Leviathan

After a week off trail and a couple weeks of hiking at lower than average miles, we are back up to speed. We decided to skip ahead about 350 miles on the trail to get us into a reasonable hiking distance of the Sierras. Maybe we will come back and complete the section we skipped at the end, but more likely we will leave those stones unturned until next year.

The Sierras have become my white whale. They are the highest, most dangerous, and arguably the most difficult and beautiful section of the PCT. The goal is to get through them by October 1st so as to not get stuck in an early fall snowstorm. We are track now as long as we keep our pace to be through right around that time. Then it’s just an easy 700 mile walk through the desert of Southern California after that.