A blog of my hiking and mountaineering. I have hiked the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) and the Pacific Northwest Trail (PNT) and am working on climbing all of the Colorado 14ers.
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Day 34- push to walker pass
Today I was woken up by little buddha before 6. It was time to get up. So I got up, had a poptart, and began my day. By my math I had about 31 miles to get to walker pass campground where I heard there was some trail magic (dinners) going on. So I vegan walking at a real good pace and caught lil' Buddha. I was walking over 4 miles an hour for 5 miles to catch him and when I finally did we hit it off immediately and hiked the rest of the day. He has hiked over 15,000 miles in the past 5 years after quiting his job. We both cracked jokes for 25 miles. About 24 miles in we came across about 12 hikers sitting near a semi gross looking spring. Lil Buddha and I both took about a half liter before realizing it was gross water. One of the ladies, half steps asked us if we have been treating the water on the section. But when we told her we haven't treated water in nearly 400 miles, she freaked out. It was funny but neither of us have gotten sick. After this we walked a mile to get some good water and a real campground bathroom. Here I took lunch around 4 and then after our long rest we destroyed the last 7 miles and made it into the campground for our drinks and burgers! It was amazing trail magic. Hiking with lil Buddha was great because he has hiked the trail and he gave me lots if tips and pointer on where to stop and how to do certain sections. After my 94 miles in three days I am very tired.
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