Episode 9: Day 11-15

Day 11:

12 Miles – trail side campsite to cache at mi 145

HIKER HUNGER IS REAL. I knew it was bad, but I borrowed food from future days… We will see how it turns out.

I gave someone a trail name today: Peanut. I followed her peanut shaped footprints ALL DAY.

Day 12:

Cache at mi 145 to small shady campsite at 159. 14 miles.

So hot! Had to rotate between hiking and resting for a majority of the day.

Hiked and camped solo. 

Day 13:

Rest day! 0 miles

Day 14:

I hit the first trail closure. Decided to hike around it. 

11 miles. Small shady campsite to Hurkey Creek Campsite.

Camped with Green Lantern, Clean  Sweep, Shilo, and Mademoiselle.

Day 15:

15+ miles. Hurkey Creek Campsite to creek at mi 185.

TOUGH MILES. TOUGH DAY.

Made it around the closure, climbed from 5,000 ft to 9,000 feet.

Hiked with Stephen for almost the entire day. 

Had to face my fear of night hiking in the woods to avoid running out of water. Priorities people…

Cloudy day:

Tahquitz Peak:

What a wonderful world:

First ice/snow!:

Have I made it to Narnia?:

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Video:

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Bonus footage (my strap blocks the camera for much of the video, but it’s a good story nonetheless):

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