PCT

This week I’ve been reading up on how to hitchhike safely on the PCT. All PCT hikers will need to hitch into town (often 10-15 miles from the trail) so that they can do tasks such as buying food for the next section (known as resupply), laundry, showering, eating a proper meal rather than dehydrated food,…

This week I’ve been pondering on my “why?” Many people are posting their introductions on the PCT Facebook Groups and YouTube. Part of the intro is their “why”. I’ve heard all sorts of reasons from processing grief to recovering from an addiction or some type of illness. Why am I walking the PCT? Why on…

So this week I have had two relatively clear days, therefore it gave me some time to watch a zoom session about safety on the trail and I also finished a book called “Surviving Section A, The First 100 miles of the PCT”. SAFETY ON THE TRAIL (AND NOTES FOR MY FAMILY). 🗣 I watched…

78 DAYS TO GO! I’m getting overwhelmed with all I have to do for this trip, but I will keep persevering as my list grows longer! My focus this week has been on building my mental resilience and also studying altitude and dehydration. Last weekend I took a group up to the Peak District. I was…

86 DAYS TO GO! 🙏 I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who is reading these mini blogs and supporting this adventure. I had no intention of blogging about the preparation leading up to the hike, but I find it very therapeutic and it also gives me goals to set for myself. 🎥 Have…

93 DAYS TO GO!   THIS WEEK MY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON THE SNOW. ⛄️ Everyone in the PCT Facebook Groups is discussing 2023 being a high snow year which will make it incredibly challenging to cross the Sierras. High snow levels can contribute to hikers’ risk of hypothermia, avalanches, dangerous river crossings, and even springtime…

100 DAYS TO GO!   As December ends and we head into January, the next level of training has started. 🐍 The above photo shows one of the many rattlesnakes that I will probably come across during my hike. If you know me at all then you will also know about my deep phobia of snakes.…

107 DAYS TO GO!   The cover photo is at the very start of the trail. This is the PCT monument at the Southern Terminus. I will be camping just down the road at a place called Cleef. The Mexican wall is on the far left. I can’t wait to have my own photo taken right…