pct day 7 - 05/12/13

this morning i flew 12 miles with thoughts of good food at the paradise cafe on highway 74. only a mile off the trail, it was well worth the road hike to get some much needed calories into my quickly slimming body. the food was oh so goooooood. one just has no idea what it is like to have a delicious cooked meal after being on the trail for several days unless you have been there. it is indescribably refreshing.

i hung out with the other hikers that rolled in furing the coarse of the late morning and early afternoon and then set out at 14:00 to start some of the toughest climbs of the whole trail. the first section from the highway was so dry that i downed a liter of water in the first hour. anyone who knows how scarce water is in this section will know that this bad. so i started rationing. the video below is from an awesome ridgeline on the hike up from the highway to 7000 feet.

i also decided to test myself a bit concerning water. i drank 4 liters on the way to paradise cafe. i drank a liter there during lunch. then i brought 4 liters when i left the cafe. i purposely skipped getting water from two springs on my way up the ridge just to see how far i could go. we shall see how it goes tomorrow.

the pic below is of the sunrise from my campsite at 7000 feet.




23 miles from nance canyon creek to the top of an unnamed mountain at mile 163. 163 miles total.

- tribhu (tree-boo)