I have to leave Idyllwild today. I can't believe I've been here for three days now, this is insane. How did this happen?! I know how of course, this place is awesome. Seriously though, it's time to go. Hotel and food bills add up quick, I don't want my hike to end because of financial …
I can't go too far into detail here, I always forget to take notes on my zero days. But Idyllwild was the cure I needed to my Hiker Funk (in terms of smell and attitude). My dad and I stayed in a cool little hotel/cabin place at the edge of town with very reasonable prices …
Last night was the usual fair of me tossing and turning and shivering, with the added bonus of the wind beating up my tent every so often. Miraculously I managed to get about four hours of sleep however. People slept on the dirt years before walking long distances was more out of necessity than recreational, …
Despite the awesome location, I still didn't sleep well. Who could with a broken sleeping pad? I'm in an ever-changing state of being warm then being cold and uncomfortable, I only sleep for 30 minutes at a time throughout each night. I woke up feeling ready to hike, I need to push on and get …
Another night went by without sleep. Apparently the air around Barrel Springs where I camped is special air that turns into ice at night. Given that I had no real insulation between me and the ground, that didn't turn out to create a very good night. But at least it was quiet. I seem to …
Last night was not fun. I got into my tent and fell asleep pretty quickly until I woke up to the sound of voices from the trail. "BRO! Gate 3 Gate 3! 3rd Gate! Ah bro we're here bro!" Bro was uttered a few more times and I heard feet stomping behind my tent. I …
Day 8 was spent tooling around town, not much to say about it really. I didn't take notes so I don't remember much about it, whoops. I woke up today feeling determined to get on trail. I'd spent yesterday keeping my foot in and out of a tub of ice water which monumentally sucked but …
I'm a week into my PCT trek, and only four and a half of those days have been spent hiking. I'm still trying to will this tendinitis away. Ice helped marginally, I just started rolling my foot on a cold water bottle/using my trekking pole as a massage rolling pin.. thing.. what do you even …
So my foot problem turned out to be probably tendonitis. I've had it before in my heel, but this is along the outside of my foot where I walk on which makes it exponentially more painful. That's a relief. I kept it on ice and elevated it a bit, so far so good. I got …
I woke up really early again, but opted to try and go back to sleep. My foot needs to rest as much as possible, and honestly I was hoping that the extra couple hours might magically heal it somehow. I rolled over on my crinkly inflatable sleeping pad and dozed off. This only lasted a …
The Limping Rabbit 