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click on any photo to enlarge) Up early again to try to tackle as many miles as possible before it gets too hot. We have been blessed with great mild weather for most of the trip so far. As we walked further North we also dropped in altitude. The temperature rose with every mile gained. Our goal these last few days has been to have half of our daily mileage done before 11am. Today was no exception as we had finished 10 miles by our breakfast stop at 11am. I know this sounds a bit late for breakfast. Everyday we start with a cup of joe and a bar (ProBar, Clif Bar, homemade Easty Bar) at about 6:30am. Then after a couple of hours we have another bar. Then at 11-ish we have our breakfast of muesli, dehydrated blueberries and powdered milk with water. Then a few more hours and we have some snacks (turkey jerky, crackers, peanut butter filled pretzels). Walk a few more hours and make camp, clean up, do laundry, cook dinner and crash out. That is pretty much the daily routine.
We passed Asa Lake early and met a couple of southbound PCT hikers camped there. We are obviously early risers as we caught them just waking up. We had been walking for an hour and a half already!
Another couple of miles and we came to Noble Lake. Just passed Noble Lake we stopped for breakfast on the descent before the climb up to Ebbett's Pass. This is the first sign that we are getting close to home. Ebbett's Pass is one of the five passes that make up the 'Markleeville Death Ride'. I think its actually promoted as the 'Tour of the California Alps' now because people have actually died on the ride and I don't think they want to promote that! Anyway we finished breakfast and climbed slowly with full bellies up to the road crossing.
After crossing the road we still had 7 miles left to go before our planned camp at Eagle Creek. After 2 1/2 hours of pretty uneventful walking we found a site right on the creek with good water and plenty of places to clean up. We finally left the free range cattle area so cow patties were a non-issue. We were all asleep by hiker's midnight. Another 20+ mile day. We all must be getting fitter as we were in camp before 4pm. Tomorrow is another really long day as we want to get past Upper Blue Lake and maybe over the Forestdale Divide. We'll see how we do.
(click on any photo to enlarge) Up early again to try to tackle as many miles as possible before it gets too hot. We have been blessed with great mild weather for most of the trip so far. As we walked further North we also dropped in altitude. The temperature rose with every mile gained. Our goal these last few days has been to have half of our daily mileage done before 11am. Today was no exception as we had finished 10 miles by our breakfast stop at 11am. I know this sounds a bit late for breakfast. Everyday we start with a cup of joe and a bar (ProBar, Clif Bar, homemade Easty Bar) at about 6:30am. Then after a couple of hours we have another bar. Then at 11-ish we have our breakfast of muesli, dehydrated blueberries and powdered milk with water. Then a few more hours and we have some snacks (turkey jerky, crackers, peanut butter filled pretzels). Walk a few more hours and make camp, clean up, do laundry, cook dinner and crash out. That is pretty much the daily routine.
We passed Asa Lake early and met a couple of southbound PCT hikers camped there. We are obviously early risers as we caught them just waking up. We had been walking for an hour and a half already!
Another couple of miles and we came to Noble Lake. Just passed Noble Lake we stopped for breakfast on the descent before the climb up to Ebbett's Pass. This is the first sign that we are getting close to home. Ebbett's Pass is one of the five passes that make up the 'Markleeville Death Ride'. I think its actually promoted as the 'Tour of the California Alps' now because people have actually died on the ride and I don't think they want to promote that! Anyway we finished breakfast and climbed slowly with full bellies up to the road crossing.
After crossing the road we still had 7 miles left to go before our planned camp at Eagle Creek. After 2 1/2 hours of pretty uneventful walking we found a site right on the creek with good water and plenty of places to clean up. We finally left the free range cattle area so cow patties were a non-issue. We were all asleep by hiker's midnight. Another 20+ mile day. We all must be getting fitter as we were in camp before 4pm. Tomorrow is another really long day as we want to get past Upper Blue Lake and maybe over the Forestdale Divide. We'll see how we do.
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