July 23. Another long day. Starting to see a recurring theme. Slept in hard and the people who were camped near me headed out early including Peach who was camped at the spring too. Didn't shit the day before and finally went that morning. There was a lot of toilet paper strewn about near me … Continue reading Day 17: Spring at mile 300 to Sheep Lake. 26 miles. →

July 22. Long day. Took a bit to get going though the beginning was pretty easy. Leapfrogged Peach again in the morning. Crossed so many random dirt roads that I guess the locals use. Mostly hiked through forests with a lot of ridge walking. Got my first clear view of Mt Rainier behind some power … Continue reading Day 16: Stirrup Creek to lil spring at mile 300. 28 miles. →

July 21. The Snoqualmie Inn was actually not that bad. There were some Guthooks comments complaining about service there and how the owners didn't like hikers. They were totally fine with me. One clerk did weirdly start talking to me about climbing Everest and gave me a condensed but still too long history about India … Continue reading Day 15: Snoqualmie to Stirrup Creek. 13 miles. →

July 20. Planned to only do 20 but then stupidly decided to do 27. Started from my little mountainside tensite then hiked around the mountain I was camped next. So strange seeing it from so many angles then from far away. Some climbing and descending. Starting to feel much easier. Maybe because the terrain is … Continue reading Day 14: Mountainside Tentsite to Snoqualmie. 27 miles. →

July 19. Slept in until 7 and didn't hit the trail until 830. After the last day and night I needed the rest and was glad I got it. The bugs were out in force today. Even just breaking down was a mess being swarmed by them. So far they are the most difficult thing … Continue reading Day 13: Tentsite 212.8 to tentsite 232.8. 20 miles. →

July 18. Couldn't sleep the night before because the person in the room next to ours was snoring so loudly and someone was blaring something in the common area. Hung out in the common area for a bit before hitting up the deli for a nothing breakfast sandwich. Said goodbye to Spatz and Skybird who … Continue reading Day 12: Skykomish to Tensite 212.8. 24 miles. →

July 17. Woke up at 4 am to try to make it in early to town. Hiked up and over the bug infested Grizzly Peak and then down and up to Stevens Pass. Hiked with Tony for a bit and found out he was in the navy and had hiked the PCT nobo last year … Continue reading Day 11: Pear Lake to Skykomish. 18 miles. →

July 16. Another long day. Not as mentally taxing at the previous one but still tough. Spent the night at Awesome Pass cowboy camping. Fell asleep counting the emerging stars and covered by the milky way blanket. Woke myself up in the middle of the night to look up and saw two shooting stars racing … Continue reading Day 10: Awesome! Pass to Pear Lake. 23 miles. →

July 15. Today day was much easier than yesterday though it felt much more terrifying at points. The climb out of Mica was sketch but managed okay. Only fell on my ass once and slid down one muddy 20 foot drop. Type 2 fun. Hiked with Tyler, Twig, and Skybird for a while through an … Continue reading Day 9: Mica Lake to Awesome Pass. 17 miles. →

July 14. One week on the trail. Had mice in the tent the night before that kept me up. Paranoid that they had chewed through my tent to get to my food. Thankfully they hadn't. Climbed the bridge supports in the morning to get back on the trail. Lucas left early and Twig passed by … Continue reading Day 8: Suiattle River to Mica Lake. 20 miles. →