolumne Meadows store and grill to open. It’s a big tent. #
  • I have eaten lots of fresh cherries and drank 3 Odwalla superfood drinks. #
  • They gave me my package even though it’s Sunday. I’m ready to go. #

Hey from mile 906!

Crow called me (her son, Laen) tonight from mile 906, Red’s Meadow.

She said that the Sierras kicked her ass, but she kicked it right back.  When she has cell service, she’ll send in some updates.  She got sunburned really badly, and the snow was deep at times.

She’s in good spirits now, and looking forward to the rest of her hike!

Trail Twitter

  • I have finished shopping for my resupply. I’m carrying 14,260 calories for the next 150 mile section #
  • It all fits in my bear canister. #
  • For a zero day I have walked a lot. Town stops aren’t very relaxing. #
  • I had a dream where a tree said it wanted to talk to me but I couldn’t stop because I had more miles to hike. #
  • Then I thought, “Hey, how many times do you meet a talking tree? Maybe you’re too into the miles”. #
  • But then the next morning I thought,”You better get some extra miles in, so in case you meet a talking tree you will have time to stop a … #
  • You know how much 10 tortillas cost in this town? 5.79. I think driving may be cheaper than walking. #
  • I’m all packed up. My pack is big and doesn’t look like a neat little package. #
  • Once my resupply box was opened and my pack emptied, the motel room was crowded with stuff. Now everything is packed away. #
  • I’m waiting for the post office to open so I can mail my bounce box along. Town stops eat up so much time. #
  • It’s getting really hot. I’m not to excited about today. #
  • I wish I could figure out a good way to hike without having to get anything in the mail. #
  • I feel sick but once I get back on the trail, I know I’ll feel fine. #
  • Okay, everything is mailed. Now to pick up that beast of a pack and try to hitch back to the trail. Hope my new shirt helps. #
  • Standing in the hot sun waiting for a ride. #
  • I found some bi-focal sunglasses. Now I can read a map without changing glasses. #